Liahona (magazine)


Liahona is the official international magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is named after the word liahona from the Book of Mormon. The Liahona is published in 51 different languages from one to twelve times per year, depending on the language. The magazine consists of articles for youth, teens, and adults, all of which are published concurrently in the church's English-language Ensign, New Era, and Friend magazines. The magazine began publication in 1977. The Liahona publishes 415,000 magazines per month in 46 languages.

Name change

Until the April 1995 edition, the English-language version of the magazine was called Tambuli; other language versions of the magazine had different titles. Since 1999, all the languages have adopted some form of the title "Liahona."

Editors

The Liahona was a weekly newspaper edited by Nephi Anderson published in Independence, Missouri in 1907. It was collapsed with The Elders' Journal into Liahona, the Elders' Journal which ran from 1907 to 1942. Both focused on the news and doctrine of the Church, with relevant reprints.