Educating for Eternity tells the sweeping story of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its nearly two-century commitment to K–12 education, from log cabins in Kirtland to academies across the American West and schools spanning Mexico, the Pacific, and South America. Rooted in a theology that declares “the glory of God is intelligence,” this volume explores how faith, persecution, migration, financial constraint, and global expansion shaped a distinctive system of education. Drawing on extensive archival research, the authors illuminate the vision, sacrifice, debate, and adaptation that defined Latter-day Saint schools from 1830 to 2020—revealing how a people’s eternal vision of the soul shaped the daily work of educating the rising generation.