The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spent the past few weeks in a moment of both mourning and transition.
A shooting and arson at a Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Michigan on October 28, 2025, killed four people and wounded eight more.
Additionally, President Nelson, the church's leader, died the day before at age 101, and President Oaks, the longest-serving of the church’s top leaders, was announced as the new president on October 28, 2025.
Change-making Conversations BNG interview series on the state of faith, politics and resistance in our nation.
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