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Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson, two American missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) were killed in La Paz, Bolivia on May 24, 1989, by members of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación-Zarate Willka terrorist group who associated them and the church they represented with perceived American imperialist activities.
Paiute Native American auxiliaries; Motive: War hysteria about a possible invasion; Mormon teachings against outsiders during the Mormon Reformation period; Possible instigation from Brigham Young and other senior Mormon leadership; Convicted: John D. Lee, leader in the local Mormon community and of the local militia
The Book of Mormon is a foundational sacred book for the church; the terms "Mormon" and "Mormonism" come from the book itself. The LDS Church teaches that the Angel Moroni told Smith about golden plates containing the record, guided him to find them buried in the Hill Cumorah , and provided him the means of translating them from Reformed Egyptian .
Other scriptural examples include Abel ("the first martyr"), [2] John the Baptist, James, the brother of John, Stephen whose stoning is recorded in the Book of Acts, Abinadi, [3] women and children of Ammonihah, [4] etc. [5] Latter Day Saints also acknowledge as "Early-day Saint" martyrs those early Christians who were killed for their faith ...
Paige Crosland Anderson, abstract painter, known for her geometric paintings that invoke pioneer quilts and Mormon culture, born about 1989 [1] Truman O. Angell, architect and designer of the Salt Lake Temple, 1810-1887 [2] Wulf Barsch, artist and art professor at BYU, born 1943, in Germany [3] [4] Earl W. Bascom, cowboy artist and sculptor ...
Monson became the 16th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - as the religion is officially known - in 2008.
Two Mormon missionaries, Gary Darley (20) of Simi Valley, California, and Mark Fisher (19) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, routinely visited Kleasen, who lived in a trailer behind a taxidermist's shop in Oak Hill, on Austin's southwestern outskirts. Despite being warned by Kleasen's bishop to stop their visits due to Kleasen's behavior, Darley and ...
Mormon settlers in the western United States participated in various conflicts, including the Walker and Black Hawk wars, which involved clashes with Native American tribes. Additionally, there were incidents such as the Mountain Meadows Massacre , the Battle Creek Massacre , and the Circleville Massacre , in which Mormons committed acts of ...