1978
Church membership reached the four-million mark.
Mar. 31
Pres. Kimball announced that semiannual rather than quarterly stake conferences would be held starting in 1979.
June Apr. 1
Pres. Kimball emphasized the four-generation program, which later became the basis for the Church's computerized Ancestral File.
June 9
In a letter dated June 8 and made public the following day, the First Presidency announced the revelation that worthy men of all races would be eligible to receive the priesthood. On Sept. 30, members accepted the revelation by a sustaining vote at general conference. The First Presidency's announcement is now Official Declaration #2 in the D&C.
July 1
The Relief Society Monument to Women was dedicated in Nauvoo, IL, by Pres. Kimball
Aug. 7
North Dakota became the final state of the United States to have a stake headquartered within its boundaries when the Fargo North Dakota stake was created.
Sep. 9
A new missionary training program was announced. Missionaries to english-speaking missions would receive four weeks training while those learning other languages would continue to receive eight weeks training at the new Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT, which replaced the Language Training Mission and the Mission Home in Salt Lake City.
Sep. 16
Women and girls 12 years of age and over gathered for a first-ever special closed-circuit audio conference, similar to general conference priesthood broadcasts.
Sep. 30
A new special emeritus status for General Authorities was announced in general conference, and seven members of the First Quorum of the Seventy were so designated.
Oct. 26
The Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT, previously the Language Training Mission constructed in 1976, began training all missionaries.
Nov. 9
Elder and sister Rendel N Mabey and Elder and Sister Edwin Q Cannon arrived in Nigeria as special representatives of the Church to open missionary work in West Africa.
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