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• Spencer W. Kimball
  ...|thumb|frame|left|alt=Mormon Prophet Spencer W Kimball|Spencer W. Kimball, president and prophet, 1973–1985]] ...be ordained to the [[Priesthood]]. Despite his advanced age when he became president (age 78), most of his tenure (1973–1985) was characterized by his dynamic
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• Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ
  During the October [[General Conference|general conference]] in 1902, Church President [[Joseph F. Smith]] said he hoped that one day [http://comeuntochrist.org T President Joseph F. Smith first used the phrase of temples “dotting the land”—r
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• Thomas S. Monson
  ...had served as first counselor in the [[First Presidency]] of the Church to President Hinckley. He passed away at his home on January 2, 2018, at the age of 90. :A well-meaning person once told President Monson that it was useless for him to visit these elderly people, talking a
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• Famous Mormons
  * [[Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.]] (1937-2018): former Area Authority and billionaire founder of Huntsman Corporation, son-in-law of El * [[David H. Huntsman]]: business executive Huntsman Corporation, Area Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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• MormonWiki Articles
  ===President of the Church=== ===President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles===
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• Rome Italy Temple
  ...of the 178th Semiannual [[General Conference]], [[Thomas S. Monson]], then President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain .... The Rome Italy Temple serves members who, according to then Rome [[Stake President]], [[Massimo De Feo]], traveled to the [[Bern Switzerland Temple]] to do te
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• Area Seventy
  ...nties, Area Authority Seventies, and Area Authorities. The current term is Area Seventies to avoid confusion with [[Seventy|General Authority Seventies]]. ...welve]] existed from 1967 until 1995 and were all released and replaced by Area Authority Seventies.
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• Contemporary Developments
  ...in early 1994, and was succeeded by [[Howard W. Hunter]]. Though elderly, President Hunter was known for his powerful testimony of [[Jesus Christ]], and his ap ...onths later and was succeeded by [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] on March 12, 1995. President Hinckley immediately met with members of the press, something that would di
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• Utah
  ...t Valley Park spans both Utah and Arizona. Glen Canyon National Recreation area includes the vast Lake Powell. Utah also hosts over 40 state parks. ...barely feed themselves and staged food raids against the pioneers. In 1861 President Abraham Lincoln established the Uintah Valley Indian Reservation. Governmen
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• Stability and Growth
  This period also saw many firsts. In November of 1896, President Wilford Woodruff directed that the first Sunday of every month be set aside ...became president and prophet to the Church soon after. In October of 1898, President Snow issued bonds to help get the Church out of the debt caused by the inte
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• International Area Organization Advisers
  ...et "over fifty new sisters who have been called to serve" as International Area Organization Advisors during the week preceding April 2021 General Conferen ...isers-strengthen-global-church] They will serve under the direction of the area presidencies for three to five years.
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• Brigham Young, Jr.
  ...nure was interrupted for one week in 1901 when [[Joseph F. Smith]] was the president of the Quorum. ...H. Wells]]. In 1865, when Wells left for [[Utah]], Young succeeded him as president of the European Mission.<ref name = Jenson/>
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• Priesthood
  President [[Russell M. Nelson]] has taught: "Every woman and every man who makes cove ...Aaronic Priesthood. The bishop is the president of the priests quorum, the president of the Aaronic Priesthood, and the presiding high priest in the ward. Altho
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• Red Cliffs Utah Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. President [[Russell M. Nelson]] that a second temple would be constructed in Washingt In his announcement remarks, President Nelson also noted that the [[Pioneer Temples|pioneer-era temples]] of the C
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• Bangkok Thailand Temple
  ...Sunday morning session of the 185th Annual [[General Conference]] (2015), President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the construction of the '''Bangkok Thailand ...e temple site, as part of President Nelson's 2019 worldwide ministry tour. President Nelson said the Saints of Thailand will not be passive. [https://www.thechu
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• Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
  ...ross the United States. In fact, after they sang at his 1981 inauguration, President Ronald Reagan dubbed the Tabernacle Choir "America's Choir." The 360-voice ...ates Christ. We not only speak His words, but we sing his praises,” said President Leavitt. “Our goal now is to reach throughout the world to bring peace an
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• Keys
  ...the earth, and bless and serve [their] families and [their] fellowmen.<ref>President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conf ...2.1.1. Priesthood Keys” in Handbook 2: Administering the Church. </ref> President Russell M. Nelson, explained:
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• Harold B. Lee
  [[Image:Harold_B_Lee.jpg|300px|thumb|frame|Harold B. Lee, president and prophet of the Church 1972–1973]] '''Harold B. Lee''' was the eleventh [[Mormon prophet|president]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa
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• Mormon missionaries
  ...t.org/facts-and-statistics] The increase is thanks in large part to Church President and Prophet [[Russell M. Nelson]]’s April 2022 call for more missionaries ...www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2022/9/30/23377386/revisiting-the-surge-when-president-monson-announced-a-minimum-age-change-for-missionaries-in-2012]
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• Oakland California Temple
  Church president [[David O. McKay]] held a groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication on 26 ...temple was dedicated in multiple sessions held during 17-19 November 1964. President David O. McKay gave the [https://www.lds.org/temples/details/oakland-califo
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan
  In 1834 Joseph Smith went to Pontiac and preached in the area. Among those who accompanied him on this trip, besides his brother Hyrum, In 1877 Cyrus Wheelock was sent to Michigan as the Mission President. Several missionaries came with him. Among these were John Hafen, a Swiss
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• Wolfgang H. Paul
  ...ld several other positions in the Church including having been the mission president who presided over missionary work in East Germany beginning in 1989. This m ...on hearing his father tell of his experience at the dedication and hearing President [[David O. McKay]] speak, he wished he had been at the dedication and resol
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• Mormon Disciplinary Councils
  ...situation, and is generally left to the discretion of the Bishop or Stake President. A disciplinary council may be deemed appropriate when substantial evidence ...the positions of Area Seventy, Temple President, Mission President, Stake President, Patriarch, and Bishop [LDS Church (2006). Church Handbook of Instructions,
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• Howard W. Hunter
  '''Howard W. Hunter''' was the fourteenth [[Mormon prophet|president]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa [[Image:Howard_W_Hunter.jpg|300px|thumb|frame|Howard W. Hunter, Church president and prophet, 1994–1995]]
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• Henry B. Eyring
  ...econd counselor in the [[First Presidency]] with [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] as president. ...president [[Spencer W. Kimball]], thus making President Eyring a nephew of President Spencer W. Kimball.
