Gerry Avant is editor of the LDS Church News. In addition to her editing duties, she has gone on assignments throughout the United States and to countries. She has won state and regional awards for photography.
A native of Georgia, she received an associate's degree from Brewton Parker College and a bachelor's degree from BYU, where she did post-graduate studies. She taught high school English before she joined the Deseret News staff.
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson dedicated the 137th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Kansas City Missouri Temple, on Sunday.
Elder Eldred G. Smith, who served as patriarch to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1947 to 1979, turned 105 on Monday. Among those calling upon him at this home to extend greetings was churc...
Focusing much of his talk on the Savior's atonement and the responsibility of individuals to accept its redemptive power through repentance, President Boyd K. Packer addressed thousands of young adults during a...
Professing "there is no finer choir in all the world" than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson welcomed invited guests to the final concert of its summer tour.
TORONTO, Ontario — Professing "there is no finer choir in all the world" than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson welcomed invited guests to the final concert of its summer
TORONTO, Ontario — Professing "there is no finer choir in all the world" than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson welcomed invited guests to the final concert of its summer
The weekend has been one of homecoming for President Thomas S. Monson, who lived here for three years as he presided over the Canadian Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
TORONTO, Ontario — The weekend has been one of homecoming for President Thomas S. Monson, who lived here for three years as he presided over the Canadian Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da
