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Chapter 115

Doctrine and Covenants 115:4

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For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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- **Eternity’s Great Gifts: Jesus Christ’s Atonement, Resurrection, Restoration** — Gerrit W. Gong (April 2025) · Reference
  Each Easter spring season testifies that spiritual sequence and convergence are both part of the divine pattern of atonement, resurrection, and restoration through Jesus Christ.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/04/45gong?lang=eng&id=p_d6SB0#p_d6SB0

- **“This Is My Gospel”—“This Is My Church”** — Dale G. Renlund (October 2024) · Reference
  The Savior refers to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “my church” because He commissioned it to accomplish His purposes—preaching His gospel, offering His ordinances and covenants, and making it possible for His power to justify and sanctify us.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/10/15renlund?lang=eng&id=p_evLU8#p_evLU8

- **Covenants and Responsibilities** — Dallin H. Oaks (April 2024) · Reference
  Covenants were foundational in the Restoration of the gospel.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/04/47oaks?lang=eng&id=p10#p10

- **Bearing Witness of Jesus Christ in Word and Actions** — Adilson de Paula Parrella (October 2023) · Quote
  > ‘For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’
  President Nelson, God’s living prophet, in a 2018 general conference address titled “The Correct Name of the Church,” said: “It is a correction.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/10/43parrella?lang=eng&id=p17#p17

- **WeAre The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints** — Reyna I. Aburto (April 2022) · Reference
  From the beginning, God has sought to gather and organize His children “to bring to pass [our] immortality and eternal life.” With that purpose in mind, He has instructed us to build places of worship where we receive knowledge and the ordinances of salvation and exaltation; make and keep covenants that bind us to Jesus Christ; are endowed with “the power of godliness”; and gather together often to remember Jesus and strengthen each other in Him.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/13aburto?lang=eng&id=p3#p3

- **The Name of the Church Is Not Negotiable** — Neil L. Andersen (October 2021) · Reference
  In a press conference on August 16, 2018, President Russell M.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/58andersen?lang=eng&id=p1#p1

- **Opening the Heavens for Help** — Russell M. Nelson (April 2020) · Quote
  > “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
  As we commemorate the event that was launched in 1820, it is important to remember that while we revere Joseph Smith as a prophet of God, this is not the church of Joseph Smith, nor is it the church of Mormon.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/04/37nelson?lang=eng&id=p5#p5

- **The Correct Name of the Church** — Russell M. Nelson (October 2018) · Quote
  > “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
  Instead, it is a correction.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2018/10/the-correct-name-of-the-church?lang=eng&id=p10#p10

- **That Our Light May Be a Standard for the Nations** — Benjamín De Hoyos (April 2017) · Alludes to
  “Verily I say unto you all: Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations” (D&C 115:4–5).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2017/04/that-our-light-may-be-a-standard-for-the-nations?lang=eng&id=p11#p11

- **Following Up** — M. Russell Ballard (April 2014) · Quote
  > “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
  In the October 2011 conference, I urged that we remember these important words of the Lord: “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2014/04/following-up?lang=eng&id=p7#p7

- **The Witness** — Boyd K. Packer (April 2014) · Alludes to
  Foremost and underpinning all that we do, anchored throughout the revelations, is the Lord’s name, which is the authority by which we act in the Church.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2014/04/the-witness?lang=eng&id=p21#p21

- **Guided by the Holy Spirit** — Boyd K. Packer (April 2011) · Alludes to
  “The use of the revealed name, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (D&C 115:4), is increasingly important in our responsibility to proclaim the name of the Savior throughout all the world.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2011/04/guided-by-the-holy-spirit?lang=eng&id=p18#p18

- **Called to Be Saints** — Benjamín De Hoyos (April 2011) · Quote
  > “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”
  My companion and I smiled at such a magnificent question and then proceeded to explain that the name of the Church was not chosen by man.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2011/04/called-to-be-saints?lang=eng&id=p9#p9

- **“The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected”** — Boyd K. Packer (October 2003) · Reference
  The church you belong to, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the restored Church.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2003/10/the-standard-of-truth-has-been-erected?lang=eng&id=p6#p6

- **“The Touch of the Master’s Hand”** — Boyd K. Packer (April 2001) · Reference
  When the heavens were opened and the Father and the Son stood before Joseph Smith, the Father spoke seven words: “This is My Beloved Son.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2001/04/the-touch-of-the-masters-hand?lang=eng&id=p45#p45

- **Our Lord and Savior** — Joseph B. Wirthlin (October 1993) · Alludes to
  To the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord revealed that in the last days his restored church should be called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see D&C 115:4).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1993/10/our-lord-and-savior?lang=eng&id=p14#p14

- **Witnesses of Christ** — Dallin H. Oaks (October 1990) · Alludes to
  We also witness of Christ by our membership in the Church that bears his name (see 3 Ne.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1990/10/witnesses-of-christ?lang=eng&id=p8#p8

- **MormonShould Mean “More Good”** — Gordon B. Hinckley (October 1990) · Quote
  > “Thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”
  “Thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” (D&C 115:4).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1990/10/mormon-should-mean-more-good?lang=eng&id=p8#p8

- **“Thus Shall My Church Be Called”** — Russell M. Nelson (April 1990) · Quote
  > “Thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”
  “Thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” (D&C 115:4).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1990/04/thus-shall-my-church-be-called?lang=eng&id=p5#p5

- **Reverent and Clean** — Dallin H. Oaks (April 1986) · Alludes to
  He has instructed his followers to call the Church in his name.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1986/04/reverent-and-clean?lang=eng&id=p19#p19

- **Taking upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ** — Dallin H. Oaks (April 1985) · Alludes to
  As a second obvious meaning, we take upon us our Savior’s name when we become members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1985/04/taking-upon-us-the-name-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng&id=p8#p8

