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Sunday School presidency on the new ‘Come, Follow Me’ manual

By Matthew Shields

As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prepare to study the Book of Mormon throughout 2024, they’re also celebrating a significant milestone: 200 million copies of the Book of Mormon distributed.

But out of all of those copies, “the most important one is mine, and yours, and all of ours, and the influence it has in our lives,” said Sunday School General President Mark L. Pace.

President Pace recently spoke with the Church News about the “Come, Follow Me” manual for 2024, which focuses on the Book of Mormon.

He was joined by Brother Milton da Rocha Camargo, his first counselor, and Brother Jan E. Newman, his second counselor.

They discussed why the “Come, Follow Me” program is consolidating its four manuals into one; the importance of every person learning the gospel for themselves; and their personal testimonies of the Book of Mormon.

President Pace also noted that the last time Church members studied the Book of Mormon for “Come, Follow Me” was during the COVID-19 pandemic. Latter-day Saints couldn’t meet together at that time, but thanks to the “Come, Follow Me” study guide, “there was no spiritual famine in the land. ... There was no diminishing of the influence of the Spirit in our lives.”

The “Come, Follow Me” Book of Mormon manual for 2024.

The “Come, Follow Me” Book of Mormon manual for 2024 simplifies into one manual what previously existed in four.

Jon Ryan Jensen, Church News