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Ryan Jensen
Ryan Jensen

J. Ryan Jensen is the editor of the Church News. He has worked with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2014 creating and distributing content that helps build faith in Jesus Christ – including four years as the managing editor of the New Era magazine and Church youth website. Ryan has a degree in journalism from Utah State University. He served a mission in Colombia and still speaks Spanish every chance he gets. He and his wife Megan love being parents to their four children. Email Ryan at rjensen@deseretnews.com.


Historian Richard E. Turley Jr., reflects on decades of leadership and service by President Russell M. Nelson ahead of his 100th birthday.

Pioneer-era tabernacle took nearly 30 years to build in the 1800s; needed 30 months to be renovated, culminating with Sunday’s rededication.

Learning a new phrase from Elder Neil L. Andersen caused Jon Ryan Jensen to reflect on the example he sets for his children of commitment to worthy goals.

Hear stories of faith that have guided the growth and success of BYU–Pathway Worldwide.

The more than 20 adjustments in the August 2024 update help Latter-day Saints at home, at church and in the temple.

The Church’s efforts to help individuals find answers to gospel questions continue to expand within the Gospel Library.

Joseph Grenny shares how tragedy within his own family helped him find ways for others to embrace accountability and how obeying promptings provides immediate and long-term blessings.

The Apostle shares in a new video how his career of being a pilot helped him gain a perspective of the gospel and the planet.

After being named editor of the Deseret News, Church News podcast host Sarah Jane Weaver shares her learnings from her work with Church News and passes the baton to new podcast host Jon Ryan Jensen.

The new "Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Russell M. Nelson" manual is the first of its kind to begin publishing during a prophet’s life.

As part of his ministry, Elder Ronald A. Rasband invites young adults to "go through Jesus to get into their phones."

Elder Gerrit W. Gong said people learn in hard times that "we do it together. It’s part of covenant belonging."

Leading the Days of ’47 Parade as its grand marshal, Elder David A. Bednar invites individuals to reflect on pioneers and look forward with optimism.

New mission leaders learned from First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve and other general leaders before dispersing to 148 missions in 53 countries.

Elder Patrick Kearon invited missionaries and newly called mission leaders to find joy in the gospel as they share it around the world.

Like a loving mission mother, Sister Kendall invited missionaries to do what they invited others to do.

‘Baptism and confirmation truly are joyous and hopeful ordinances,’ Elder W. Mark Bassett says at 2024 Seminar for New Mission Leaders.

Six years after the temple was announced, Elder David A. Bednar dedicated the Layton Utah Temple and encouraged Latter-day Saints to let it help them focus on the Savior.

Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated a house of the Lord in Layton, Utah, on Sunday, June 16.

“Do you really eat the whole orange?” wasn’t the question Ryan Jensen expected a missionary to ask while working on assignment in Lyon, France.

Speaking to nearly 3,000 Saints from the Utah Area, Elder Ulisses Soares shared testimony through scripture and song.

Elder Quentin L. Cook teaches hundreds of missionaries from four missions during recent 10-day ministry of the Pacific Area.

Elder Isaac K. Morrison, Primary General President Susan H. Porter, and Hymnbook Committee Secretary Brooke Hirst give an inside look at the sacred, ongoing project.

Six years after the Church announced a project to revise its collection of sacred music, the first batch of new hymns is now available.

On second and third stops of his ministry in the Pacific Area, Elder Quentin L. Cook spoke to students at Church-owned schools in Fiji and Kiribati about being a light and working for unity.

Returning to Kiribati 24 years after dedicating the first stake center on Tarawa, Elder Quentin L. Cook encourages Church members to prepare for a new house of the Lord.

Elder Quentin L. Cook shares how to overcome feelings of inadequacy in callings and in the home, while speaking to members on the first stop in the Pacific Area.

President Johnson shares how she learned to listen to the inspiration of the Holy Ghost and trust in the Savior and His Atonement.