I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

On the 6th of April, 1830, a little congregation met in a little log house, about twenty feet square. They had gathered to officially organize a church. Some of the key points in that church were modern-day revelation, God's love and support for families, the need for Heaven's authority in a church's ministry, and Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world, the Son of God.

Those key points still remain, but the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has grown since then. It moved from that little log house in Fayette, New York, across the United States, growing as it went. The Church's headquarters eventually came to rest in Salt Lake City, Utah. From there its unique message of revelation and authority sprouted and flowered until coming to the present day. This church has touched every continent and has congregations that blanket the world.

I was born into this church. I was baptized and became a member at age eight. Now, at age twenty, I am grateful to the Lord, Jesus Christ, for moving the events that led to that little congregation's meeting. Because of His hand in the Church, and the decisions and the sacrifices of those people and the people in the Church ever since then, I have had the privilige of truly belonging to this Church. In the next few weeks I plan to explain a little bit about what all that means to me.

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