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In November 2013, church leadership announced that beginning in 2014 these meetings for women would be replaced by a semiannual General Women's Meeting for those eight years of age and older. Historically, beginning in 1994, a women's general meeting was held on Saturday a week prior to the general sessions of the October conference, with a general meeting for young women held at a similar time before the April conference. Kimball's presidency, changes were made to reduce the conference to the first Sunday of April and October and the preceding Saturday. This made conference participation difficult for those with work and school commitments when April 6 fell on a weekday. Historically, sessions were held over three days, with the annual conference always including April 6, the anniversary of the church's organization. Conferences were held in a bowery in Salt Lake City from 1848 to 1852, in the Old Salt Lake Tabernacle from 1852 to 1867, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle from October 1867 to October 1999, and in the Conference Center since that time. Since October 1848, all of the conferences have been held in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the exception of the April 1877 conference, which was held in St. Both conferences are identified by the number of years since the church was founded in April 1830 thus, the April 2020 sessions constituted the 190th Annual General Conference, and the October 2020 sessions constituted the 190th Semiannual General Conference.
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The April conference includes a financial audit report not included in the October meeting. The April conference is known as the Annual General Conference, with the October conference referred to as the Semiannual General Conference. General conferences are held on the weekends of the first Sundays in April and October. Changes to church leadership are also proposed and sustained through the principle of common consent.
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In the LDS Church, general conference is a series of semiannual meetings where general authorities and other church leaders preach sermons and give guidance to church members. The LDS Church's Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The sessions are broadcast worldwide in over 90 languages, primarily through local and international media outlets, and over the Internet. Although each general conference originates from Salt Lake City, the conference is considered an international event for the church. The conference also generally includes training sessions for general and area leaders.
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The Saturday evening session was changed to a general session in October 2021. From April 2018 to April 2021, the priesthood session was held during the April conference, with a General Women's Session (for females 11 years and older) held during October's conference. During each conference, church members gather in a series of two-hour sessions to listen to the faith's leaders. General Conference is a gathering of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), held biannually every April and October at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Biannual conference in Salt Lake City General Conference