October 2026 General Conference › Talks

October 2026 General Conference

All 37 talks

Choose a talk for its summary, video, themes, invitations, and key passages.

All 37 videos play from the Church’s official General Conference YouTube channel.

Saturday morning session

Elder Gerrit W. GongCome to the Lord in His Holy HouseQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Gong lays out three doctrinal foundations for temple worship: eternal families, moral agency, and the Holy Spirit of Promise, which makes honored covenants binding.

CovenantsTruth with love
Sister Tamara W. RuniaThe Sculpting of Our SoulsYoung Women General Presidency

Sister Runia shares the sudden death of her son Ryan and the lesson she drew from Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail: hard experiences can be for our good.

AdversityIdentity
Elder Gérald CausséThe Gift of TestimonyQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Caussé, recalling the scripture that comforted him at two calls to serve, teaches that bearing witness of Jesus Christ belongs not only to apostles but to every disciple who has taken His name by covenant.

WitnessCovenants
Elder Vaiangina SikahemaProphets, Seers, and RevelatorsSeventy

Elder Sikahema tells of his Tongan grandparents, missionaries who buried their infant son after a storm at sea and still sailed on to hear an apostle in 1947.

WitnessAdversity
Elder Kevin J. HathawayJesus Christ Is the Great Deliverer!Seventy

Elder Hathaway testifies that Jesus Christ is the great deliverer and that the question for the faithful is not whether He will deliver, but how and when.

GraceAdversity
Elder Ulisses SoaresA Higher and Holier FastQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Soares invites members to live the law of the fast "in a higher and holier way," drawing on Isaiah 58's promises that our light will break forth and the Lord will answer, "Here I am." Joined with earnest prayer, fasting humbles us, aligns our desires with God's will, and invites revelation, following the Savior's own 40-day fast.

GivingDaily practices
Bishop Sean DouglasThe Hour of Your Mission Is ComePresiding Bishopric

Bishop Douglas thanks missionaries of every age and urges the rising generation to place full-time missionary service high on their list.

WitnessDaily practices
President D. Todd ChristoffersonO Be WiseFirst Presidency

President Christofferson takes up a subject he calls a duty to address: gambling.

GivingDaily practices

Saturday afternoon session

Elder Dale G. Renlund“How Long Will It Be Ere They Believe Me?”Quorum of the Twelve

Elder Renlund recalls a heart-transplant patient who, days after a near-miraculous recovery, complained that his oatmeal was cold.

AdversityWitness
President Timothy L. FarnesDivine AppointmentsYoung Men General President

President Farnes recalls a discouraging day as a young priesthood leader when then-Elder Dallin H.

MinisteringCovenants
Elder Christian C. ChigbunduSpiritual ImmunitySeventy

Elder Chigbundu, recalling the talk of "immunity" during the COVID-19 pandemic, describes building spiritual immunity through four small and simple things: scripture study, prayer, the sacrament, and keeping covenants, including temple worship.

Daily practicesCovenants
Elder Patricio M. GiuffraTrusting the Lord Through Tithes and OfferingsSeventy

Elder Giuffra recounts teaching a poor, elderly woman in Chile who believed she could never pay tithing, and his mission president's counsel that there are no exceptions to the law.

GivingAdversity
Elder Jeremiah J. MorganThe Infinite Power of God in Our CovenantsSeventy

Elder Morgan grew up in another church that also believes in the Book of Mormon, where his single mother read it to him daily.

CovenantsWitness
Elder Hutch U. FaleI Am a Child of GodSeventy

Elder Fale teaches that every person is a beloved child of heavenly parents, illustrating God's unearned love by showing his children their baby pictures: they did nothing to earn their parents' love and can do nothing to lose it.

IdentityTruth with love
Elder Patrick KearonJesus Lives to LiftQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Kearon draws on learning to fly gliders as a teenager: pilots seek rising air called "lift" and turn decisively away from sinking air, and without climbing, a glider slowly descends.

GraceDaily practices
Elder Michael A. DunnThe Ninety and TenSeventy

Elder Dunn recalls a 100-mile ultramarathon in which, at mile 90, he wanted to quit until his running partner Ted promised to get him to the finish.

GraceAdversity
Elder Matthew J. EyringComfort from the Holy GhostSeventy

Elder Eyring speaks to the moments when we realize "I can't fix this," the thought that came to a friend whose son had died.

AdversityGrace
Elder Ronald A. RasbandLove Like JesusQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Rasband speaks to everyone grieving for loved ones who have turned away from the Lord, acknowledging that lecturing and pressure often widen the rift.

MinisteringGrace

Sunday morning session

President Henry B. Eyring“Fear Not, I Am with Thee”First Presidency

President Eyring testifies that the promises in the hymn "How Firm a Foundation" are true: the Lord does not remove our trials, but He is with us in them.

