Smith's teachings discuss God's nature, cosmology, family structures, political organization, and religious community and authority. Mormons generally regard Smith as a prophet comparable …

Dec 19, 2025 · Joseph Smith, American prophet and founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Smith published the Book of Mormon in 1830 and shortly thereafter …

As a boy, Joseph Smith searched for the truth. Jesus Christ chose him to be His prophet and to restore His gospel and His Church to the earth.

Joseph Smith executed a promissory note payable to George H. Noble for $190.95 to enable Joseph to purchase from his father-in-law, Isaac Hale, thirteen acres and the home where …

On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president. Joseph married Emma Hale on January 18, 1827, and was …

Almost two hundred years ago, a farmhand named Joseph Smith founded a Christian denomination that would become one of America’s best-known religious groups: the Church of …

Somewhere along the six-hour horseback ride from Nauvoo to Carthage, Ill., where Joseph Smith was martyred in 1844, he shared with his small group of travel companions a foreboding that …

View the original histories, journals, revelations, and other documents of Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Dec 23, 2025 · That’s how Joseph Smith — the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — described his own conscience, days before being fatally attacked by a …

Jan 13, 2025 · Delve into the life and teachings of Joseph Smith. Learn more in this compilation of facts from historians and religious leaders.