The Friend (LDS magazine)

For the Quaker magazine of the same name, see The Friend.

*The Friend*

Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
First issue	January 1971
Country	United States
Language	English
ISSN	0009-4102

The Friend is the monthly English language children's magazine published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is aimed at those of Primary age (Primary is the name for the young LDS children's Sunday school program), approximately ages 3 through 12. It includes messages from church leaders, stories, crafts, recipes, and artwork and poetry submitted by readers.

The Friend is the successor to The Children's Friend, the official magazine of the LDS Church for children between 1902 and 1970. The Friend has been published monthly since January 1971.

Material from The Friend is translated into over 50 languages and published in various language editions of the Liahona, the church's official international magazine.

1 Editors
- 1.1 The Children's Friend
- 1.2 The Friend
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Editors

The Children's Friend

May Anderson (1902–1940)
May Green Hinckley (1940–1943)
Adele C. Howells (1943–1951)
LaVern W. Parmley (1951–1970)

The Friend

Doyle L. Green (1971–1976)
Dean L. Larsen (1977–1978)
James E. Faust (1979)
M. Russell Ballard (1980–1984
Carlos E. Asay (1985–1986)
Hugh W. Pinnock (1987–1989)
Rex D. Pinegar (1990–1994)^[1]
Joe J. Christensen (1994–1995)^[1]
Jack H. Goaslind (1996–1998)
Marlin K. Jensen (1999–2000)
Dennis B. Neuenschwander (2001–2004)
Jay E. Jensen (2005–2008)
Spencer J. Condie (2008–current)

References

^ ^a ^b Rex D. Pinegar and Joe J. Christensen were co-editors thru 1994. Friend Jan 1994

External links

The Friend official homepage
HTML archive of The Friend (1971–present)
PDF versions of The Friend (2001–present)

English-language periodicals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Official (published by the LDS Church or its institutional predecessors)	Evening and Morning Star (1832–1834) • Messenger and Advocate (1834–1837) • The Elders' Journal (1837) • Times and Seasons (1839–1846) • Millennial Star (1840–1970) • The Prophet (1844–1845) • Young Woman's Journal (1897–1929) • Improvement Era (1897–1970) • Juvenile Instructor (1901–1930) • The Children's Friend (1902–1970) • Relief Society Magazine (1915–1970) • The Instructor (1930–1970) • Ensign (1971– ) • New Era (1971– ) • The Friend (1971– ) • Tambuli (1977–1995) • Liahona (1995– )

Semi-official (published by an entity owned or controlled by the LDS Church or informally adopted by a church auxiliary)	The Wasp (1842–1843) • Nauvoo Neighbor (1843–1845) • Deseret News (1850– ) • The Seer (1853–1854) • Journal of Discourses (1854–1886) • Juvenile Instructor (1866–1900) • Woman's Exponent (1872–1914) • The Contributor (1879–1896) • Church News (1931– ) • BYU Studies (1959– ) • Mormon Times (2008–)

Unaffiliated (published by an entity unconnected to the LDS Church and independent of church support)	Gospel Reflector (1841) • Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (1966– ) • Exponent II (1974– ) • Sunstone (1975– ) • Beehive Standard Weekly (1975– ) • Latter-day Trumpet (2003–)