Elder Renlund offers definition of 'real men' in Sunday School lesson
September 4, 2026 at 8:03 AM MT · via The Salt Lake Tribune · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting

Latter-day Saint apostle Dale G. Renlund offered his definition of masculinity during a Sunday School lesson, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The Tribune frames the talk as a response to "the debate over masculinity" and describes Renlund's guidelines for men as "a simple set of guidelines... springing from a Sunday school lesson gone awry."
The article provides Renlund's definition and situates it within wider cultural arguments about manhood. No text of the lesson or the specific incident referenced was included.
Renlund serves in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Church's second-highest governing body.
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