General conference (Latter Day Saints)

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In the Latter Day Saint movement, a general conference is a meeting for all members of the church for conducting general church business and instruction. When Joseph Smith established the Church of Christ in 1830, he was instructed by revelation that the church "are to meet in conference once in three months, or from time to time as said conferences shall direct or appoint; And said conferences are to do whatever church business is necessary to be done at the time."^[1] The church met in conferences regularly until Smith's death in 1844.

Since Smith's death, the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement have continued the tradition of meeting in regular general conferences.