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Ryan Jensen
Ryan Jensen

J. Ryan Jensen is the editor of the Church News. He has worked with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2014 creating and distributing content that helps build faith in Jesus Christ – including four years as the managing editor of the New Era magazine and Church youth website. Ryan has a degree in journalism from Utah State University. He served a mission in Colombia and still speaks Spanish every chance he gets. He and his wife Megan love being parents to their four children. Email Ryan at rjensen@deseretnews.com.


The Church President’s family has met together in the same place, on the same weekend, every other year for more than a century.

Elder Braxton Blake Mecham had been serving in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission.

Historian and biographer Richard E. Turley Jr. shares what he has seen in the past year.

Erected next to the historic Montpelier Stake Tabernacle that was dedicated 106 years prior, the temple will serve more than 15,000 Latter-day Saints.

The Savior teaches that individuals should give to one another; Satan encourages people to take from one another.

Hosted for the first time in Salt Lake City, the forum brings together faith and civic leaders from more than 50 countries.

The producer of "Dedicate" and two young adults in the series speak about filming at the Salt Lake Temple, Jesus Christ and temple covenants. Listen or watch here.

The missionaries had been serving in South Africa and California prior to their deaths.

The first counselor in the First Presidency will dedicate the temple in the small town in southern Idaho.

This special conference edition of the Church News podcast features excerpts from each conference address, including President Dallin H. Oaks' invitation for all to come unto Jesus Christ.

President Dallin H. Oaks concluded the Sunday afternoon session of October 2026 general conference with an invitation for all to attend the Salt Lake Temple open house in April 2027.

‘Strong faith requires more than strong desire. It means daily trying, one step at a time, with prayer and scriptural learning,’ President Oaks said during the Sunday morning session.

“We all have present or future concerns or struggles we are trying to overcome. ... Whatever they are, the way to overcome them is to get closer to our Savior, Jesus Christ,” said President Dallin H. Oaks. #GeneralConference

“Without divine comfort, we risk losing hope; and without hope, we can lose our faith and stop trying. … There is hope in Jesus Christ.,” said Elder Matthew J. Eyring.

“Don’t confuse the perceived invisibility of the Lord’s hand with the inveterate nature of the Lord’s heart,” said Elder Michael A. Dunn.

Elder David Kannar of Australia will serve in the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy.

“Understand the deep needs, the deep commitments, on both sides,” President Oaks taught.

Hundreds of youth listen to a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as he invites them to prepare for and serve a mission.

In Washington D.C., President Dallin H. Oaks prayed that individuals will all strive to be peacemakers in a diverse, divided world.

President Dallin H. Oaks shared five principles learned from 70 years of studying the U.S. Constitution.

At the Montpelier Idaho Temple, Elder Mark D. Eddy said temples stand as symbols of God’s love and people’s faith.

Settled more than 160 years ago along the Oregon Trail, Montpelier celebrates a temple as a link to both its past and future.

Reservations for open house tickets now available at TempleSquare.org.

Young Men and Young Women leaders share how new changes can create stronger disciples of Jesus Christ.

The idea that my home could be a location where the Spirit of the Lord could be felt as strongly as in the temple made me do a lot of evaluating.

Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson says Church members “are committed to lifting and caring for all of God’s children.”

2026 Utah Area YSA Conference co-chairs Zach Sutton and Shelby Hurst talk about their preparation to host thousands from around the world on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 14-15.

“When we have gained a testimony of a gospel truth through the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, we also have a responsibility to share that with others.”

Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson thanks multiple organizations for working together to create new opportunities to build communities, families.