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This new history is a narrative history.
It's comprised of four volumes.
It covers from before the First Vision until the present day,
and it's written in a literary form
so that most members of the Church
will find it very engaging, very easy to read.
Church history helps us understand the lives of those
who went before, the challenges and difficulties they faced,
and how they overcame them.
Their stories are full of faith and devotion and courage,
sorrow and joy, and, again, a lot of challenges,
particularly in the early days of the Church.
But even today as the Church is introduced
in many parts of the world, people
sacrifice to join the Church and to change their lives
and become active members.
And so these stories are important to help remind us
today that we too can overcome difficult things.
It gives me hope that the Lord can
work through imperfect people, even me.
The whole entire content of all four volumes
has been carefully researched by our historians.
Then each manuscript has been reviewed
by General Authorities, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles,
and to the First Presidency for their review.
So we hope this will be a source of inspiration
to all who read it.
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