Embracing Hope Statements from Church Leaders Additional Resources

Statements from Church Leaders and Church Publications on Abuse

The Family: A Proclamation to the World

Women of the Church
President Gordon B. Hinckley
October, 1996 Conference Report

Save the Children
President Gordon B. Hinckley
October, 1994 Conference Report

"Behold Your Little Ones"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
April, 1994 Ensign

Personal Worthiness to Exercise the Priesthood
President Gordon B. Hinckley
April, 2002 Conference Report

Being a Righteous Husband and Father
President Howard W. Hunter
October, 1994 Conference Report

What Manner of Men Ought We to Be?
President Ezra Taft Benson
October, 1983 Conference Report

Precious Children - A Gift from God
President Thomas S. Monson
October, 1991 Conference Report

The Highest Place of Honor
President James E. Faust
April, 1988 Conference Report

Little Children
Elder Boyd K. Packer
October, 1986 Conference Report

The Father and the Family
Elder Boyd K. Packer
April, 1994 Conference Report

Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse
Elder Richard G. Scott
April, 1992 Conference Report

Agency and Anger
Elder Lynn G. Robbins
April, 1998 Conference Report

Our Actions Determine Our Character
Elder Wayne S. Peterson
October, 2001 Conference Report

A Conversation on Spouse Abuse
October, 1999 Ensign

Hope and Healing
Maxine Murdock January, 1993 Ensign

Healing the Spiritual Wounds of Sexual Abuse
Ann F. Pritt April, 2001 Ensign

Hidden Agony
Lisa A. Johnson New Era, March 1992

Preventing Abuse
Joy Evans April, 1984 Ensign

The Invisible Heartbreaker
Judy C. Olsen June, 1996 Ensign

Let It End with Me
September, 2001 Ensign

The Wrongful Road of Abuse
Teachings of the President of the Church: Joseph F. Smith