Mormon leader raised woman from dead in Tonga, LDS Storytime reports
August 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM MT · via YouTube / Rachel Murdock | LDS Storytime · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting
Rachel Murdock's LDS Storytime video about a Tongan branch president allegedly raising a woman from the dead has drawn 9,908 views in 34 hours. The story describes Tevita Muli Kinikini receiving a prompting while preparing to conduct a funeral during World War II.
The video recounts what it calls "one of the most remarkable events in Tongan Church history," when local Latter-day Saints had to lead the Church themselves after foreign missionaries were forced to leave. The resurrection account is presented as a faith-promoting miracle story.
Such miracle narratives are common in faithful LDS content, particularly stories from international Church history. The video represents the genre of Mormon faith-promoting storytelling that thrives on YouTube.
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