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BYU Conference Keynote Reaffirms Four Core Teachings of the Family Proclamation

Sister Amy A. Wright used the 30th‑anniversary gathering to center members on covenant family doctrine and a Christlike call to action.

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BYU student Lydia Fuller takes a photo with Sister Amy A. Wright, first counselor in the Primary general presidency, President Susan H. Porter, Primary general president, and Sister J. Anette Dennis, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, prior to a conference at the Hinckley Center Assembly Hall at BYU in Provo on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. The conference marks the 30th anniversary on "The Family Proclamation."
Brian Willoughby, BYU School of Family Life professor, moderates a panel discussion called Establishing Successful Marriages and Families with BYU School of Family Life faculty Loren Marks, Chelom Leavitt and Adam Rogers during the Day 2 morning session of the Experiencing Jesus Christ Through the Family Proclamation conference at BYU in Provo on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025.
Sister Amy A. Wright, first counselor in the Primary general presidency, delivers the keynote address during a conference in the Hinckley Center Assembly Hall at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. The conference marked the 30th anniversary of "The Family Proclamation."

Overview

  • On Sept. 25 in Provo, Sister Amy A. Wright delivered the keynote at Brigham Young University’s conference marking 30 years of the 1995 proclamation.
  • She identified four foundational truths: marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God, the family is central to the divine plan, all people are created in God’s image, and gender is an essential and eternal characteristic.
  • Linking eternal families to Jesus Christ’s Atonement, she cited Elijah’s April 3, 1836 restoration of sealing keys to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery.
  • She taught that men and women are divinely distinct and interdependent and said prophetic counsel and secular research indicate children need both a mother and a father.
  • She concluded with an invitation to walk, love, serve, and forgive as the Savior did, promising that choosing God leads to belonging in an eternal family with the potential of eternal increase.