Throughout the history of the symposium, presenters have included notable General Authorities of the Church, historians, scholars, educators, and authors. This symposium was established to explore annually a topic of special interest in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historians and scholars meet to share the fruits of their research with each other and a general audience of interested Latter-day Saints and friends. Selected papers from previous symposia have been printed in books copublished by the Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book.

The Church History Symposium will cover the theme “Shall the Youth of Zion Falter: The Young Women and the Young Men Organizations of the Church.” The symposium will convene at Brigham Young University and at the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. Keynote speakers include various notable speakers. These are announced with the symposium agenda.