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• James J. Hamula
  ...course, he had served as a [[Missionary|missionary]] as a young man and as President of the Washington, D.C. Mission from 1994 to 1997. But even as a young [[Bi ...ected to donate money for their new buildings. His [[Stake President|stake president]] realized that would be asking the members for a lot of money and instead
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• Mountain Meadows massacre
  ...auvoo]], Illinois, by angry mobs. At the time of its first settlement, the area that came to be known as Utah still belonged to Mexico, but was ceded to th ...e done about the Mormons. Acting without benefit of an investigation, U.S. President James Buchanan appointed Alfred Cumming as territorial governor and, on Jun
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• Mesa Arizona Temple
  ...r J. Grant]]. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 25 April 1922 with President Grant presiding. ...autiful edifice. The temple was officially dedicated on 23 October 1927 by President Grant. Baptisms for the dead were performed the afternoon following the ded
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• Paris France Temple
  ...h press in July 2011 while government approvals were still pending. Church President, [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the Church's intention of building a temple Past Church President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] visited France in 1998, prophesying that someday Fre
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• Tijuana México Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the construction of a new temple in Tijuana, ...an Luis Río Colorado. Prior to its dedication, Latter-day Saints from the area had to cross the U.S. border to attend the [[San Diego California Temple]].
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• Jordan River Utah Temple
  ...vel-full of dirt is turned to represent the beginning of construction, but President Kimball felt that he should follow his oft-quoted motto "lengthen your stri ...iver Temple in fifteen sessions held 16 November through 20 November 1981. President Kimball was not able to give the dedicatory prayer because he was recoverin
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• Seventy
  ...of April 2021, there are 99 General Authority Seventies and 10 quorums of Area Seventies. They assist the [[First Presidency]] and the [[Quorum of the Twe ...t was contrary to the order in heaven in 1840 may not be contrary in 1960. President McKay directed that members of the First Council of Seventy be ordained to
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• Mission President
  ...mon_Mission_President.jpg|200px|left|alt=Newly Called Spain Madrid Mission President, Thomas H. and Sharon Shaw|frame|Thomas H. and Sharon Shaw, former mission ...] in that they maintain a leadership role over all the missionaries in the area. Unlike regular missionaries, who provide their own support, mission presid
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• Columbus Ohio Temple
  ...Saints of Ohio are once again blessed to have a temple within their midst. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] said, "Our people are more accepted now. It is a new ...r and art glass windows, are being built all over the world. It is part of President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]'s plan to bring the temples to the people.
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• Saratoga Springs Utah Temple
  The '''Saratoga Springs Utah Temple''' was announced by then-Church President [[Thomas S. Monson]] on [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/f ...h of downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Members of the Area Presidency were also in attendance.
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• Missionary Work: Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, India, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Southwest Asia, Guam, and Missions of the Church
  ...of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo courtesy Africa Southeast Area.]] ...abwe. Elder [[Paul E. Koelliker]] of the Seventy and Africa Southeast Area president accompanied Elder Holland during his travels.
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• Bengaluru India Temple
  ...ral Authority]] [[Seventy]], and Elder Robert K. William, an Area Seventy, President Nelson toured possible locations for the temple during his time in India. ...for the temple president, temple and service missionaries, and the mission president.
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• Moses Lake Washington Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced Washington's fourth temple will be construc ...umbia River Washington Temple]], located in the rapidly growing Tri-Cities area.
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• Snowflake Arizona Temple
  ...two of the Church's early leaders who helped supervise colonization of the area. Church President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] said, “We are thankful for those who laid the foun
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• Tucson Arizona Temple
  ...neral Conference]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced plans for a temple to be built in Tucson, Ar ...ariance and captured beautifully the architectural character of the Tucson area.”[https://www.deseret.com/2017/6/8/20613873/why-the-latest-mormon-temple-
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• Richmond Virginia Temple
  ...story home at 4151 Mountain Road will remain as a residence for the temple president and matron. .../ She said], "It is a dream come true." Jenni McCall, a [[Relief Society]] president in Stafford County was "ecstatic" about the announcement. She said, "This w
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• Neiafu Tonga Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a new temple will be built in Tonga. T ...nstructed on site in addition to housing for the [[Temple President|temple president]] and matron and for temple [[Missionaries|missionaries]].
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• Stake
  ...auvoo and the Martyrdom|Nauvoo, Illinois]], and William Marks became stake president. ...kes are organized from a group of wards or branches in the same geographic area. A stake must be composed of at least three wards, and up to a total of six
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• Bishop
  ...minations. In other churches, a bishop may administer a large geographical area involving a large number of congregations. The Latter-day Saint position of The bishop serves as president of the ward's [[Aaronic Priesthood]] holders (generally young men between t
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• John H. Groberg
  ...ked unity and morality. He had little contact with his [[Mission|mission]] president. He nearly drowned when pushed out of a boat during a major storm and suffe ...Indiana University. He was then involved in real estate in the Idaho Falls area. Groberg also served for five years as a [[Bishop|bishop]] of a ward in Ida
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• Eric B. Shumway
  ...After his term of service as president of the university, he was called as president of the [[Nuku alofa Tonga Temple]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church ...s Academic Vice President at BYU-H immediately prior to his appointment as president of the university.<ref>''Church News'', 1993-04-23, p. Z3</ref> Shumway had
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• Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple
  ...the sixth temple in Central America. Until its dedication, members in the area had to travel to [[Guatemala City Guatemala Temple|Guatemala City]], to att ...of the faith of the members because the Church is still very young in the area.
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• Urdaneta Philippines Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the construction of a new temple in Urdaneta On April 28, 1961, President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], then of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, offered
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• Lorenzo Snow
  ...alt=Mormon Prophet Lorenzo Snow|Lorenzo Snow, 1814–1901, was prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ, 1898–1901]] ...h legislature and served well for twenty-nine years, ten of those years as president of the Legislative Council.
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• Mormon Retrenchment Association
  .... 15, 1882]:59. </ref> Two similar yet distinct organizations emerged from President Young’s retrenchment movement—the Retrenchment Association for women an ...ain and foolish things of the world. The word “retrenchment” reflected President Young’s desire for the women of the Church to “retrench in everything t
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• "Mormon" Polygamy
  ...or other religious denomination. [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], 15th Prophet and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stated the following ab ...the issue of polygamy was part of the justification for the [[Utah War]]. President Buchanan sent 5,000 troops to crush a non-existent rebellion in the territo
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• Tokyo Japan Temple
  ...that a temple would be built in Tokyo, Japan. [[Spencer W. Kimball]], then President of the Church, said at a conference in Tokyo: ...Asian countries and the world. Yesterday, we held a meeting of the [[Stake President|stake presidents]] and other leaders to consider this very serious matter.
