Salt Lake Tribune · Oct 5, 2019
The latest from LDS General Conference: It convenes amid many recent changes
(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square during the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 7, 2019.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints convened its semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City on Saturday for the faith’s more than 16 million members to hear instructions from their top leaders.
It comes amid many big changes in recent years announced by President Russell M. Nelson — including this week allowing women, not just men, to serve as official witnesses in church ordinances in its temples and at baptisms.