Church responds to change in Book of Mormon intro

Following is a response from LDS Church spokesperson Mark Tuttle to inquiries

regarding the one-word change in the Book of Mormon Introduction:"The current Introduction page in the Book of Mormon was not part of the

original text translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. The Introduction was written and

published at the same time additional materials including footnotes and cross

references were added in 1981. A one-word change was made to the Introduction in

the latest edition of the Book of Mormon published by Doubleday. That change

takes into account details of Book of Mormon demography which are not known. The

change will be included in the next edition of the Book of Mormon printed by the

Church."