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• Stake Conference
  ...meeting of all the members in a [[stake]], held under the direction of the President of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. A stake conference consists of t ...presiding visitors, then the President of the Twelve designates the Stake President as the presiding authority.
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• Concepcion Chile Temple
  ...e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], [[Thomas S. Monson]], then president and prophet of the Church, announced that a temple would be built in Concep ...in Quinta Junge—a modern residential development in a beautiful forested area on the Biobío River. A major apartment complex, called Edificios Parque Ju
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• Hong Kong China Temple
  On 3 October 1992, President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2008, annou ...le, but also a chapel, mission offices, and living quarters for the temple president and several missionaries.[2]
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• Bountiful Utah Temple
  ...n crews removed over two hundred thousand cubic yards of soil, leaving the area an ideal spot on which the Latter-day Saint temple would later be built. [1 ...ter in May of 1992, the groundbreaking took place, and on January 8, 1992, President [[Howard W. Hunter]] dedicated the Bountiful Utah Temple. Two hundred thous
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• Box Elder Tabernacle
  ...e building would be visible for miles across the valley. [[Brigham Young | President Young]] and Territorial Surveyor Jesse W. Fox laid the cornerstones on 9 Ma ...caps, and other improvements were added to beautify the structure. Church President [[Wilford Woodruff]] dedicated the finished building on 28 October 1890.
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• Area Presidency
  ...://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/5-general-and-area-leadership?lang=eng#title_number10] Members of the Area Presidency travel within the assigned area to minister to, teach, and encourage local leaders, missionaries, and Churc
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• Hartford Connecticut Temple
  ...e determined that we will not at this time build a temple in the immediate area of Hartford." He apologized to the disappointed members of Hartford by stat ...that temples will be located in such areas that our Saints in the Hartford area will not have to drive unreasonable distances.
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• Manti Utah Temple
  ...ad been prophesied numerous times since the beginning of settlement in the area that this would be the site of the temple. When [[Brigham Young]] announced In his April 2019 General Conference closing remarks, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced the renovation of the Manti Temple at a fut
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• Temple Square
  ...Mormon pioneers] arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, [[Brigham Young]], then president of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...nce, refresh, and beautify the temple and its surrounding grounds,” said President Nelson. “Obsolete systems within the building will be replaced. Safety an
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• Lisbon Portugal Temple
  ...st.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] on 2 October 2010, President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that a new temple would be built in Lisbon, ...he Vasco de Gama Center (shopping mall), and the Vasco de Gama Bridge. The area is beautified by volcano and waterfall fountains that can all be taken in f
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• Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple
  ...ice, an Employment Resource Service Center, and a residence for the temple president and matron. ...ion of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in 1830, Church President, [[Joseph Smith]], moved to [[Harmony, Pennsylvania]], and lived in the hom
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• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...f the most respected choirs in the world. In 1999, under the direction of President Gordon B. Hinkley, the Church established the [https://www.thetabernaclecho ...ositions may be addressed by their title and then their last name (such as President Nelson). Some frequently used titles are as follows:
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• Thomas S. Monson Stories
  ...e is a collection of stories from the life of [[Thomas S. Monson]], former president and prophet of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ...s wheelchair at the swimming pool, preparing for therapy. I hurried to the area, and there was Stan, all alone, at the edge of the deeper portion of the po
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• Accra Ghana Temple
  The building of the Accra Ghana Temple was announced on 16 February 1998 by President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]. The announcement came after he had challenged membe ...utdoor gathering of some assembled members in Accra's Independence Square, President Hinckley said, "You've gone a long time without a temple. When I was here f
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• Octaviano Tenorio
  ...f Latter-day Saints] since 2007. He was one of the original [[Area Seventy|area authorities]] called in 1995. He was given emeritus status on October 6, 20 ...ed in the Río Bravo river. A few years later, Tenorio became a [[branch]] president in the Church. Then he moved to Mexico City with his job with ''Readers Dig
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• Jon Huntsman, Sr.
  ...of the Seventy. He has also served as [[stake]] president and as [[mission president]] in the Washington, D.C. Mission. ...ing as an Area Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ. [[Paul Huntsman]] is president and CEO of the Huntsman Family Investments and is the owner and publisher o
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• Julie B. Beck
  [[Image:Beck Julie.jpg|thumb|200px|left|alt=Mormon Relief Society President Julie B. Beck]] '''Julie Bangerter Beck''' was the [[Relief Society]] general president of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain
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• N. Eldon Tanner
  ...fe to devote his full attention to the job at hand. <ref>Hugh B. Brown, “President N. Eldon Tanner: A Man of Integrity,” ''Ensign'', Nov 1972, 13.</ref> President Tanner next took a position as high school teacher in Cardston and moved hi
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• Marion G. Romney
  ...J. Romney did live to adulthood, served a mission, and in April 1983 read President Marion G. Romney's general conference talk for him. The Romneys also had an ...he accepted a call as a [[Bishop|bishop]] from his [[Stake President|stake president]], [[Bryant S. Hinckley]]. Due to his election to the state legislature, hi
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• George W. Romney
  ..., 1995) was an American businessman and politician. He was also the first president of the Detroit Stake (now the Bloomfield Hills Michigan Stake). He also ser ...George's uncle [[Rey L. Pratt]] would be president of the Mexican mission, president in exile, during the Mexican Revolution and on into the 1930s.
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• Gathering of Israel
  ...f America. The tribe of Judah will return to the city of Jerusalem and the area surrounding it. The ten lost tribes who are now hidden from the world will
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• Missionary Work 3: American Sign Language, South America, Hungary, England, and India
  ...ased on the number of Latter-day Saints living within a certain geographic area, so the construction of new temples means the church is growing. The goal o ...a in 2018, he traveled home to Brazil. Fittingly, his senior companion was President [[M. Russell Ballard]], grandson of Elder [[Melvin J. Ballard]]. Church New
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• Kevin Worthen
  [[Image:Kevin_Worthen.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Kevin Worthen BYU President Mormon|left]] ...], first counselor in the [[First Presidency]], each of whom is a past BYU president.
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• Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the Church's intention to build a temple in ...d—all five stakes being headquartered in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, which boasts well over two million residents.
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• Manhattan New York Temple
  ...Local congregations will be relocated to other meetinghouse spaces in the area during the renovation period. During the temple’s renovation, Latter-day ...ecame apparent during the last decade when membership in the Church in the area tripled to more than 42,000 members.
