Covenants

What's at issue

The role of sacred ordinances and covenants in creating and sustaining families — baptism, confirmation, priesthood ordination, the sacrament, and endowment and sealing ordinances as the binding mechanism of eternal family relationships.

Where it appears in the Proclamation

• Paragraph 3 — The Eternal Family in God's Plan
• Paragraph 6 — Sacred Responsibilities & Divine Accountability
• Paragraph 8 — Warnings About Chastity and Family Breakdown

Reading

• What Happens After We Die—and Will We Still Be a Family?
• Is Marriage Worth the Risk?
• What Happens to My Temple Sealing After a Divorce?
• What should I do if my child leaves the Church?
• Am I Still Sealed After Divorce?
• Can I Build a Full Single Life and Still Make Room for Marriage?
• Can My Former Spouse’s Choices Cost Me My Eternal Blessings?
• On a Day Like Today, I’d Give Anything to go to the Temple
• Private Lives, Public Faith: Our Proclamation as Faithful Latter-day Saints Who Identify as LGBT
• What Actually Happens in the Temple—and Why Does It Matter?
• What Does a Temple Marriage Sealing Actually Do?
• What Should My Covenants & Life Look Like While I’m Single?