Race and the Priesthood

Scriptures

• Matthew 22:36–40
• Matthew 28:19–20
• 2 Nephi 26:33
• Doctrine and Covenants 38:24–25
• Official Declaration 2

Teachings of Prophets and other Church Leaders

• Bruce R. McConkie “All are Alike unto God” (Brigham Young University devotional, Aug. 18, 1978), speeches.byu.edu
• Dallin H. Oaks, “Remarks at Worldwide Priesthood Celebration” (address given at the “Be One” celebration, June 1, 2018) mormonnewsroom.org
• Russell M. Nelson, “Remarks at Worldwide Priesthood Celebration” (address given at the “Be One” celebration, June 1, 2018) mormonnewsroom.org
• Helvecio Martins, “Watchmen on the Tower,” Ensign, May 1995, 43–45

Additional Church Resources

• “Race and the Church: All Are Alike Unto God” (official statement, Feb. 29, 2012), mormonnewsroom.org
• “Race and the Priesthood,” Gospel Topics, topics.lds.org
• James Goldberg, “Witnessing the Faithfulness: Official Declaration 2,” Revelations in Context, history.lds.org
• Ahmad Corbitt, “Revelations in the Summer of 1978, Parts 1–4,” history.lds.org
• “Till We All Come in the Unity of Faith” (2:21), medialibrary.lds.org
• “Chapter 56: Official Declaration 2,” Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual (2018), 861–76
• Elizabeth Maki, “A People Prepared,” history.lds.org
• Elizabeth Maki, “You Have Come at Last,” history.lds.org
• “At ‘Be One’ Celebration, a Call for Optimism and Overcoming Prejudice,” (news release, June 1, 2018) mormonnewsroom.org
• “Elijah Able,” Church History Topics, saints.lds.org
• “Jane Elizabeth Manning James,” Church History Topics, saints.lds.org

Other Resources

• “Blacks and the Priesthood,” fairmormon.org
• John A. Tvedtnes, “The Charge of ‘Racism’ in the Book of Mormon” (address given at the 2003 FAIR Conference), bookofmormoncentral.org

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