Race and the Priesthood

In 1852, President Brigham Young publicly announced that men of black African descent could no longer be ordained to the priesthood, though thereafter blacks ...

LDS Gospel Topics Essay: Race and the Priesthood (Annotated)

As the Book of Mormon puts it, “all are alike unto God.”1 (At the end of this section are the many scriptural references to why the church banned blacks from ...

Discussing Difficult Topics: Race and the Priesthood

The First Presidency and the Quorum of Twelve approved the “Race and the Priesthood” essay. It disavows all of the previous justifications. There is no need to ...

Priesthood and Race - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

In 1978, a revelation from God allowed worthy Latter-day Saints of all races to receive the priesthood and temple blessings.

Let's Talk About Race and Priesthood - From the Desk

A ban took hold by the 1850s—and wasn't reversed until the 1978 priesthood revelation. This interview with W. Paul Reeve discusses the history ...

Black people and temple and priesthood policies in the Church of ...

In December 2013, the LDS Church published an essay approved by the First Presidency which discussed the restriction. In it, the church disavowed most race- ...

Let's Talk about Race and Priesthood - Deseret Book

In Let's Talk About Race and Priesthood, Professor Reeve provides a detailed overview of the Church's challenging history on racial matters before confronting ...

Struggling with the History of Race and the Priesthood | His Grace

Danor acknowledges certain challenges of race and priesthood that young Black men face when joining the Church. In a private and personal ...

Podcast-Race and the Priesthood-Series

7 Episodes. There was a season in our church's history when members with Black African ancestry were unevenly barred from both priesthood and temple privileges.

Blacks and the Priesthood - Fair Latter Day Saints

Elijah Abel, a black man, was ordained to the Priesthood by the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1836, and ordained a Seventy by Zebedee Coltrin on April 4, 1841. He was ...

Race, the Priesthood, and Temples | Religious Studies Center - BYU

To date there are no known statements made by Joseph Smith Jr. of a racial priesthood or temple restriction. In fact, there is incontrovertible evidence for the ...

The Real Story of the Priesthood-Temple Ban - Terryl Givens with ...

There's no documented evidence of Joseph Smith ever articulating a racial priesthood or temple restriction. ... race-based priesthood and temple restriction under ...

Why Did the Church Deny the Priesthood to Black People until 1978?

Throughout the history of the Church, people of every race and ethnicity in many countries have been baptized and have lived as faithful members ...

Blacks and the Priesthood - Blacklatterdaysaints.org

In her humor-laced, 2002 FAIR Conference presentation, Olson educated attendees on the history of the priesthood ban, race issues that still exist in the Church ...

Reeve, "Let's Talk About Race and the Priesthood" (Reviewed by ...

Let's Talk About Race and Priesthood is a remarkable book with the power to radically alter our community's collective engagement with the priesthood and ...

"Let's Talk About Race and The Priesthood" published by Deseret ...

"Let's Talk About Race and The Priesthood" published by Deseret Book is a must read ... This book provides an excellent and honest history of "the ...

Origin of the priesthood ban - Fair Latter Day Saints

In 1852, President Brigham Young publicly announced that men of black African descent could no longer be ordained to the priesthood, though thereafter blacks ...

A Black Latter-day Saint's thoughts on race, Priesthood, and the ...

We spoke with a limited understanding and without the light and knowledge that now has come into the world. . . . . We have now added a new ...

Brigham Young may have started the priesthood ban on blacks, but ...

Changing views on race · Fears of interracial marriage · A new day · In case you missed it · THE LATEST ...

Understanding the History of Race and the Priesthood in Latter-day ...

On Oct. 13, the campus community gathered in the Knight Arena to hear Dr. W. Paul Reeve, Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies at the University of ...