Going forward, Latter-day Saints will have one fewer session of General Conference to tune in to every six months.

The new governing First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Wednesday in a one-paragraph, 29-word news release that “beginning in April 2026, General Conference will no longer include a Saturday evening session.”

And just like that, the traditional 6 p.m. gathering is gone, marking one of the first global changes to occur under the newly minted President Dallin H. Oaks .

Whether the decision will stick, only time can tell. After all, four years ago the Utah-based faith’s leaders announced they were scrapping the same evening session — only to revive it a month later, with one significant change. Whereas in the past, the evening broa

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