A users guide to exploring features on the official LDS Church Web site
Learn how to utilize the many unique tools designed to help members offered on lds.org
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provides its members with an extensive collection of online resources, from basic doctrinal beliefs to virtual tours of Church history sites. Features include Family Home Evening ideas, temple announcements, meetinghouse locator, and interactive training for various Church callings. Lds.org allows viewers to explore the religion in a user-friendly way. The following are a few of the tools available online today.
Church Magazines and Curriculum:
Conference talks and other materials in audio and handheld versions are available. Viewers can research topics from Church magazines, broadcasts and recent addresses.
Music:
Church hymns and music from the Children’s Songbook can be found in text and audio form and can be downloaded as MP3 files. Tools to learn music symbols and conducting music are featured.
: Spiritual and temporal welfare links provide information about food storage, resource management, caring for others, physical health, social and emotional strength and employment.
: This site is mainly for media access, featuring press releases, news stories from organizations nationwide, “myth conceptions” about the Church, style guidelines and photographs of recent events.
Online Scriptures: The four standard works and related study helps are offered with access to footnotes, the Bible Dictionary and index, maps and scriptural photographs. Key words or verses can be entered in the search bar.
Country Sites: Over 50 countries are listed with a link to local news and information about the Church in that area. Articles written by members in that area are featured and are available in the native language.
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