Church Magazines at No Cost FAQ

Those who wish to receive any of the Church magazines in print no longer need to pay for a subscription.

A household, no matter the makeup, can receive one annual subscription to any or all of the Church magazines: the Liahona, For the Strength of Youth, and the Friend. You do not need to have youth or children in your home to subscribe to the Friend or For the Strength of Youth magazines.

Starting August 1, 2023, the following areas will be able to subscribe to magazines at no cost:

• Asia North, North America West

• Africa Central, Africa South, Africa West, Asia, Caribbean, Central America, Europe Central, Europe North, Mexico, Pacific, Philippines.
• Members in the Middle East/Africa North area(s) are not able receive printed magazines at this time. Starting December 1, 2023, these members can subscribe to a digital magazine email that will notify them when a new magazine issue is available in the Gospel Library App and online. Members may sign up for the email at MagazineSubscriptions.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

• North America Central, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, North America Southwest, Utah.

An adult member of the household can manage subscriptions at MagazineSubscriptions.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. To manage your subscriptions, you will need to sign in using your Church account. If you do not have a Church account, you can sign up for a free account at Account.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Make sure to include your membership record number. If you need help with your subscriptions, you may contact your ward or branch magazine representative or your ward clerk.

If you have questions about your current subscription, please visit https://store.churchofjesuschrist.org/ for contact information. A Customer Support Representative is ready to help you by telephone during the weekday business hours in your country. They are also available anytime at help@store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Please provide your name and order number or magazine subscription account number if applicable.

Please contact the following if you are in one of the following countries:


Japan: DC-Japan@ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Korea: KoreaDC@ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Mongolia: ganchudurb@Churchofjesuschrist.org

Paid subscriptions are no longer available. Single-issue magazines will continue to be available at Store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. You have the option to order single issues several months in advance. Additionally, single editions are available at distribution stores and at Deseret Book stores.

Please contact customer service for refund eligibility and options by country.

You can subscribe or unsubscribe at any time. It can take six to eight weeks to see a change in your subscription. Those without a print subscription will be able to continue to utilize the digital versions of the magazines on the Gospel Library app or ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Anyone 16 or older in your household with an email address and Church account can sign up to receive a monthly email notification that the newest issues of the magazines are available. You can subscribe to monthly emails at MagazineSubscriptions.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

If you have other adults living at the same address who are not your spouse, they are considered their own household and can subscribe for themselves. We encourage members of a household to communicate with each other and decide which print magazines they would like to receive. You may choose to designate one person in your household to be responsible for subscribing, unsubscribing, and renewing.

Yes, you can receive a print magazine subscription at no cost. If you do not have a Church account, you can sign up for a free Church account at Account.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Currently, each household can subscribe to receive one subscription of each magazine at no cost. Those who would like to receive additional copies can purchase current issues of the magazines at Store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org or at retail stores. Past issues can be accessed digitally on ChurchofJesusChrist.org or the Gospel Library app.

You can invite your friends and family to opt in to a print subscription at no cost in multiple ways. You can send a personal invitation with a link to the subscription page or digital versions of the magazines via text message, social media, email, or by talking with them. If they don’t have a Church account, they can sign up for one at Account.churchofjesuschrist.org.

If a member needs help subscribing to the print magazine, a leader can help by subscribing on behalf of a member in their unit, at their request, using Leader and Clerk Resources.

Unit leaders may wish for every member in their unit to receive a print magazine in their homes; however, some households may not wish to receive a print subscription and others may benefit more from using the digital versions. Unit leaders should not subscribe on behalf of households who have not asked for subscriptions. However, unit leaders should encourage individuals to get Church magazines however it best meets the individual’s needs. This may be in print or it may be in digital formats in the Gospel Library app or on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Unit leaders should also be made aware of the opportunity to “provide ongoing subscriptions to all children and youth who attend church without a parent or guardian” (General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 38.8.7, Gospel Library). These children and youth are prime examples of individuals who will be blessed by the no-cost magazines initiative. With a parent or guardian’s permission, a unit leader can subscribe to magazines on behalf of children and youth in Leader and Clerk Resources.

At this time, magazine subscriptions will be available only in the primary languages of the area. There are three ways to access magazines in a language that is not one of the primary languages of the area:

1. Gospel Library app
2. ChurchofJesusChrist.org
3. Purchase current single print issues from Store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org