Ensign is an official magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The magazine first issued in January 1971, along with the correlated New Era (for youth) and the Friend (for children), which replaced the older church publications Improvement Era , Relief Society Magazine, the Instructor , and the Millenial Star . Unlike some of its predecessors, the Ensign contains no advertisements.

As an official church publication, the Ensign contains faith-promoting and proselytizing information, stories, sermons, and often apologetic scholarship.

Biannually, the Ensign gives a full report of the proceedings of the annual and semi-annual LDS General Conferences of the Church. It contains the full talks and business of the conferences, as well as a current photographic list of the highest officers of the Church, referred to as the General Authorities.

External links

• Ensign online (full text from 1971 to present)