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• Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
  ...Canada. The '''Winnipeg Manitoba Temple''' serves members of the Winnipeg area who previously traveled 400 miles (600 kilometers)—a 6½-hour drive—to ...s]] sent to the area. A month later, seven missionaries were called to the area. Many early converts to the Church in Manitoba immigrated to areas with gre
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• Salt Lake Temple
  The Salt Lake Temple is also unique in that the President of the Church presided directly over a temple. Elder [[David B. Haight]] re ...finally finished under the direction of Wilford Woodruff, then the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ. Dedicatory services took place on 6 April 18
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• Houston Texas Temple
  ...an for a site on which to build a [[Mormon Temples|temple]] in the Houston area. Steve Cook, a member who had helped the Church in purchasing real estate i ...ction trip, but when he visited the city it was not available. Undeterred, President Hinckley visited the site anyway and informed Brother Cook that this was th
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• Chronological List of Temples
  ...urch News] for the current status for each of the 168 temples announced by President Nelson. ...South Area; Victoria, British Columbia; Yuma, Arizona; Houston Texas South Area; Des Moines, Iowa; Cincinnati, Ohio; Honolulu, Hawaii; West Jordan, Utah; L
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• Atlanta Georgia Temple
  .../wiki/Joseph_Standing] one of the missionaries. Most of the members in the area moved west to Utah to join the rest of the members of the Church. ...s; and in 1990 there were 41,595 members. Of missionary work in the South, President of the Church [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] stated,
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• Single Adults
  ...31 and older attend conventional wards. However, as an exception, [[Stake President|stake presidents]] may recommend the creation of a single adult ward for si ...adults on 22 September 1996, at the [[Salt Lake Tabernacle]], then-Church president [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] said:
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• Branch President
  ...:Mormon Bishopbric.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Mormon Bishopric]]A '''branch president''' is the authority over a [[Branch]] of the Church. He usually holds the [ ...l with them and receive their reports on their stewardships. If the branch president holds the Melchizedek priesthood, he also oversees finances and records unt
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• Durban South Africa Temple
  ...e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], [[Thomas S. Monson]], then-President of the Church, announced the construction of a temple in Durban, South Afri ...one congregation became three, and South African Latter-day Saints in the area totaled almost 130. Government restrictions and challenges in speaking Afri
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• Preside
  A [[quorum]] president presides over a quorum. A [[Branch President]] presides over a [[Branch]].
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• Barranquilla Colombia Temple
  [[Thomas S. Monson]], President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...neral Authority]] [[Seventy]] and President of the South America Northwest Area, presided over the outdoor ceremony at the temple site. Thousands of others
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• London England Temple
  ...tinent, the [[Bern Switzerland Temple]] was dedicated, [[David O. McKay]], President of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] from 1951 to 1970, d ...ngineers feared that it would not be suitable for the temple's foundation. President McKay, however, insisted, that this was where the temple was to be built. W
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• Gilbert Arizona Temple
  ...uary 2008. [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/gilbert-arizona-temple/ President Monson commented], "It is my personal priority to make sure members of the ...na Temple]], but with the large population of [[Latter-day Saints]] in the area, and the large number of patrons using the Mesa Arizona Temple, another tem
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• Salt Lake City
  ...typically originate in the Gulf of Alaska and move southeastward into the area. The nearby Great Salt Lake produces lake-effect snow approximately 6 to 8 ...day Salt Lake City was an explorer named Jim Bridger. Bridger explored the area in 1825.
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• Magic Valley
  ...agic Valley Idaho Map|Magic Valley Idaho Map]]The '''Magic Valley''' is an area in south-central Idaho composed of eight counties. Glenns Ferry, although n ...fically, they immigrated to today's Minidoka and Cassia County. The Cassia area consists of the towns of Burley, Rupert, Paul, and Oakley, among others.
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• Tad R. Callister
  ...epresentative]], mission president’s counselor, mission president, and [[Area Seventy]]. ...thority in April 2014 and was then called as the [[Sunday School]] general president. He served until his release on April 6, 2019.
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• Official Websites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  ...nclude such information as reports of Church activities, messages from the Area Presidency, announcements and reports of special events, and local church h *[https://www.facebook.com/russell.m.nelson/ President Russell M. Nelson]
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• Star Valley Wyoming Temple
  ...st.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] on 1 October 2011. President and Prophet of the Church, [[Thomas S. Monson]] (1927–2018), made the ann ...This is for all residents of Star Valley and it will be a blessing to this area.
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• Quito Ecuador Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that Ecuador's second temple would be constr ...11 May 2019. Elder [[Enrique R. Falabella]], South America Northwest Area President, presided and dedicated the temple site signifying the beginning of constru
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• Cedar City Utah Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President and Prophet [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the construction of a Latter-day ...members of 17 stakes headquartered in southern Utah and eastern Nevada, an area which includes approximately 50,000 members. One of the great temple hymns,
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• Ryan K. Olsen
  ...Area Authority and member of the Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area. ...ic, bishop, stake president, counselor in a ward Young Men presidency, and president of the Uruguay Montevideo West Mission from 2016 to 2019. 
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• Pago Pago American Samoa Temple
  ...ocal materials including lava rock and the fine hardwoods available in the area. The high ground would protect the temple against flooding, and the soundpr ...a location and design change for the Samoa Temple. At a press conference, President [[Spencer W. Kimball]] [https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/pago-pago-am
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• Phoenix Arizona Temple
  On 24 May 2008 President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced ...the need for a third temple for members of the Church in the Phoenix metro area.
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• Gifford Nielsen
  ...]. In the Saturday morning session of general conference on April 6, 2024, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] announced that Elder Nielsen will be released and receiv ...rector at Channel 11 in Houston before his retirement. In 2011 he was made president of Nielsen and Nielsen LLC and chairman of the Executive Committee of Memor
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• Regional Representative
  In the semiannual general conference held in October 1967, President [[Hugh B. Brown]] of the [[First Presidency]] announced the creation of thi At the April 1995 general conference, newly sustained Church president [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] announced the discontinuation of regional representa
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• John Benbow
  ...d the Benbow home as a base for his missionary labors in the Herefordshire area. Attached to the rear of the home on the east side is a long stone hall, vi ...Latter-day Saints. There is a right of way for visitors to access the pond area.
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• Enrique R. Falabella
  ...la's father, [[Udine Falabella]], became the first [[Stake President|stake president]] in Guatemala. ...the Church (the other is [[C. Scott Grow]]). He has also been a [[branch]] president at the Guatemalan [[Missionary Training Center]].
