Come closer to Jesus Christ
Temple and family-history work can deepen faith in Jesus Christ and increase understanding of the Savior and His Atonement.
Why this work matters
Blessings
Temple and family-history work blesses people on both sides of the veil. These promised blessings give ward leaders and consultants the purpose behind every tool, visit, and invitation.
Blessings that come from gathering Israel
Help every soul move toward Jesus Christ and His covenants
Train your ward consultants to help members receive these blessingsGathering Israel includes anything that helps another person—living or dead—move toward making covenants with God and receiving essential ordinances. Family-history discovery is therefore not the finish line; it opens the way to temple service, covenant belonging, and blessings that reach entire families.
Receive guidance from the Holy Ghost
Those who participate can receive greater spiritual guidance, hear the Lord more clearly, and recognize quiet promptings.
Find joy, meaning, and belonging
Connecting families across generations can bring enduring joy, greater purpose, and a stronger sense of belonging to something larger than ourselves.
Receive protection and spiritual strength
Prophets and apostles have promised protection from temptation and greater personal power to change, repent, learn, and become sanctified.
Heal hearts and strengthen families
This work can turn hearts toward one another, strengthen connections among living family members, and help heal relationships that need healing.
Bless ancestors with a choice
Preparing family names and completing proxy ordinances gives those beyond the veil the opportunity to receive essential ordinances and continue along the covenant path.
Help living members make and keep covenants
A personal family-history experience can lead members toward the temple, strengthen covenant keeping, and help them draw on the Lord’s strengthening power.
Help prepare the world for the Savior
Gathering Israel on both sides of the veil helps prepare individuals, families, and the world for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Training for your ward
Let the Center prepare your consultants to serve ward members
The Lindon FamilySearch Center can help a bishopric or ward council turn this purpose into a practical ward effort. We train consultants through hands-on experiences using their own family trees, then help them practice guiding members without taking over.
The result: consultants prepared to help members have short, personal spiritual experiences using their own families—and follow the names they find toward completed temple ordinances.
What the Center will help them do
- Experience Rescue Me firstUse the simple starting experience to find and share names quickly.
- Know when to use VPGo deeper for members seeking thousands of names or finding few close opportunities.
- Practice serving a memberListen, guide the experience, and follow through toward temple ordinances.
Official Church sources
The list above summarizes promises and teachings found in these Church resources.