AdversityMinistering
President Rosemary K. ChibotaA Child of GodPrimary General President

President Chibota shares a Southern African greeting meaning "I see you," an acknowledgment that another person matters.

MinisteringIdentity
Elder Neil L. AndersenCourage Born of Our Faith in Jesus ChristQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Andersen welcomes President Rosemary Chibota, who joined the Church at 17 after reading a pamphlet about Joseph Smith, and teaches that spiritual courage, born of faith in Jesus Christ, has always been required of disciples, from Moroni to today.

StrivingWitness
Elder James G. O. FantoneTake Upon Us His NameSeventy

Elder Fantone recalls signing his own name on his daughter's school form, then fixing it by simply adding her first name, and contrasts that quick fix with what it means to take upon us the name of Christ.

MinisteringCovenants
Elder Edward DubeCome unto ChristPresidency of the Seventy

Elder Dube recalls that in 1987 then-Elder Oaks had a "Trespassers will be prosecuted" sign removed from a mission office gate, teaching him that all are invited to come unto Christ.

StrivingGrace
Elder Quentin L. CookIntegrity and Virtue Lead to HappinessQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Cook teaches that integrity and virtue sustain disciples on the covenant path, recalling the inscription that inspired young David O.

Truth with loveStriving
Elder Alfred KyunguUsing the Language of PeacemakersSeventy

Elder Kyungu takes up President Oaks's April 2026 invitation to forgo contention and use the language of peacemakers.

Truth with loveWitness
Elder Ciro SchmeilConsider Your Ways, and from This Day Will the Lord Bless YouSeventy

Elder Schmeil describes two divine helps for mortality: the Savior and our covenants, through which we are yoked with Christ and our burdens lightened.

CovenantsGrace
President Dallin H. OaksThe Gospel of Jesus Christ Is for AllPresident of the Church

President Oaks testifies that this is Christ's Church and that the way through every struggle, including doubt, is to draw closer to Jesus Christ through daily prayer and scripture study, with patience for others and for ourselves.

WitnessCovenants

Sunday afternoon session

President Dieter F. UchtdorfChrist-Centered UnityActing President, Quorum of the Twelve

President Uchtdorf, recalling his own baptism in a public swimming pool, teaches that baptism is an individual ordinance that also joins us to a covenant people.

Truth with loveCovenants
Sister Andrea Muñoz SpannausGod Is at Your SideYoung Women General Presidency

Speaking to young women, Sister Muñoz Spannaus recalls making a list of aspirations as a girl after studying the 13th article of faith, and likens the Lord to a guide who knows our exact location, as her husband did when her GPS failed.

IdentityDaily practices
Elder Moisés Villanueva“Prove Me Now Herewith”Seventy

Elder Villanueva tells how his mother, separated and raising eight children, chose to pay a full tithe when the family joined the Church.

GivingAdversity
Elder David A. BednarSealed by the Holy Spirit of PromiseQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Bednar, using the image of a damaged passport rejected at a border, teaches that ordinances and covenants are our credentials for returning to God, and that their integrity must be maintained through ongoing faithfulness, ratified over time by the Holy Spirit of Promise.

CovenantsTruth with love
Elder Thabo LebethoaJesus Christ Is the Light and Life of the WorldSeventy

Elder Lebethoa, whose name means "joy" and whose wife's means "eternal," recalls their first serious argument as newlyweds and how the Savior's words that contention is not of Him showed them the way forward.

GraceTruth with love
Elder Paul H. SinclairQuick to Help, Slow to JudgeSeventy

Elder Sinclair recalls a Primary boy who buttoned his sleeve to his lapel and got stuck, and the little girl who quietly freed him while he himself felt only irritation, a moment that taught him to be quick to help and slow to judge.

MinisteringIdentity
Elder Gary E. StevensonFruit to Make One HappyQuorum of the Twelve

Speaking especially to Primary children, Elder Stevenson uses Lehi's vision of the tree of life and his own love of fruit to describe three sweet fruits of the gospel: we are children of a loving Heavenly Father, the great plan of happiness through Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Ghost.

IdentityGrace
Brother Gabriel W. ReidYou Are Good Enough to TeachSunday School General Presidency

Brother Reid, newly called to the Sunday School General Presidency and once described in a headline as an NFL player, admits wondering whether he is good enough to teach the gospel.

WitnessGrace
Elder Clark G. GilbertTeach Truth with LoveQuorum of the Twelve

Elder Gilbert teaches that it takes courage to stand for truth and even more to stand for truth with love.

Truth with loveGiving
President Dallin H. OaksClosing RemarksPresident of the Church

In his brief closing remarks, President Oaks invites everyone to study and ponder the conference talks prayerfully and to act in faith on the principles they teach.

CovenantsDaily practices