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• Praia Cape Verde Temple
  ...ated temple in operation. It was among the twelve new temples announced by President [[Russell M. Nelson]] on October 7, 2018, during his closing remarks in gen ...despite its proximity to the African continent is part of the Europe North Area of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain
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• Orem Utah Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a temple would be built in Orem, Utah. ...opportunities for temple service among the Saints in Utah County. In 2024, President Nelson announced that a temple would be built in nearby [[Lehi Utah Temple|
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• True and Living Church
  ...nances, and authority that Jesus Christ implemented in His ancient Church. President [[Dallin H. Oaks]], an Apostle of [[Jesus Christ]] now serving in the First ...Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith’s experience is called the [[First Vision]]. President [[M. Russell Ballard]], an Apostle of [[Jesus Christ]], explained:
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• Brigham Young University-Idaho
  ...our-year university known as Brigham Young University–Idaho. Then-Church President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] explained that the name change was in order to help ...dent [[Henry B. Eyring]], member of the [[First Presidency]] (and a former president of Ricks College), stated that
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• Hyrum Smith
  ...rk, and was one of the first Latter-day Saint preachers in the surrounding area. ...missions to Missouri and Ohio. In [[1834]], under the direction of Church president Joseph Smith, Jr., he recruited members for a militia, [[Zion's Camp]], and
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• Mormon president
  ...h of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] is the [http://modernprophets.com/ President of the Church], whom the members revere as the [[Mormon prophet|prophet]], ...h has the authority to exercise all of the keys of the priesthood, but, as President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] (1910–2008) explained, each member of the Quorum o
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• Calgary Alberta Temple
  [[Thomas S. Monson]], President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...ur. In 1895, the Alberta Stake of the Church was created, with Card as its President. It was the first stake of the Church established outside of the United Sta
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• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
  ...Christ were asked to settle in this harsh and barren prairie. But in 1884 President [[Wilford Woodruff]] encouraged the members to 'not be discouraged; be not ...of the temple was delayed for four more years. In spite of delays, Church President [[George Albert Smith (Prophet)|George Albert Smith]] dedicated the Idaho F
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• Belém Brazil Temple
  On 3 April 2016, [[Thomas S. Monson]], then-president of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...zil, is known as the gateway to the Amazon River. Anchoring a metropolitan area of over two million people, the city stands on the banks of the Pará River
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• Nairobi Kenya Temple
  ...neral conference]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that a new temple would be constructed in th ...he [[Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple]] and the [[Harare Zimbabwe Temple]].<ref>"President Monson Announces Five New Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da
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• Joseph Smith Memorial Building
  ...Hotel Utah hosted local citizens, world travelers, celebrities, and every president of the United States from William Taft to Ronald Reagan. ...e, the [[Word of Wisdom|word of Wisdom]] or fiscal soundness?" In the end, President Smith capitulated. (Hugh Nibley, ''Approaching Zion'', Deseret Book, 1989,
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• Rising Generation
  ...are for the [[Second Coming|Second Coming of Jesus Christ]] intensified as President [[Russell M. Nelson]] began his administration. Strengthening the youth was ...ths of being sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ in 2018, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] held a worldwide devotional for youth. The youth had
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• Ensign Peak
  ...for safety, and while they were fasting and praying daily on this subject, President Young had a vision of Joseph Smith, who showed him the mountain that we now For many years, the city discussed the possibility of developing the area into a city park or parkway, but meanwhile, housing expanded at the base of
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• Mormon Pond
  ...behalf of the Icelandic Association of Utah. Sigrun Inga Sigurfeirsdottir, president of the city council, Vestmanneyjar, accepted the gift on behalf of the peop ...s and met with Utah's Lt. Gov. Diedre M. Henderson and [[C. Shane Reese]], president of [[Brigham Young University]], where she also gave a lecture.
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• David A. Bednar
  ...[[Ricks College]] where he served until his call to the apostleship. Under President Bednar's leadership, Ricks College made the transition from being a two-yea ...a [[Bishop|bishop]], a stake president, a regional representative, and an area authority.
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• Ogden Utah Temple
  ...ght, the Ogden Temple was built and then dedicated on January 18, 1972, by President [[Joseph Fielding Smith]]. ....com/article/865611451/President-Monson-rededicates-Ogden-Utah-Temple.html President Monson remarked], "How grateful I am for the rededication of the beautifull
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• Pita Hopoate
  ...ake Hopoate''' was one of the longest serving, if not the longest serving, Area [[Seventy|Seventies]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Chr ...e]] and [[Missionary Training Center]] president prior to his call as an [[Area Seventy]]. He was a farmer but also worked as a [[Church Educational System
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• Genesis Group
  ...Christ while they traveled by train. The group dissolved soon after church president [[Spencer W. Kimball]] received a revelation that extended the priesthood t ...y]] served as president from 1997 to 2003. Don Harwell has been serving as president since 2003. The current Genesis presidency was set apart by Elder [[Merrill
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• John Henry Smith
  ...t the time the Provo Fourth Ward included all of Provo and the surrounding area north of Center Street and East of a line drawn down First East as far nort ...day.<ref>Andrew Jenson, ''Encyclopedic History,'' p. 751. Even by 1930 the area of the 17th Ward had been altered both by the creation of the Capital Hill
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• Cardston Alberta Temple
  ...hurch. In 1887 the first eight Latter-day Saint families set up camp in an area scouted by Card. Other families began to arrive, and the town of Cardston w ...ite for a temple. Nibley returned with photographs of four possible sites. President Smith unknowingly selected the same site Elder Taylor had dedicated over tw
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• Vancouver British Columbia Temple
  ...Vancouver Temple is the first temple in British Columbia. Members in this area previously traveled into the United States to attend the [[Seattle Washingt ...site. The south end of the grounds feature a grassy and beautifully wooded area.
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• Missionary Work 5:Mormonism in Mongolia
  ...administered by a stake president and other lay administrators. When an area has two stakes, it can begin to look forward to having its own Mormon templ : He returned to Mongolia in 1992, this time as a member of the Asia Area Presidency, to explore the possibility of the church offering humanitarian
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• Fort Collins Colorado Temple
  [[Thomas S. Monson]], President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...organized in January 1897, one year after a mission was established in the area. Several Church immigrants settled communities in Conejos County, Manassa,
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• Patrick Kearon
  ...e was called on Thursday, December 7, 2023, and ordained later that day by President [[Russell M. Nelson]] and the other members of the [[First Presidency]] and ...he Seventy]] since August 2020, filled the vacancy created by the death of President [[M. Russell Ballard]], who passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023. The B
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• Provo Utah Rock Canyon Temple
  ...elson]], resulted in a major redesign and exterior overhaul to the temple. President Nelson also mentioned that the reconstruction of the Provo Utah Temple woul ...Training Center]], the [[Brigham Young University]] campus, the Provo-Orem area, and Utah Lake.
