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Major change announced for Mormon General Conferences — one fewer session

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The LDS Church’s general women’s session no longer will have to share the General Conference spotlight twice a year with the all-male priesthood gathering.

Instead, each of those sessions will take place annually, the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday.

This major change means that the semiannual conferences also will be shortened — from six sessions to five.

The women’s meeting, which officially became part of conference in 2015, no longer be held on the Saturday before the other sessions.

Rather, starting next spring, the priesthood meeting will be held during the April conference with the female session occurring in October.

“These meetings will originate from the Conference Center on Saturday evening following the morning and afternoon sessions of the conference,” the faith’s governing First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in a letter that will be read to Mormon congregations throughout the world.

The letter states that consolidating the conference sessions into one weekend will further efforts “of reducing and simplifying the work of the church and the demands made upon leaders and members.”

This story will be updated.


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