Article: Al Sharpton, Romney and the mormons

Article: MORMON CHURCH SAYS IT WON'T DISAVOW STATEMENTS.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 19, 1998 ;     133 words ...Leaders of the Mormon Church denied a report in yesterday...doctrines promulgated by past church leaders. For more than 100 years...That changed in 1978 when church leaders said a revelation from God...erroneous,'' adding that ``church leaders have no plans to issue a...

Article: Mormon church excommunicates author: Australian writer's book cast doubt on church teachings
Charleston Gazette;  August 6, 2005 ;     376 words ......the ancestral claims outlined in the Book of Mormon has been excommunicated by The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter- day Saints...refused to discuss his personal life with church leaders on Sunday, instead asking them why he was...Internet and in his book his doubts about the church and ...

Article: Two excommunicated by Mormon Church
The Boston Globe;  September 21, 1993 ;     285 words ...SALT LAKE CITY -- The Mormon Church excommunicated two dissidents...Toscano, founder of the Mormon Alliance, which investigates...alleged spiritual abuse by church leaders, said his expulsion came...Saints. Maxine Hanks, a Mormon feminist author, also was...which she charged that the ...

Article: Black saints in a White church; Mormon Church grows in urban areas despite racist reputation
Baltimore Afro-American;  December 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......areas across the country. The Mormon Church's rapid growth in predominately...The survey showed that the Mormon Church came in third, comprising...churches were formed. The Mormon church is more noticed for its policies...Established in 1830, the Mormon Church once ...

Article: Mormon Church Adding Area Converts;Focus on Family Attracts Ethnic Groups to 5 Branches Opened Here in Past Year
The Washington Post;  May 16, 1992 ;     646 words ...The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d...added in recent years, church leaders say, because of the church...collection of congregations, church leaders added. And in Northern...for the appeal of the Mormon Church is its emphasis on the...studied the growth of the ...

Article: Mormon Church and African-Americans
NPR All Things Considered;  June 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ......ago today, the Mormon Church made an historic...Until 1978, Mormon Church policy banned...Biewen reports, Mormon Church officials may...known as the Mormon Church, in 1964. He...teachings that church leaders used to justify...ARMOND MOSS, MORMON ...

Article: Mormon church revises stance on homosexuals
Oakland Tribune;  August 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Mormon Church has quietly moved further from defining...the LDS Church." Those close to the Mormon church say the publication is neither the...a gay son and a lesbian daughter. Church leaders say chances are slim it would deviate...City-based spokeswoman Kim Farah. Church ...

Article: Mormon church changes stance on homosexuality
Oakland Tribune;  August 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Mormon church has quietly moved further from defining...the LDS Church." Those close to the Mormon Church say the publication is neither the...a gay son and a lesbian daughter. Church leaders say chances are slim it would deviate...City-based spokeswoman Kim Farah. Church ...

Article: Australian author excommunicated from Mormon Church
AP Worldstream;  August 5, 2005 ;     575 words ......outlined in the Book of Mormon has been excommunicated by The Church of Jesus of Christ...personal life with church leaders on Sunday, instead...about DNA science. Church leaders responded, Southerton...completed in my absence." Mormon church officials do ...

Article: Mormon church president reflective on second day of annual conference
AP Worldstream;  April 2, 2006 ;     365 words ......Worldstream 04-02-2006 Dateline: SALT LAKE CITY Mormon church president Gordon B. Hinckley on Sunday said he...Hinckley said, addressing the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the second...humor is as sharp as ever and that he didn't want church members to over-interpret ...

Article: Mormon Church
Canadian Encyclopedia;      544 words ......Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Mormon Church Author: KEITH PARRY The Mormon Church was founded in 1830 in...revelations received through church leaders, as well as to the Bible...Saints, A History of the Mormon Church in Canada (1968); Thomas...

Article: Mormon church in Australia denies author's disciplinary hearing to do with book
AP Worldstream;  August 5, 2005 ;     597 words ......Australia The Mormon church in Australia on...doubts about the Mormon church. "Mr. Southerton...by any of the church leaders sitting on the...voluntarily left the Mormon church seven years ago...patriarch Lehi. The church teaches that Lehi...decision to the ...

Article: Mormon church keeps control of downtown plaza in Salt Lake
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 5, 2005 ;     175 words ......federal appellate court has upheld a deal between city and church leaders that gave the Mormon church control over a downtown plaza. Judges on the 10th Circuit...agreement, the city retained some public control but church leaders set speech and behavior guidelines and occasionally ...

Article: Critics Say Mormon Church Is Purging Intellectuals
NPR All Things Considered;  September 27, 1993 ;     700+ words ......General Conference of the Mormon Church. The conference sessions...according to her local church leaders. LEVINA FIELDING ANDERSON...of the most prominent Mormon feminists and scholars have been called to church courts in the past two...of the highest-ranking Mormon leaders, ...