by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Any man or woman who has heard the Gospel and rejected it—not only those in the days of Noah, but any man or woman in this day who has had a good chance to receive and embrace the Gospel and enjoy its blessings and privileges, but who has been indifferent of these...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“He [David Jackson/black Mormon] says that with most black Mormons, ‘when they find out about this [ban], they exit’; he estimates that thousands have become inactive, although few have formally resigned. ‘You end up with the passive African Americans in the church,’...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Most black Americans who have joined the LDS church experience genuine and heartfelt acceptance; at the same time they have concerns over the past priesthood exclusion and latent forms of racism and prejudice exhibited by some white members.” Jessie L. Embry, Black...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The ONLY way to obtain truth and wisdom, is not to ask it from books, but to go to God in prayer and obtain divine teaching.” Joseph Smith, The Joseph Smith Papers Documents – Volume 8: February-November 1841 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church Historian’s...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[I]t is expedient in me that you ordain priests unto me, of every race who receive the teachings of my law, and become heirs according to the promise … Be not hasty in ordaining men of the Negro race to offices in my church, for verily I say unto you, All are not...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“With the concurrence of President McKay, a young man of known Negro ancestry was ordained to the priesthood after receiving a patriarchal blessing which did not assign him to a ‘cursed’ lineage. In another case, President McKay authorized two children with Negro...
