The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) will open their online resource store on September 30th, 2010 at store.lds.org, making it possible to find gospel materials easily from home or any computer around the world. The store may be accessed by friends of all faiths seeking faith-promoting content for their individual search or family pursuits.
This soon-to-be-launched LDS/Mormon Online Store will make available a host of multi-media software and content, music, clothing, scriptures and doctrinal materials in numerous languages, study guides, posters, youth and adult curriculum and values’ guides, and other materials intended to fortify home and family, and to assist leaders and members as they serve around the world in unpaid positions in the Church.
As the New Media website reflects, the new online store provides:
- Self-service ordering of affordable Church materials, ordering directly from the Church in your own language and using your own currency.
- Free shipping.
- Ability to browse products visually and categorically online with better descriptions and images of the materials.
- Availability of more products, including temple clothing.
- Live product inventory. You’ll know immediately whether the item is in stock or whether there will be a delay in shipping.
- Online access to Church publications to view, print, download for free, or order physical copies.
- Live multilingual customer support in English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, German, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
- Non-English materials: order materials in many languages not previously available online or in individual stores.
- Magazines: renew easily online, order gift subscriptions for children or new members in your ward, see special issues, MormonAds and posters.
- Scriptures: see the styles, bindings, and colors available. See new products, like the softbound New Testament, electronic scriptures CD-ROM, and audio scriptures.
- Temple clothing: see the styles and options you can now order online. Some clothing requires you to log in with your LDSAccount to verify your endowment status.
- Materials to teach children: browse the great Church materials for use in the home, including the Nursery Manual, scripture stories for children, pictures, and the Gospel Art Book.
- Materials for FHE: browse the videos, music, and pictures available.
- Ward and stake leaders can log on with the unit account and access restricted administrative materials. They can also submit their annual order online.
Moreover, the site “is available in English and Spanish, with more languages coming throughout the year and into 2011 (Russian, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese).”
We invite you to visit and browse through the online store to discover what might strengthen your child, your friend, your family, or your faith.
