Media Style Guide Use of "Mormon Church" or "Mormon" by the media in stories mentioning either The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or members of that Church is both incorrect and confusing. The following guidelines should help in your attempts to be accurate.



You should always use the official name of the Church in the first reference, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Note the capital letters and the hyphen.



In subsequent references you can use "the Church," or "the Latter-day Saints."



Do not use "Mormon," "Mormon Church," "LDS," "LDS Church," "Latter-day Saints Church," or "the Church of the Latter-day Saints" when referring to the Church.



Use the word "Mormon" only in the context of The Book of Mormon, not as a nickname for the Church.



The correct titles for the Church's scriptures are:



The Holy Bible (King James Version)



The Book of Mormon­Another Testament of Jesus Christ



The Doctrine and Covenants



The Pearl of Great Price