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• Yigo Guam Temple
  ...org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] on 7 October 2018, by President [[Russell M. Nelson]]. Located in the Church's Asia North Area, Guam is home to about 2,500 Church members and one [[Mission|mission]], th
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• Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple
  During the Sunday morning session of [[General Conference]] on 3 April 2016, President [[Thomas S. Monson]] stood at the pulpit, and before beginning his formal r ...ns with more than 100 stakes. There are 48 stakes in the Lima metropolitan area alone, yet it operates one of the smallest temples in the Church. Long wait
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• Independence, Missouri
  ...received a command that they should buy as much land in the Jackson County area of Missouri as possible (see Doctrine & Covenants 57:3-5, 58:37, 49-52 and ...tional news and was read by Latter-day Saints as well as nonmembers of the area. The ''Star'' also, however, printed Church news and [[revelation|revelatio
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• Billings Montana Temple
  ...nd conducted the hourlong ceremony. President of the North America Central Area, he was joined by his counselors, Elders [[Kenneth Johnson]] and [[Lynn G. ...f the area, eight dedicatory sessions were held on 20-21 of November 1999. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] said in his dedicatory prayer of the Billings Montan
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• Neil L. Andersen
  ...cy, and as a stake president in Tampa. Between 1989 and 1992, Andersen was president of the France Bordeaux [[Mission]]. ..., overseeing the activities of the [[Area Seventy|Area Seventies]] in this area. On February 14, 2009, he broke ground for the construction of The Gila Val
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• Mormon Beliefs: Prophets
  ...renzo Snow]], one of the contemporaries of Joseph Smith and later a modern president and prophet of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], is quot ...mandments. Nephi in the Book of Mormon led his people out of the Jerusalem area, to a new land in the Americas 600 years before the birth of Christ. He not
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• Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)
  ...of polygamy, but the move was not made until the Lord commanded it. Church president [[Wilford Woodruff]] said: ...e to write . . . (Doctrine and Covenants, excerpts from three addresses by President Wilford Woodruff attached to Official Declaration 1; ellipses in the origin
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• Rob Gardner: Mormon Composer
  ...r-day Saints], he wrote "He Is Jesus Christ" at the request of his mission president. While at BYU, he translated it into English and performed it numerous time ...s to keep his musical abilities a secret, his mother made sure his mission president knew.
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• Jack H. Goaslind
  ...e [[Young Men]] general presidency from 1972 to 1974 and Young Men general president from 1990 to 1998. In 1995, he was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award by the ...g as a Seventy, Goaslind served as president of the British Isles—Africa Area. In 2007, he was inducted into the Order of Saint Michael of the Wing by th
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• Temple President
  ...arriage covenants, and interviewing prospective temple workers. The temple president also greets patrons at the baptistry and other places in the temple, answer ...selors generally live around the area in the temple district and, like the president, have had many leadership experiences in the Church.
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• Mission
  ...e missionary work. ''Mission'' in this case can mean either the geographic area in which Latter-day Saint missionaries proselyte, or the service itself. [[ ...ent is a volunteer with basic financial needs met by the Church. A mission president is almost always married and his wife serves as his companion. They bring t
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• Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
  In January [[1841]] Brigham Young was appointed as [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], and in March [[1844]] Joseph Smith ...e westward exodus to the Salt Lake Valley. The Twelve sustained Young as [[President of the Church]] on December 5, 1846, near [[Winter Quarters]], Nebraska, an
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• Draper Utah Temple
  ...he Church, more than 70 temples were built. At the groundbreaking ceremony President Hinckley stated, "We must build temples where people can get to them, the C The [[First Presidency]], then-consisting of Prophet and President [[Thomas S. Monson]], First Counselor [[Henry B. Eyring]], and Second Couns
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• Wilford W. Andersen
  ...dalajara Mission (2002–2005), bishop, high councilor, stake president, [[Area Seventy]], and full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the Argentina South M ...arters and had leadership responsibilities in the Middle East/Africa North Area as well as in the Idaho and North America Central Areas.
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• Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple
  .... Since that time the Church of Jesus Christ has grown considerably in the area, with about 9,000 members in 2000. Because of the considerable growth in the area President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] promised the Saints during a visit in March of 1998
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• Brasília Brazil Temple
  ...tochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], then-Church president [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that a temple would be built in Brasília, B ...vast interior. There are five [[Stake|stakes]] in the immediate Brasília area with five additional nearby stakes and more in the surrounding region.
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• Sapporo Japan Temple
  ...ctober 2011, Elder [[Gary E. Stevenson]], then-President of the Asia North Area, and a member of the [[Quorum of the Seventy|First Quorum of the Seventy]], File:Sapporo-Japan-Temple-waiting-area2016.jpg|Waiting area in the Sapporo Japan Temple
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• Arequipa Peru Temple
  ...rg The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], [[Thomas S. Monson]], President and Prophet of the Church, announced that a temple would be built in southe ...Carlos A. Godoy]], of the [[Seventy]] and the South America Northwest Area President, presided at the services. Other members of the Presidency in attendance we
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• Graham W. Doxey
  ...esident, president of the Missouri Independence Mission (1973–1976), and president of the [[Manti Utah Temple]]. As a young man he served in the Central Atlan ...sville for one year. He then graduated from the University of Utah and was president of Doxey-Layton Co., a real estate management firm.
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• Alvin F. Meredith
  ...a member of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Southeast Area from 2012 to 2016. He has also served as elders quorum president, bishop, stake president, and full-time missionary in the Utah Salt Lake City Mission.