- **The Lord Expects Righteousness** — Spencer W. Kimball (October 1982) · Quote
  > “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
  Now, my dear brothers and sisters, there are some in the world who mistakenly say that we are a non-Christian Church—a cult; that we worship Joseph Smith rather than our Savior, Jesus Christ.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1982/10/the-lord-expects-righteousness?lang=eng&id=p20#p20

- **The Book of Mormon** — Marion G. Romney (April 1980) · Alludes to
  “And that the gathering together upon the land of Zion, and upon her stakes, may be for a defense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth” (D&C 115:4–6).
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1980/04/the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng&id=p5#p5

- **We, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints** — Marion G. Romney (April 1979) · Alludes to
  Members of the Church do not resent being referred to as Mormons, nor does the Church resent being referred to as the Mormon church.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1979/04/we-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?lang=eng&id=p8#p8

- **Strengthen the Stakes of Zion** — Harold B. Lee (April 1973) · Quote
  > “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
  “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” And then this command: “Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations.” (D&C 115:4–5.)
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1973/04/strengthen-the-stakes-of-zion?lang=eng&id=p14#p14

- **Why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints** — Marion G. Romney (October 1972) · Quote
  > thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
  That there should be no uncertainty about the name in this last dispensation, the Lord said to Joseph Smith: “… thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” (D&C 115:4.
  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1972/10/why-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?lang=eng&id=p40#p40

Eternity’s Great Gifts: Jesus Christ’s Atonement, Resurrection, Restoration

Gerrit W. Gong April 2025 Sunday Morning Session

Each Easter spring season testifies that spiritual sequence and convergence are both part of the divine pattern of atonement, resurrection, and restoration through Jesus Christ.

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“This Is My Gospel”—“This Is My Church”

Dale G. Renlund October 2024 Saturday Morning Session

The Savior refers to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “my church” because He commissioned it to accomplish His purposes—preaching His gospel, offering His ordinances and covenants, and making it possible for His power to justify and sanctify us.

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Covenants and Responsibilities

Dallin H. Oaks April 2024 Sunday Morning Session

Covenants were foundational in the Restoration of the gospel.

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Bearing Witness of Jesus Christ in Word and Actions

Adilson de Paula Parrella October 2023 Sunday Morning Session

‘For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’

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WeAre The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Reyna I. Aburto April 2022 Saturday Morning Session

From the beginning, God has sought to gather and organize His children “to bring to pass [our] immortality and eternal life.” With that purpose in mind, He has instructed us to build places of worship where we receive knowledge and the ordinances of salvation and exaltation; make and keep covenants that bind us to Jesus Christ; are endowed with “the power of godliness”; and gather together often to remember Jesus and strengthen each other in Him.

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The Name of the Church Is Not Negotiable

Neil L. Andersen October 2021 Sunday Afternoon Session

In a press conference on August 16, 2018, President Russell M.

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Opening the Heavens for Help

Russell M. Nelson April 2020 Saturday Evening Session

“For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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The Correct Name of the Church

Russell M. Nelson October 2018 Sunday Morning Session

“For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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That Our Light May Be a Standard for the Nations

Benjamín De Hoyos April 2017 Sunday Afternoon Session

“Verily I say unto you all: Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations” (D&C 115:4–5).

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Following Up

M. Russell Ballard April 2014 Sunday Morning Session

“For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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The Witness

Boyd K. Packer April 2014 Sunday Afternoon Session

Foremost and underpinning all that we do, anchored throughout the revelations, is the Lord’s name, which is the authority by which we act in the Church.

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Guided by the Holy Spirit

Boyd K. Packer April 2011 Saturday Afternoon Session

“The use of the revealed name, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (D&C 115:4), is increasingly important in our responsibility to proclaim the name of the Savior throughout all the world.

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Called to Be Saints

Benjamín De Hoyos April 2011 Sunday Afternoon Session

“For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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“The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected”

Boyd K. Packer October 2003 Saturday Afternoon Session

The church you belong to, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the restored Church.

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“The Touch of the Master’s Hand”

Boyd K. Packer April 2001 Saturday Afternoon Session

When the heavens were opened and the Father and the Son stood before Joseph Smith, the Father spoke seven words: “This is My Beloved Son.

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Our Lord and Savior

Joseph B. Wirthlin October 1993 Saturday Morning Session

To the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord revealed that in the last days his restored church should be called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see D&C 115:4).

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Witnesses of Christ

Dallin H. Oaks October 1990 Saturday Afternoon Session

We also witness of Christ by our membership in the Church that bears his name (see 3 Ne.

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MormonShould Mean “More Good”

Gordon B. Hinckley October 1990 Sunday Morning Session

“Thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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“Thus Shall My Church Be Called”

Russell M. Nelson April 1990 Saturday Morning Session

“Thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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Reverent and Clean

Dallin H. Oaks April 1986 Sunday Morning Session

He has instructed his followers to call the Church in his name.

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Taking upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ

Dallin H. Oaks April 1985 Sunday Afternoon Session

As a second obvious meaning, we take upon us our Savior’s name when we become members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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The Lord Expects Righteousness

Spencer W. Kimball October 1982 Saturday Morning Session

“For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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The Book of Mormon

Marion G. Romney April 1980 Sunday Morning Session

“And that the gathering together upon the land of Zion, and upon her stakes, may be for a defense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth” (D&C 115:4–6).

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We, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Marion G. Romney April 1979 Sunday Morning Session

Members of the Church do not resent being referred to as Mormons, nor does the Church resent being referred to as the Mormon church.

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Strengthen the Stakes of Zion

Harold B. Lee April 1973 Friday Morning Session

“For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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Why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Marion G. Romney October 1972 Saturday Morning Session

thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

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