Is Russell Nelson’s push to drop the ‘Mormon’ name working with Latter-day Saints and outsiders? Will it last?

[ZealouslyStriving]

32 minutes ago, Rain said:

Please know I am not criticizing, and I'm not going to criticize any reason you give, but I'm really curious why you capitalized "Restored Gospel". Would you share why you did, please?  

Habit.

[Rain]

1 minute ago, ZealouslyStriving said:

Habit.

Thanks! ☺️

[Calm]

5 hours ago, Rain said:

Thanks! ☺️

For me I started because I thought it’s requested to do so in the style guide, but just checked and it isn’t .   Can’t understand why I thought it was (maybe seeing it capitalized here).  It has always felt odd if I think about it, so I may stop, but it’s a habit now for me as well,  

Edited February 1 by Calm

[Rain]

57 minutes ago, Calm said:

For me I started because I thought it’s requested to do so in the style guide, but just checked and it isn’t .   Can’t understand why I thought it was (maybe seeing it capitalized here).  It has always felt odd if I think about it, so I may stop, but it’s a habit now for me as well,  

First, I wondered if the church was doing it that way, so I searched on the church site, but it didn't come up in the first few results.  It might have come up in further results.  I also googled it.  Didn't find anything, so I asked.

I do find "The Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ" in a lot of titles, but it would always be capitalized there. 

Still not criticizing @ZealouslyStriving, but now that I know Calm is doing it too, and I am not finding it elsewhere it makes me even more curious. 

 

[the narrator]

On 1/31/2026 at 8:34 AM, MiserereNobis said:

Yoga retreats as LDS recruitment is unexpected.

Yeah, that was something I had never heard about and found delightful.

On 1/31/2026 at 8:34 AM, MiserereNobis said:

Any mention of Edwin Morrell?

There are a few pages dedicated to Edwin and Norma Morrell, and he is named a dozen other places in different chapters.

[MiserereNobis]

On 2/2/2026 at 10:29 AM, the narrator said:

Yeah, that was something I had never heard about and found delightful.

There are a few pages dedicated to Edwin and Norma Morrell, and he is named a dozen other places in different chapters.

They were both beautiful souls.