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• Henry J. Eyring
  ...tps://www.ksl.com/article/50646456/byu-idaho-names-new-school-president-as-president-henry-j-eyring-will-return-to-provo] ...ed as BYU-Idaho’s Advancement Vice President and associate academic vice president over online learning. He was director of the MBA program at the Marriott Sc
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• Port Vila Vanuatu Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct a temple in Port Vila, V ...cific Area President (right) and his wife, Sister Shawna Nattress, Vanuatu President Nikenike Vurobaravu (center) and his wife Rima Vurobaravu; and the Honourab
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• Heber Valley Utah Temple
  ...ea. It will be the 28th temple built in Utah. Members of the Church in the area are currently served by nearby temples in Provo, Orem, and American Fork. ...edly rejoice with you.”[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-nelson-presides-at-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-heber-valley-utah-temple]
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• Monticello Utah Temple
  ...urday morning session of the 167th Semiannual [[General Conference]], then-president of the Church, [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], announced the building of smaller te ...ate, it was the smallest temple in the Church with only 7,000 square feet. President Hinckley dedicated the temple on July 26 and 27, 1998, following a public o
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• Sheldon F. Child
  ...y. He was designated emeritus status on October 4, 2008. He then served as president of the [[Salt Lake Temple]] until 2011. ...hain that was bought by Warren Buffett in 1995. Child served for a time as president of the company.
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• José A. Teixeira
  ...of the [[Seventy]] on April 5, 2008, and served as president of the Europe Area Presidency. He is currently serving in the [[Presidency of the Seventy]]. P ...national public affairs director, [[Stake President|stake president]], and Area Seventy.
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• Carlos F. Rivas
  '''Carlos Francisco Rivas Reyes''' (born 1959) was an [[Area Seventy]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latte ...]] in which position he served until 1995. Elder Rivas was the [[Mission]] president of the Peru Arequipa Mission from 2001 to 2004.
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• Roles of a Bishop
  ...erous and varied but may be broken down into five areas of responsibility; President of the Aaronic Priesthood, Presiding High Priest, Judge in Israel, Coordina ===President of the Aaronic [[Priesthood]]===
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• Kim Clark
  '''Kim B. Clark''' served as the president of [[Brigham Young University-Idaho]] and is a member of [http://comeuntoch ...h former HBS associate dean and former [[Brigham Young University-Hawaii]] President [[Steven Wheelwright|Steven C. Wheelwright]]." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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• C. Scott Grow
  ...2003), one of only two non–General Authorities to have served as an area president ([[Enrique R. Falabella]] being the other).
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• Rexburg Idaho Temple
  In October 2021, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a [[Teton River Idaho Temple|second te ...officiated. He was born and raised in Idaho Falls and was the newly called president of the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple at the time.
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• Provo City Center Temple
  ...le/705331478/Taft-left-a-big-impression-on-Utahns-in-1909.html?pg=all U.S. President, William H. Taft], visited Utah on 24 - 26 September 1909 and gave an addre ...e walls in place until the structure’s future could be determined. After President Monson's announcement, Jacobsen Construction continued their work. "Countle
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• Harare Zimbabwe Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the construction of the first temple in Zimb ...Latter-day Saints]] has been an influence in Zimbabwe and the surrounding area since 1930, when Church missionaries from the United States and Europe firs
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• Vernal Utah Temple
  A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication were held on May 13, 1995. Then-president of the Church, [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], presided at the meeting and gave the ...fired from local clay. The building was constructed mostly by volunteers. President of the Church at the time, [[Joseph F. Smith]], dedicated the tabernacle on
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• Koichi Aoyagi
  ...he had been serving in the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Asia North Area. ...for the Church as a real estate and construction manager in the Asia North Area office in Tokyo. He also worked as a sales chief at Nippon Sangyo Trading C
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• Johannesburg South Africa Temple
  ...le came less than three years after the June 1978 revelation, announced by President [[Spencer W. Kimball]], extending the [[priesthood]] and temple blessings t ...of estates built by nineteenth-century mining magnates and financiers, the area around the temple now features hospitals, office buildings, and schools, ma
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• Bentonville Arkansas Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''Bentonville Arkan ...president of the North America Southeast Area and Elder David Harris, an [[Area Seventy]]. Elder Martino said, "Groundbreaking is an interesting word. Acco
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• Suva Fiji Temple
  ...ear the Samabula Chapel. It is a scenic location not far from the downtown area of Suva, Fiji's capital. With views of the Pacific Ocean from three sides o ...e seen from three sides of the property on one of the tallest hills in the area, and is located just a few minutes away from downtown Suva. The exterior of
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• Hamilton New Zealand Temple
  ...ew Zealand was announced by [[David O. McKay]], the ninth [[Mormon prophet|president]] of the Church of Jesus Christ, on 17 February 1955. With its completion i ...esus Christ in New Zealand has become culturally mixed with members in the area of Australian, British, European, Asian, and North American descent. The ne
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• Taylorsville Utah Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a temple will be built in Taylorsville ...70,460 square feet. It was designed to reflect the pioneer heritage of the area, giving it a historic look similar to the [[Provo City Center Temple]]. The
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• Russell T. Osguthorpe
  ...Utah, USA, to Wesley and Iva Russell Osguthorpe) was called as the general president of the [[Sunday School]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus ...ranch president at the Provo, Utah, [[Missionary Training Center]] and the president of the BYU 18th Stake. He is also a former member of the [[Tabernacle Choir
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• Marcos A. Aidukaitis
  ...ed as a mission president and another brother as a [[Stake President|stake president]]. Many years after his father's baptism, Elder Aidukaitis was able to loca ...he became general manager for Ogara-Hess, a world renowned company in the area of security, specializing in up-armoring vehicles from the protection of co
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• J. Richard Clarke
  ...1, he served as president of the [[Laie Hawaii Temple]]. He also served as president of the [[Boise Idaho Temple]]. ...and [[Regional Representative|regional representative]]. He also served as president of the South Africa Cape Town Mission.
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• Glen L. Rudd
  ...General Welfare committees, president of the Florida Mission, and interim president of the Texas Corpus Christi mission. He also served as a bishop, stake high
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• Gerald Causse
  ...um of the [[Seventy]] in 2008. He was serving as a counselor in the Europe Area Presidency at the time of this calling. ...he was the [[Primary]] pianist, and at 16, he became the [[Sunday School]] president.
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• Mexico City Mexico Temple
  ...s worthy through their local [[Bishop|bishop]] and [[Stake President|stake president]] may enter the temple. But within a few years, laws changed in encouraging The Mexico City Mexico Temple was dedicated December 2, 1983, by President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], then of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. The
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• Curitiba Brazil Temple
  ...iterature. Consequently, Reinhold Stoff, who was the South America Mission President in Buenos Aires, Argentina, went to visit Brazil. He took missionaries ther ...a as a general authority. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] planned to take President Faust with him to dedicate the Curitiba Brazil Temple, but both passed away
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• Fortaleza Brazil Temple
  Then Prophet and President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...which serves over 80 stakes and [[District|district]]s in northern Brazil. President Monson said, "We desire that as many members as possible have the opportuni
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• Regina Saskatchewan Temple
  ...]] was visiting with missionaries and members in Regina. During the visit, President Hinckley told the people ...tly because of the prayers of the 6,700 members in the 252,000 square mile area of Saskatchewan that they now have a temple.
