Who exercises power and authority in the LDS Church? What matters about who’s inside and who’s outside the current power structure? Our panel will explore the personal, spiritual, and institutional implications of the current power dynamics in the LDS Church and discuss what other models and approaches might be possible.We’ll hear from panelists on many …
Speaker: Darius Gray
DC09006: Panel: Where Were You on June 8, 1978?
A common response to the race issue in Mormonism is the often tearful memory of where we were on June 8, 1978. But Black Latter-day Saints who have some history in the Church remember when racialist policies kept them from full participation in the Church and justified some appalling assumptions about them. Today, many of …
SW08001: NOBODY KNOWS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BLACK MORMONS
NOBODY KNOWS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BLACK MORMONS We are very pleased to be able to screen the long-awaited documentary, Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons, and to be able to discuss it with DARIUS GRAY, one of the driving forces behind the film and a noted author and historian about Black Latter-day …
‘I’M BLESSED’: AN INTERVIEW WITH DARIUS GRAY
‘I’M BLESSED’: AN INTERVIEW WITH DARIUS GRAY Darius Aidan Gray joined the LDS church in 1964, at a time when black members were not allowed to hold the priesthood and could not enjoy temple blessings. But a remarkable answer to prayer, “This is the restored gospel and you are to join,” led him to put …
Pillars Of My Faith
This is Sunstone’s perennially best-attended session. Hear speakers share the events and concepts that animate their religious lives; a little soul-baring, a little spiritual journey, a little intellectual testimony-bearing. This self-reflective night is about the things that matter most, plus spirited congregational hymn-singing. H. Parker Blount, Margaret Blair Young, Darius Gray