Disciples of Jesus Christ have always lived in a world of violence of contention.

And I do have a deep concern that those who are coming to American primeval without a lot of understanding will

believe that this is who the Latter-day Saints are. And for those of us who study Latter-day Saint history

like I do, I think what I know now that I haven't always known about Latter-day-Saint history

is that we contain in our religious tradition, in our

scriptural tradition, a great capacity for peacemaking. I think it's a capacity that we haven't fully

realized, but I believe that we have the historical and the scriptural resources, the organizational

capacity of the church, and the will of Latter-day

Saints to truly be peacemakers in the world today.

This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News.

Welcome to the Church News podcast.

Today we're taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

After the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6th, 1830, the Lord instructed the prophet Joseph Smith saying,

Behold, there shall be a record kept among you.

This year, Latter-day Saints study much of that record through Come Follow Me in Doctrine and Covenants.

Other records of the church's history are included in other books and publications of the church.

The recent completion of the four-volume Saints collection adds additional context through records,

journals, and other histories of the past 200

years. Throughout that time, those outside the church have shared erroneous or misleading

accounts of events involving church leaders and members. In this episode of the Church News

podcast, we welcome managing director of the church's church history department, Matt Groh, to talk

about one recent example of a depiction from the church's past that contributes to misunderstanding of the church's church history department, Matt Groh, to talk about one recent example

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