Part 1 explores what Western faiths are up against in Russia ... took different paths to membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But they all have found the tiny church ...

including the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are having to adapt to survive and grow in a nation where the government, with encouragement from the dominant Russian ...

(KUTV) — Two LDS church members volunteering in Novorossiyk, Russia have been held in government custody since Friday, according to a church spokesman Eric Hawkins. The two volunteers were ...

Russia's government on Wednesday denied any ... according to KUTV. The other LDS church member has not been identified. Hawkins, the LDS spokesman, said both volunteers were believed to be in ...

(KUTV) In the wake of a new Russian law limiting religious proselytizing, the LDS church is pulling ... but instead focus on supporting the Church and its members, and on engaging in community ...

(RNS) — The LDS Church’s official 'statement on ... in the short term to a new temple and possibly placing Russian church members in a precarious position vis-à-vis the state — it ...

Chris Stewart, R-Utah said in December that the relationship between the United States and Russia is "Cold War-esque" and makes it difficult for U.S. diplomats and members of the LDS Church there.

SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has reassigned ... be a good thing because the members of the church have to really step up in Russia and they really have to ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said two of its volunteers serving in Russia have been detained, local Utah news station KSL TV reports. Spokesman Eric Hawkins said the volunteers ...