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Five members of the Missionary Executive Council sit at a table and raise their hands in a support of an item during a Missionary Executive Council meeting at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
‘Come, Follow Me’: Councils ancient and modern
By Kaitlyn Bancroft
This week’s “Come, Follow Me” study guide includes a record of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Today, Church leaders still meet in councils to make inspired decisions.
Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé, center, and his counselors Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, left, and Bishop L. Todd Budge, right, are pictured in their office at the Church Office Building.
Episode 119: Inside Church Headquarters — The Presiding Bishopric and their role to provide temporal support to the divine mission of the Church
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé, Bishop W. Christopher Waddell and Bishop L. Todd Budge answer the question: “What does the Presiding Bishopric do?”
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Sydney Walker: What the Presiding Bishopric taught me about the Lord’s Church — it’s about people
By Sydney Walker
The Church is not solely an organization — “it’s a support system,” Bishop Caussé said.
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Video: Presiding Bishopric explains how helping those in need is at ‘the heart of the gospel’
By Sydney Walker
“Helping others and reaching out to the people in need is really at the heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ,” said Bishop Gérald Caussé.
 Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, L. Todd Budge, and Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé chatting at the bishops’ storehouse
Inside Church Headquarters: A glimpse into the Church’s welfare and humanitarian efforts
By Sydney Walker
From the bishops’ storehouse at Welfare Square, the Presiding Bishopric talks about the Church’s worldwide welfare and humanitarian efforts.
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Video: Why the Presiding Bishopric calls temple-building ‘a miracle’
By Sydney Walker
The Presiding Bishopric talks about how Latter-day Saint temples are identified, designed and constructed.
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Inside Church Headquarters: The location, design and construction of Latter-day Saint temples
By Sydney Walker
How are temple locations identified? The Presiding Bishopric answers this and other questions about temples.
Bishop L. Todd Budge, Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé and Bishop W. Christopher Waddell tour the stockroom at the bishops’ storehouse.
Inside Church Headquarters: What is the Presiding Bishopric? What do they do?
By Sydney Walker
“The Church is made up of millions of members ... and we’re here to serve them,” said Bishop L. Todd Budge.
President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, right, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, speak during an interview in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
8 questions with President Oaks and President Eyring about revelation in councils
By Sydney Walker
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Inside Church headquarters: 8 videos about councils
By Sydney Walker
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Video: Elder Cook explains the roles of 3 of the Church’s executive councils
By Sydney Walker
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Video: President Oaks and President Eyring explain how different perspectives strengthen a council
By Sydney Walker
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Video: What it means to Elder Bednar to ‘counsel in council’
By Sydney Walker
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Video: Elder Uchtdorf describes how ‘information brings inspiration’ in a council setting
By Sydney Walker
President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor, attend a First Presidency meeting, held daily Tuesday through Friday, at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The Church Administration Building was constructed between 1913 and 1917.
Inside Church headquarters: What does it mean to be an effective leader?
By Sydney Walker
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Documentary: Senior Church leaders talk about the power of councils and their role ‘Inside Church Headquarters’
By Sarah Jane Weaver
Jeff Daly, second from left, and his wife, Kendyl Daly, right, hold a family council with their children in their Laguna Niguel, California home on July 18, 2021.
How can I help my stake, ward or family council be more effective?
By Sydney Walker
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Video: Revelation is ‘scattered among us,’ President Bingham says
By Sarah Jane Weaver
President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor, attend a First Presidency meeting, held daily Tuesday through Friday, at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The Church Administration Building was constructed between 1913 and 1917.
Inside Church headquarters photo gallery: 17 things we’ve learned about councils
By Sydney Walker and Sarah Jane Weaver
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Video: President Cordon explains how ‘the Lord uses all of us’ in His Church
By Sarah Jane Weaver
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Video: President Ballard explains how the Church has ‘risen up through the council system’
By Sarah Jane Weaver
The Relief Society, Young Women and Primary general presidencies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attend a meeting together at the Relief Society Building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Inside Church headquarters: 8 principles to help stake, ward and family councils be more effective
By Sydney Walker
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Episode 41: Latter-day Saint women leaders on the voice of women in the Church through executive councils, revelation
By Sarah Jane Weaver
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Video: President Johnson on what it’s like to participate in Church executive councils as a woman
By Sarah Jane Weaver
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Sydney Walker: What I know now about councils at Church headquarters
By Sydney Walker
Five members of the Missionary Executive Council — clockwise from top, Sister Amy A. Wright, second counselor in the Primary general presidency; Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon; Elder Marcus B. Nash, a General Authority Seventy; and Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf and Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles — raise their hands in a support of an item during a Missionary Executive Council meeting at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May …
Inside Church headquarters: A look at 3 of the Church’s executive councils and what they do
By Sydney Walker
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Episode 40: President M. Russell Ballard and 3 other Apostles on why and how the Church is governed by councils
By Sarah Jane Weaver
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gather for their weekly meeting at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Inside Church headquarters: Why the Church is governed by councils
By Sydney Walker
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor, attend a First Presidency meeting, held daily Tuesday through Friday, at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The Church Administration Building was constructed between 1913 and 1917.
Inside Church headquarters: What President Oaks and President Eyring have learned about revelation in councils
By Sydney Walker