Julie Rowe

Julie Rowe is an American author and podcaster. She shares in her experience to have had a near-death experience (NDE) in 2004 during which she visited the spirit world as described in LDS theology, where she had many extraordinary visions including those of LDS foretold world calamities.[1][2]

Rowe has written four books between 2014 and 2020, most recently New Revolution: A Vision of America's Future. Her writings and lectures at LDS firesides have been interpreted as encouraging spiritual and emergency preparations, such as food storage, before signs of the end times, such as the "blood moon" from the September 2015 lunar eclipse. An LDS Church press release at that time stated that it encourages emergency preparations and self-reliance during disasters and hardships. [3]

The LDS Church Education System placed Rowe's book A Greater Tomorrow on a list of spurious materials that was circulated to teachers of high-school seminaries and to college-age Institutes of Religion. The list stated:

"Although Sister Rowe is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, her book is not endorsed by the church and should not be recommended to students or used as a resource in teaching them. The experiences she shares are her own personal experiences and do not necessarily reflect Church doctrine"[4]

Some media outlets have interpreted this as a condemnation of Rowe's books by the LDS Church, as this was guidance that her books would not be used as a resource for teaching curriculum. She was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in April 2019.[5]