21st century (Mormonism)
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[edit] 2000s
[edit] 2000
- June 21: The Church announces that Ricks College, a Church-run junior college in Rexburg, Idaho, will become a four-year university by the end of 2001.
- October 1: The Boston Massachusetts Temple is dedicated and becomes the Church's 100th operating temple.
[edit] 2001
- March 31: The Perpetual Education Fund is established.
- August 10: Ricks College officially becomes Brigham Young University-Idaho.
[edit] 2002
- February 8–24: Salt Lake City hosts the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- June 27: The rebuilt Nauvoo Temple is dedicated.
[edit] 2004
- June 23: George W. Bush, President of the United States, awards Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor awarded by the United States, in a ceremony at the White House. The press release put forth by the White House states:
- "Gordon B. Hinckley [...] has inspired millions and has led efforts to improve humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and education funding across the globe."
- July 21: Elder Neal A. Maxwell dies.
- July 31: Elder David B. Haight dies.
- August 7: The last official performance of the pageant City of Joseph is held in Nauvoo, Illinois. It is to be replaced in 2005 with a new pageant commemorating Joseph Smith's 200th birthday.
- October 7: Dieter F. Uchtdorf and David A. Bednar are ordained Apostles and join the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles after being sustained on October 2.
[edit] 2005
- March 15: Tenth anniversary of Gordon B. Hinckley's ordination as President of the Church.
- July-August: First annual Nauvoo Pageant held in Nauvoo, IL in honor of Joseph Smith's 200th birthday.
[edit] 2007
- August 10: President James E. Faust (Second Counselor) dies.
- October 6: Elder Henry B. Eyring is sustained as Second Counselor in the First Presidency.
- October 6: Elder Quentin L. Cook is sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
[edit] 2008
- January 7: President Gordon B. Hinckley dies.
- February 3: President Thomas S. Monson becomes President of the Church.
- February 3: President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf are called as the First and Second Counselors in the First Presidency.
