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LDS Church President Dallin Oaks hopes lower missionary ages will lead to lower marriage ages

Lowering the minimum missionary age for young women from 19 to 18 was meant partly “to reduce the age of marriage” for couples in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. So said recently ...
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Will LDS Church President Dallin Oaks return female leaders to the stand in local meetings?

For a decade, Latter-day Saint female officers in the San Francisco Bay Area had joined male leaders in sitting on the stand, facing members, during Sunday services. In the wake of the Ordain Women ...
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President Dallin H Oaks dedicates his first temple as church president

President Dallin H. Oaks of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated his first temple as Church president. He dedicated the Burley Idaho Temple on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2025. According to ...
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LDS leader Dallin Oaks dedicates a new temple. Why this one stands out

Dallin H. Oaks has dedicated Latter-day Saint temples before: • In 2024, in the Philippine city of Urdaneta. • In 2023, in Richmond, Virginia. • In 2018, in Barranquilla, Colombia. • And, in 2016, in ...