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- Church leaders believed that a revelation from God was needed to alter this practice and prayerfully sought guidance. The revelation came to Church President Spencer W. Kimball and was affirmed to other Church leaders in the Salt Lake Temple on June 1, 1978.
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The 1978 Revelation on Priesthood was an announcement by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that reversed a long-standing policy excluding men of Black African descent from ordination to the denomination's priesthood and both Black men and women
In its first reporting of the 1978 revelation on priesthood, the Church News cited the extensive media attention given and a telegram sent by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. But the report’s most powerful words were the responses from black members.
Jun 8, 1978 · October 1978. Revelation on Priesthood Accepted, Church Officers Sustained. By President N. Eldon Tanner. First Counselor in the First Presidency.
Jul 8, 2023 · A Pentecost-like experience took place in June 1978, when temple blessings were extended to all who were worthy, regardless of race. This week, as part of our Come, Follow Me study, we revisit the miraculous events which occurred on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), ten days after the Lord’s ascension. As the apostles were “all with one accord ...
On June 1, 1978, the Lord revealed to His prophet and to the members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that “the long-promised day ha[d] come when every faithful, worthy man in the Church may receive the holy priesthood, with power to exercise its divine authority, and enjoy with his loved ones every blessing that ...
It was 1978. These were the days of “black power” and “black pride.”. Slogans, music, and movies extolled the blackness of African-American identity and heritage, pushing back not only on decades of discrimination against blacks but, more subtly, on the shame some blacks themselves felt about aspects of their own racial heritage.
Nov 15, 1997 · The 1978 revelation received through President Spencer W. Kimball extending the priesthood to worthy males of all races is one of the events of greatest impact upon the worldwide spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
