Posthumous baptisms are performed at the church’s 159 temples around the globe, mostly by young people. Members are escorted to a decorative baptismal font resting on statutes of 12 oxen.

The church has recently faced stiff opposition to its proposed temple projects in a number of towns across the country, ...

Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, popularly known as Mormons, have announced the location of its planned temple for the Huntsville area.

On one side stands the Fairview mayor of the 11,000-resident Dallas-Fort Worth town, and on the other stands the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The latter wants to build a temple to ...