


In 2009, the LDS Church published a revised edition of the book and mandated that it be used twice-monthly as the lesson manual for Sunday Relief Society and Melchizedek priesthood classes in 20.

The book has traditionally been used as a Sunday School lesson manual for attendees who are recent converts or non-members of the church. Gospel Principles was first published in English in 1978. The book is published by the LDS Church and is provided to its members as a personal study guide and as a church lesson manual. Gospel Principles is a book that sets out some of the basic doctrines and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
