Today Mormonism still has a smaller footprint in Ghana (and in Africa) than other sects, but it is growing rapidly.

Federal fugitive Warren Steed Jeffs, linked by newspaper reports to a group living in a fenced-off enclave near Pringle, has ruled his polygamist Mormon sect with an iron hand, expelling rival leaders ...

The new horror movie 'Heretic' delves into Mormonism more than any mainstream film to date. The directors of the film explained why they chose to explore that faith. During a 2024 interview with GQ, ...

Bishop Lyle Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was living out of his car for two weeks before his arrest in Yankton, South Dakota, an FBI official said ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas grand jury on Tuesday charged the jailed polygamist leader of a breakaway Mormon sect with sexually assaulting a child and indicted five followers after state officials ...

Texas child-welfare authorities are looking into the possibility that young boys were sexually abused at a polygamist sect's ranch, a newly disclosed angle of an investigation triggered by allegations ...

Move over, Sister Wives! The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy is the “ripped from the headlines” crazy true story of Rena Chynoweth (Felicity Huffman), who was forced to become the thirteenth wife of ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized at Manchester, Ontario County, New York, in 1830, by a 24-year-old man named Joseph Smith, Jr., who claimed to be a latter-day prophet.

Two decades ago Sampson Boamah did something unusual for a Ghanaian high-school student: he became a Mormon. Back then the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as the American Christian sect ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Bishop Lyle Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was living out of his car for two ...