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''Liahona'' (formerly ''Tambuli'' in the English-language version) is an official magazine of
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(LDS Church). It is named after the word liahona from the Book of Mormon. The magazine began publication in 1977. Prior to 2021, the magazine consisted of articles for children, youth, and adults, all of which were published concurrently in the church's English-language ''
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'', '' New Era'', and '' Friend'' magazines. Until the April 1995 edition, the
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version of the magazine was called ''Tambuli''; other language versions of the magazine had different titles. Since 1999, all the languages have adopted some form of the title "Liahona."


Editors

* Dean L. Larsen (1977–78) * James E. Faust (1979) * M. Russell Ballard (1980–84) * Carlos E. Asay (1985–86) * Hugh W. Pinnock (1987–89) * Joe J. Christensen (1994–95)Rex D. Pinegar and Joe J. Christensen were co-editors in 1994. * Jack H. Goaslind (1996–98) * Marlin K. Jensen (1999–2000) *Dennis B. Neuenschwander (2001–04) * Jay E. Jensen (2005–08) * Spencer J. Condie (2008–10) *Paul B. Pieper (2010–12) *Craig A. Cardon (2012–15) * Joseph W. Sitati (2015–17) *Hugo E. Martinez (2017–18) *Randy D. Funk (2018–22) *Randall K. Bennett (2022- )


Change in scope

In 2020, the LDS Church announced that the English-language ''Ensign'' magazine would be discontinued and would be replaced with ''Liahona''.McKenzie Stauffer
"LDS Church to replace 'Ensign,' 'New Era' with global magazines"
kutv.com, August 15, 2020.
Since ''Liahona'' will thus be the church magazine for adults, the content formerly found in ''Liahona'' for children and youth will instead be found in ''The Friend'' and the new magazine '' For the Strength of Youth'', respectively.


Previous publications of similar title

''The Liahona'' was a weekly newspaper edited by Nephi Anderson published in
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, in 1907. It was collapsed with '' The Elders' Journal'' (published in
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) into ''Liahona, the Elders' Journal'' (based in Independence) which ran from 1907 to 1942. Both focused on the news and doctrine of the church, with relevant reprints.


See also

* List of Latter Day Saint periodicals


References


External links


Official homepage of English-language ''Liahona''Complete archive of English-language ''Liahona'' and ''Tambuli''
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints periodicals Monthly magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1977 1977 in Christianity Magazines published in Utah Multilingual magazines {{Christian-mag-stub