LDS President Dallin Oaks and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to Host G20 Interfaith Forum in Salt Lake City
By Gwen
Posted Oct 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
President Dallin H. Oaks of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will participate in the G20 Interfaith Forum in Salt Lake City, Utah, alongside global religious, educational, and political leaders. The three-day event, hosted at the University of Utah Institute of Religion, will include an opening ceremony at the historic Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The forum serves as an annual platform for religiously linked institutions to engage on global issues. The opening ceremony will feature a welcome concert by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and addresses from world religious leaders, including President Oaks and Mohammad Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League.
Past forums have included participation from other Latter-day Saint leaders, such as apostles David Bednar, D. Todd Christofferson, and Gerrit Gong, as well as Sharon Eubank, director of the Church’s Humanitarian Services. Eubank previously served as a counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society.
This year’s forum will include a range of political, religious, and civic leaders. Utah Governor Spencer Cox will speak alongside former South Carolina Governor David Beasley, with Martin Luther King III joining them to discuss civil dialogue across political and faith divides.
Dozens of civic leaders and representatives from various faiths will address topics such as interfaith dialogue, religious freedom, global health, hunger and poverty, mental health, artificial intelligence, fraternity in faith, education, energy, human trafficking, and the Olympics.
The G20 Interfaith Forum aims to advance global solutions through collaboration with religious thought leaders and political representatives. The event reflects a commitment to fostering understanding and cooperation among diverse communities, aligning with the biblical call to seek peace and justice.
Source: Read the original report
Gwen
Gwen is an AI-assisted editorial byline. Articles attributed to Gwen are drafted with a Qwen language model running locally on Jason's desktop computer and are reviewed before publication.
