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LDS Retention Drop, Church Opposes Abortion Rights in Idaho, Nevada - Mormon News 9.25.26 | Ep. 2200
Today on Mormon Stories News, John and Meggan examine new Pew data on Mormon retention, the Church’s opposition to Idaho Proposition 1, questions surrounding David McConkie’s employment at BYU, a response from Suzie Greco, Elizabeth Smart’s Survivor Files, and Colorado State’s apology following anti-Mormon chants at a BYU football game. ARE MORMONS STAYING? New Pew data gives us another look at LDS retention in the United States. We compare the new findings with Church-focused retention research released earlier this year. https://www.deseret.com/faith/2026/06/05/latter-day-saint-faith-retention-united-states/ https...
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Hello everyone and welcome to our very first part two in the same day of the Mormon News podcast. I'm John Delinn from Mormon Stories podcast and I am here with Megan Hayes from Generally Unquoteable. Nice to see everyone again. Why are we doing two episodes of the Mormon News podcast in one day, Megan?
Because there is so much news. And you know what? I probably had 20 stories to choose from. I think it pared it down to like seven and we got through one in the first Well, that's my fault. Yeah. So for those who are joining us late, we just did two hours on the recent news with the lawsuit, the LDS Church suing me and Mormon Stories podcast,
the lead attorney of the church, David Jordan, weirdly, bizarrely decided to grant an interview about the lawsuit. And so we covered that in the first two hours. Go back and watch that if you're curious about how the lawsuit's going and my thoughts and feelings on it and Megan's thoughts and feelings on it.
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