Origins of the Relief Society Revealed (Restoration Revealed Episode 23)

0:00 Introduction - History of the Relief Society 1:24 - Nauvoo with Sister Barbara Morgan Gardner 4:00 Relief Society organized with the priesthood 5:39 The red brick store 7:14 D&C Section 25 9:32 Eliza R Snow and the naming debate 11:20 The divine nature and potential of women 13:14 The Nauvoo temple In this episode of the Church History video series, host Casey Griffiths and BYU professor Barbara Gardner explore the inspiring story of the Relief Society, the women’s organization founded in 1842 within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Guided by the Prophet Joseph Smith, remarkable women such as Emma Smith, Eliza R. Snow, and Helen Mar Kimball helped organize a society devoted to faith, service, and sisterhood. Casey takes viewers back to the humble beginnings of this organization in Nauvoo, Illinois, revealing how these early pioneers laid the foundation for one of the largest and longest-running women’s organizations in the world. With powerful stories of compassion and leadership, this episode shows how the Relief Society has blessed generations of women—strengthening homes, communities, and faith in Christ. Discover how its divine mission continues to inspire and empower women around the globe today. *Special thanks to the Messages of Christ team at Scripture Central for the amazing 3D animations featured in this episode. *Download our free scripture study tool, the ScripturePlus app: https://www.scriptureplus.org/ ____________________________________________ *The opinions expressed may represent the views of the individual creators or guests alone, and do not necessarily represent official positions of Scripture Central or of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. *This channel may make use of copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. *This Channel may also make use of artwork, voices, video, and effects that are generated by AI (Artificial Intelligence). We do our best to disclose when necessary our use of AI, but know that we make regular usage of AI materials in our content. We do not use AI to deceive or mislead. #ScriptureCentral #ComeFollowMe #ChurchOfJesusChristOfLatterdaySaints Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices