April 2025 general conference
President Russell M. Nelson sits with his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, and President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor, at the beginning of the Sunday afternoon session of the 195th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, April 6, 2025. Photo by Scott G Winterton, courtesy of Church News. Copyright 2025 Deseret News Publishing Company.This story appears here courtesy of TheChurchNews.com. It is not for use by other media.
By Lynnette McConkie, Church News
The start of general sessions of October 2025 general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is 32 days away, scheduled for Saturday, October 4, and Sunday, October 5.
The conference will consist of five two-hour general sessions — Saturday morning, afternoon and evening sessions and Sunday morning and afternoon sessions.
Start Preparing Now
If you want to prepare by rereading the messages from the April 2025 general conference in order, one talk per day, you should start today, Tuesday, September 2, in order to finish by Friday, October 3.
The April 2025 conference featured 32 messages over the five sessions. President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Church, spoke in the Sunday afternoon session. President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, spoke in the Sunday morning session, and President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, spoke in the Saturday morning session.
Each member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles also spoke once.
April Talk Summaries
Church News’ coverage with information about announcements, talk summaries, photo galleries and other articles for last April’s conference can be found on the April 2025 general conference summary page. The Church News also has resources to support the study of each talk.
Church News talk summaries with links to each speaker’s full remarks during the April 2025 general conference are also listed here:
Saturday Morning Session
- President Jeffrey R. Holland: ‘As a Little Child’
- President Camille N. Johnson: ‘Spiritually Whole in Him’
- Elder Ronald A. Rasband: ‘Right Before Our Eyes’
- Elder Quentin L. Cook: ‘The Atonement of Jesus Christ Provides the Ultimate Rescue’
- Elder Ricardo P. Giménez: ‘My Love for the Savior Is My “Why”’
- President Henry B. Eyring: ‘Draw Near Unto Me’
Saturday Afternoon Session
- Elder Neil L. Andersen: ‘Cherishing Life’
- President Steven J. Lund: ‘Divine Authority, Sublime Young Men’
- Elder S. Mark Palmer: ‘Return Unto Me … That I May Heal You’
- Elder Sandino Román: ‘Faith: A Bond of Trust and Loyalty’
- Elder Dale G. Renlund: ‘Personal Preparation To Meet the Savior’
- Elder Hans T. Boom: ‘True to the Faith That Our Parents Have Cherished’
- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf: ‘By This All Will Know That You Are My Disciples’
Saturday Evening Session
- Elder Gary E. Stevenson: ‘And We Talk of Christ’
- Sister Amy A. Wright: ‘Thou Art the Christ’
- Elder James R. Rasband: ‘The Plan of Mercy’
- Elder Sergio R. Vargas: ‘Our Heavenly Guidance System’
- Elder D. Todd Christofferson: ‘Worship’
Sunday Morning Session
- Elder David A. Bednar: ‘The Times of Restitution of All Things’
- Elder Steven D. Shumway: ‘Participate To Prepare for Christ’s Return’
- Sister Tamara W. Runia: ‘Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy’
- Bishop Gérald Caussé: ‘Compensating Blessings’
- Elder Gerrit W. Gong: ‘Eternity’s Great Gifts: Jesus Christ’s Atonement, Resurrection, Restoration’
- Elder John A. McCune: ‘Joy Through Covenant Discipleship’
- President Dallin H. Oaks: ‘Divine Helps for Mortality’
Sunday Afternoon Aession
- Elder Ulisses Soares: ‘Reverence for Sacred Things’
- Elder Michael B. Strong: ‘Charity — A Sign of True Discipleship’
- Elder Scott D. Whiting: ‘Beware the Second Temptation’
- Elder Christopher H. Kim: ‘Harden Not Your Heart’
- Elder Patrick Kearon: ‘Receive His Gift’
- Elder Benjamin M.Z. Tai: ‘The Love of God’
- President Russell M. Nelson: ‘Confidence in the Presence of God’
Leading up to the October 2025 general conference, the Church News will feature daily talk summaries from last April on its X/Twitter and Facebook pages. Look for those links on social media each day, or find all the talk summaries at the April 2025 general conference summary page with the Church News’ coverage.
Full talks are also available in the Gospel Library. General conference messages are published on the Gospel Library app, on ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in Church magazines for further viewing and study.
Talk summaries, photo galleries and other articles about the October 2025 general conference will be published on TheChurchNews.com and Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org starting October 4.
How to Watch October 2025 General Conference
The October 2025 general conference will be broadcast live worldwide from the Conference Center in Salt Lake City in 80 languages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org/broadcasts and the Gospel Library app, in 14 languages on the General Conference YouTube channel and in 11 languages on Gospel Stream.
Sessions will be streamed live in English on KSL-TV, KSL NewsRadio, BYUtv, BYUradio, and their respective websites and smartphone apps.
General conference will also be available through the General Conference skill on Amazon Alexa devices and through TuneIn by searching for “Saints Channel Talk” or “Canal de los Santos” (for live Spanish interpretation).
Other radio, television, satellite and digital channels are available by Church areas. See a detailed list here.
On-demand viewing of the messages will also be available following the broadcast, on multiple channels in up to 98 languages.
How to Attend a Conference Session in Salt Lake City
An event notice on ChurchofJesusChrist.org explains how to acquire tickets for session attendance. Residents of the United States or Canada are instructed to consult their local ward or branch leaders. Stake leaders can learn how to access their account and distribute tickets to stake members by referencing this guide.
Those who live outside of the United States or Canada can ask their stake or district president to submit a request for tickets on their behalf.
Those hoping to access standby seating should line up outside the Tabernacle 90 minutes prior to the desired session. See Temple Square Event Guidelines for more information and restrictions.