Modern-Day Church Pioneers

[calmbreeze]

"With . . . joy I claim the legacies of today's modern-day Church pioneers who live in every nation and whose own stories of perseverance, faith, and sacrifice add glorious new verses to the great chorus of the latter-day anthem of the kingdom of God. . . . "We honor and respect sincere souls from all religious, no matter where or when they lived, who have loved God, even without having the fulness of the gospel. We lift our voices in gratitude for their selflessness and courage. We embrace them as brothers and sisters, children of our Heavenly Father. "We believe that it is a fundamental human right to worship 'Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may' (Articles of Faith 1:11)."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Faith of Our Father," Ensign, May 2008, 70