"We've seen a lot of young people who previously haven't been engaged with the church for a long time start to come back. It is scheduled as close as possible to 23 December, Smith's birthday, and is usually held in USU's Smith Spectrum. Flint reported being sexually assaulted in 2019 as a student at Utah State University. If USU shows any lapses, the DOJ can step in and take legal action. Early last year, the church's First Presidency asked that all student stakes in Utah previously restricted to only enrolled college students be opened up to all young single adults. See the wards in your area. Flint reported it to USUs Title IX Office when she returned to Utah on Dec. 3, 2019. Bishops and other YSA leadership will still come from conventional home stakes, but the callings for a YSA stake will better align with a more geographical-corresponding neighborhood stake. The Utah State professor does say there are two other possibilities, though theres not enough information available to determine if they are factors in Utahs slowing Latter-day Saint growth rate. Flint said when she heard this recording, she felt sick to her stomach and started to cry. And those older generations are more likely to resemble old Utah white, from bigger families and more likely to be Mormon. They could have been added as a baby but dropped when they were never baptized. This archived news story is available Groups of branches would meet together in regularly convened conferences, and Church leaders and members began using the term conference to describe these groups of branches. I didnt understand what was going on. "Distinction between student and non-students is gone". Without numbers from the church, however, thats a hard one to track. I could see that as some factor, he said. Share these uniRank University rankings with your friends now. Early last year, the church's First Presidency asked that all student stakes in Utah previously restricted to only enrolled college students be opened up to all young single adults. We found our young people are better at reaching out to their peers than anyone else, so that rescue effort we've seen in place has been very, very rewarding.". For example, there has been a net increase of over 100 wards and branches in Utah during 2019 thus far. SALT LAKE CITY Fifty-five years after it created its first student wards and stakes at BYU, the LDS Church is doing away with its "student" unit designation. It happens, of course. The linked site has its own terms of use, privacy policies, and security practices that differ from those on our website. On Jan. 14, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Scott C. Keller building at Utah Valley University, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints addressed the audience in . The institute has an additional three electronic organs: one in the east chapel; one in the gym used for weekly devotionals; and one that travels with the institute choirs.