SALT LAKE CITY — The doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "centers on the family," President Dallin H. Oaks, acting as the presiding authority, said Sunday at the concluding session of the October 2025 general conference.

Oaks, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, devoted the bulk of his remarks to the importance of the family and temples, which he called "essential" to the church.

"The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan of our Heavenly Father for the benefit of His spirit children," he said. "We are a family Church."

He elaborated that the "gospel plan was first taught to us in the council of an eternal family, it is implemented through our mortal families, and its intended destiny is to exalt the children of God in eternal families.”

Oaks also tied t

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