All God's Children: Racial and Ethnic Voices in the LDS Church

An insightful collection of accounts from members of the LDS Church who are in culturally diverse situations. a powerful look at how the LDS Church is growing in outlying areas of the world, including successes and occasional struggles. Cardell Jacobson, the editor and compiler of the book, is a professor of sociology at Brigham Young University. the rapid growth of the Church Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints among various racial and ethnic communities has produced many wonderful accomplishments-along with some struggles. the personal essays in this book describe these outcomes-where the Church has been, what the Church is now, and what it can become. These accounts include: the experiences of the first black student-body president at Brigham Young University the dynamics of world-wide wards in Wisconsin and Texas where several nationalities are represented the racial and ethnic challenges in wards in the South, Washington, D.C., and many other areas Multinational single-student wards at BYU-Hawaii, and the experience of minority students at BYU Hispanic experiences in the Church and many more Read how these changes are making a difference as people from many races and ethnic backgrounds move forward as children of God, seeking the same goal of eternal life.Cardell Jacobsen is the author of 'All God's Children: Racial and Ethnic Voices in the LDS Church', published 2003 under ISBN 9781555177355 and ISBN 1555177352.