It will not be converted into a functioning Latter-day Saint temple. Once dedicated, such buildings are open only to faithful members. Likewise, in Nauvoo, the Smith Family Homestead, the Mansion ...

Visitors to historic Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Ill., soon may hear a subtly revised narrative about Mormonism’s founding years. That’s because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...