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Lengthening Our Stride

Globalization of the Church

Reid L. Neilson and Wayne D. Crosby, Editors
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Table of Contents

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  • Foreword
    William Atkin
  • Editors' Preface
  • Part 1: Poverty and Humanitarian Work
  • Demographic and Gender-Related Trends: Their Effect on Nations, Regions, and the International System
    Valerie Hudson
  • Poverty: Challenges for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    Tim B. Heaton and Mallory J. Meyer
  • Caring for the Poor and Needy in the Growing International Church
    Gerald Causse
  • Zion's Fountains
    Sharon Eubank
  • Part 2: Public Perceptions and Relations
  • The Church in the Twenty-First Century: Public Perceptions and the "Man with the Stamp"
    Lance B. Wickman
  • Private Humanitarian Initiatives and International Perceptions of the Church
    Warner P. Woodworth
  • Out of Obscurity: Perspectives of Asia
    Anthony D. Perkins
  • In the Public Eye: How the Church Is Handling Increased Global Visibility
    Michael Otterson
  • Part 3: Peacemaking and Diplomacy
  • By Persuasion, Long-Suffering, Meekness, and Love: On Diplomacy
    Cory W. Leonard
  • International Diplomacy and the Church
    Robert S. Wood
  • Women's Weapons of Peace
    Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill
  • Dialogue: Religion as Peacemaker
    Robert A. Rees and Gordon C. Thomasson
  • Part 4: Religious Freedom and Oppression
  • "Let Them Worship How, Where, or What They May"
    William Atkin
  • Protection of Religious Liberties: Current Initiatives
    W. Cole Durham Jr.
  • Erosion of Religious Freedom: Impact on Churches
    Michael K. Young
  • Religious Liberty Initiatives: Preserving the "First Freedom" at Home and Abroad
    Hannah Clayson Smith
  • Part 5: Growth and Globalization
  • Migration- It's in Our Blood: Implications for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    Ted E. Lyon
  • Sources of Tension between the West and the Islamic World
    Daniel C. Peterson
  • The Church and the Global Community
    Cree-L Kofford
  • "Organize yourselves According to the Laws of Man" (D&C 44:4): Ethical Challenges in Establishing the International Church
    Adesina J. Olukani
  • "Challenges, Opportunities, and the International Church"
    Dennis B. Neunschwander
  • Appendix 1: When the World Will Be Converted"
    Spencer W. Kimball
  • Appendix 2: Past LDS International Society Conferences, 1990-2015
  • Index

About the Book

In 1974, President Spencer W. Kimball called for Latter-day Saints to “lengthen our stride.” When he delivered this landmark address, he encouraged all Latter-day Saints to think bigger, broader, and bolder about the ongoing globalization of the Church. Since President Kimball’s clarion call, the geographical distribution and facial complexion of the Church spread and evolved. The still largely Intermountain West Church that President Kimball began to lead in 1974 looked very different from the Church four decades later. Ongoing global growth continues to be one of the Church’s greatest opportunities (and challenges), just as President Kimball anticipated. This book is a compilation of addresses presented to the LDS International Society, a group that meets to discuss and share their best thinking about the past, present, and future of the global Church.

ISBN 978-1-9443-9424-0

Published in 2018

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