September Six

How September 1993, when Latter-day Saints leaders disciplined six dissidents, continues to trouble the church

By Benjamin Park — September 13, 2023
(The Conversation) — Many faiths face conflicts over dissent and institutional control. In Latter-day Saints history, the episode around the ‘September Six’ is particularly memorable.

On 30 years of Mormon belonging and not-belonging

By Jana Riess — September 11, 2023
(RNS) — I became a Mormon 30 years ago with both eyes open, and that has made all the difference.

Another Mormon excommunication, 25 years after the ‘September Six’

By Jana Riess — September 18, 2018
The excommunication of a former Mormon bishop has me flashing back to the "September Six," who were disciplined 25 years ago this week--just as I was baptized into the LDS Church.

Why I Am a Mormon

By Jana Riess — August 24, 2013
Why did I choose to become a Mormon? And why, twenty years later, do I continue to choose, every day, to remain a Latter-day Saint?
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