Source Report Card
Chapter 8: Stakes, Temples, and Turning Hearts
| Source | Who | When | Chain | Rung | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple chronology (19 operating temples at end of 1980; Provo the only one in Utah County) | ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org (independent list of dedication dates) | 1877-1980 | n/a | n/a | Fact source (not graded) |
| D&C 115:6 (stakes a defense and refuge) | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 26 Apr 1838 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 45:32; 87:8 (stand in holy places) | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 1831; 1832 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Matthew 24:15 (abomination "stand in the holy place") | Jesus Christ (KJV) | c. AD 33 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| JS–Matthew 1:12 (disciples "stand in the holy place"; "concerning the destruction of Jerusalem") | Jesus Christ (Joseph Smith Translation) | 1831 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 97:21, 25-26 (Zion = "the pure in heart"; escapes if she obeys) | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 2 Aug 1833 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 101:1-8 (cast out "in consequence of their transgressions") | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 16-17 Dec 1833 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 101:21 ("other places... they shall be called stakes") | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 16-17 Dec 1833 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 105:2-3, 9 ("might have been redeemed even now") | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | 22 June 1834 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Isaiah 54:2; 3 Nephi 22:2; Moroni 10:31; D&C 82:14 (strengthen thy stakes) | Isaiah; Jesus; Moroni; the Lord | various | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Malachi 4:6; JS–History 1:39 (hearts turned) | Malachi; Moroni to Joseph Smith | c. 430 BC; 1823 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 128:18 (welding link) | Joseph Smith, canonized letter | Sept 1842 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 138:46-48 (Elijah; work in the temples) | Joseph F. Smith (then Church President), vision | 3 Oct 1918 (canonized 1976) | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Obadiah 1:21 (saviors on Mount Zion) | Obadiah | likely 6th c. BC | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| 2025 Statistical Report (3,695 stakes; 204 temples operating) | First Presidency | as of 31 Dec 2025 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| Church News temple charts (211 dedicated; 383 total) | Church News / Newsroom | 7 Jan 2026 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| FamilySearch 2025 Highlights (22.7B records; 1.8B in Tree) | FamilySearch | Jan 2026 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| Gospel Principles ch. 45 (dead's work "completed during that time") | Church manual | 2011 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| "Preparation for the Second Coming" (holy places; stakes in homelands) | Dallin H. Oaks (then Quorum of the Twelve; now Church President) | Apr 2004 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A |
| "Strengthen the Stakes of Zion" (D&C 115:6 for all stakes) | Harold B. Lee (then Church President) | Apr 1973 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| "The Coming Tests and Trials and Glory" (temples "dotting the earth") | Bruce R. McConkie (then Quorum of the Twelve) | Apr 1980 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A |
| "The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again" ("both sides of the veil") | Russell M. Nelson (then Church President; deceased 2025) | Oct 2024 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| "Prepare Yourself for the Great Day of the Lord" (holy places list) | Ezra Taft Benson (then President of the Twelve) | New Era, May 1982 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, Church magazine | A |
| Discourse, 11 June 1843 (gather "to build unto the Lord an house") | Joseph Smith, via Woodruff and others | 11 June 1843 | 2nd-hand, several notes | 4: Prophet, unofficial | B |
| Discourse, 8 April 1844 (America = Zion; temple, then stakes) | Joseph Smith, via Woodruff, Clayton, others | 8 Apr 1844 | 2nd-hand, several notes | 4: Prophet, unofficial | B |
| Journal, 1839 ("false idea"; clerk's summary, not Joseph's dictation) | Joseph Smith, kept by clerk James Mulholland | 29 Sept 1839 (JSP) | 2nd-hand, single record | 4: Prophet, unofficial | C |
| Discourse, 21 Jan 1844 ("saviors on Mount Zion" = temple work for the dead) | Joseph Smith, via Wilford Woodruff (then of the Twelve) only | 21 Jan 1844 | 2nd-hand, single note | 4: Prophet, unofficial | C |
| Discourse, ca. 19 July 1840 (twelve olive trees = twelve stakes) | Joseph Smith, via Martha Coray (two versions) | ca. 19 July 1840 | 2nd-hand, single reporter | 4: Prophet, unofficial | C |