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• Young Women General Presidency
  Called as the new general president to lead the worldwide organization of [[Young Women]] is [[Emily Belle Free ...ttps://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/6/3/23738767/young-women-general-president-emily-belle-freeman-bio-2023-abiding-belief-in-jesus-christ]
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• Beira Mozambique Temple
  ...Mozambique Temple''' is the first temple to be constructed in Mozambique. President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced at the closing session of the 191st Annual ...urchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-ronald-a-rasband-meets-with-mozambique-president-filipe-nyusi]
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• The Great Commission: Spreading the Gospel of Christ
  ...ied amounts of time &mdash; sometimes for years &mdash; as directed by the President of the Church. ...heir ward [[bishop]] and [[stake]] president and are called to labor in an area of the world specified by the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ.
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• Online Mormon Missionaries
  ...0, Michael Hemingway was in his final months of a three-year assignment as president of the New York Rochester Mission and set to return to employment with the ...ultiple approved or Church-developed apps in the work — maps, calendars, area books, video players for clips during lessons and more.[https://www.thechur
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• San Diego California Temple
  The temple was announced on 7 April 1984 by then-Church president [[Spencer W. Kimball]]. It was the third temple built in California, follow After suffering a mild heart attack four months earlier, President [[Ezra Taft Benson]] made his first trip outside the Salt Lake Valley to br
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• Querétaro México Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a temple will be built in Querétaro M ...ay, January 7, 2023. Elder [[Adrian Ochoa]], First Counselor in the Mexico Area Presidency, presided at the event. General Authority Seventies Elder [[Arnu
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• Deseret and Salt Lake Agricultural and Manufacturing Canal Company
  ...more than a hundred years, the area was considered a premier agricultural area of the Great Basin. Settlers in the Fillmore area had constructed the first dam in 1860, however, the dam washed out the foll
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• Terence M. Vinson
  ...five years in the Africa West Area Presidency, two of those years as area president. On August 1, 2018, he was named a member of the [[Presidency of the Sevent ...-morning [[Seminary]] teacher, temple ordinance worker, temple sealer, and Area Seventy. After his designation as emeritus status, he and his wife served a
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• Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
  ...oon session of the April 2020 [[General Conference|general conference]] by President [[Russell M. Nelson]]. [[Image:Africa-Central-Area-Presidency-groundbreaking-Lubumbashi-Temple.jpg|350px|thumb|right|frame|<sp
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• Vaiangina Sikahema
  ...ts] on April 3, 2021. At the time of his call, he had been serving as an [[Area Seventy]]. ...Sikahema was sustained as an Area Seventy at [[General Conference]]. As an Area Seventy, he would continue to live in his home, oversee 20 stakes from Phil
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• International Growth
  Following World War II, Church president [[George Albert Smith]] was actively involved in sending goods from America Church president [[David O. McKay]] was the first president to travel extensively. He toured missions in Europe, Latin America, Africa,
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• Sean Douglas
  ...ember of the Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Southwest Area. ...dministration, vice president of corporate development, and executive vice president and chief financial officer. He resigned from his most recent positions eff
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• Emmanuel Abu Kissi
  Soon after President Spencer W. Kimball announced the revelation in 1978 extending the priesthoo ...ent. Dr. Kissi soon presided over several congregations, first as district president in 1982 and then as a counselor in the mission presidency in 1983.
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• Jonathan S. Schmitt
  ...ember of the Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Southwest Area. ...roup leader, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, and president of the California San Diego Mission from 2014 to 2017.
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• General Authorities
  ...ncy in ancient times consisted of three men—Peter, James, and John.) The President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, and the Senior Apostle. He ...sident of the Church, whom we sustain as prophet, seer, and revelator. The President of the Church presides over the entire Church. He and his counselors, who a
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• Campinas Brazil Temple
  ...true?lang=eng] The members of the Church of Jesus Christ from the Campinas area responded quickly, sending in donation after donation. One of the most touc ...continues to grow quickly. More than 117,000 members from 36 stakes in the area will use the Campinas Temple. Brazil is home to more Latter-day Saints than
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• Cordoba Argentina Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that a temple would be built in Córdoba, Ar ...the South America South area presidency, and temple president and matron, President and Sister Mario Cecilio Cristóbal and Vilma Marta Cattaneo de Romero. Two
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• Missionary Work 2: Malaysia, Russia, Middle East
  ...would have gone with them" (Elder [[Dennis B. Neuenschwander]]). The first president of the Moscow stake is a Russian, Yakov Mikhaylovich Boyko. ...er Holland addressed several thousand members of the Church. Growth in the area prompted the division of the former Manama Bahrain Stake into the Manama Ba
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• Bacolod Philippines Temple
  The '''Bacolod Philippines Temple''' was announced by President [[Russell M. Nelson]] on 5 October 2019, at the 189th Semiannual [[General ...iela B. Wakolo]], a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]] and Philippines Area president, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Bacolod Philippines Temple
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• McAllen Texas Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''McAllen Texas Tem ...and around McAllen, as well as Spanish colonial architecture found in the area. Among the patterns featured are citrus blossoms, barbed quatrefoils, scrol
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• Quorum
  ...s] who hold the same [[priesthood]] position. Quorums are usually led by a president and two [[Counselor|counselors]]. ...://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/5-general-and-area-leadership?lang=eng#title_number4]
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• Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced that a new temple would be constructed in Ri ...der [[W. Mark Bassett]] of the [[Seventy]] and [[Second Counselor]] in the Area Presidency participated. During his remarks, [http://www.mormonnewsroom.org
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• Montreal Quebec Temple
  ...f the temples announced with a long list of others, which [[Mormon prophet|President]] of the Church, [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], hoped to have completed by the end ...n, renovated, and used by the members of the Church of Jesus Christ in the area. By 1960 there were several congregations in Montreal. In 1961, the first F
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• Okinawa Japan Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct Japan's fourth temple, t ...11, Matsumoto, Okinawa Shi, in Okinawa-ken, Japan. A temple patron waiting area will also be added to an adjacent existing meetinghouse. Its location just
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• Freiberg Germany Temple
  ...or those not able to enter the temple, as well as an office for the temple president. On 20 December 2001 an Angel Moroni statue was placed on top of the temple File:Freiberg-Temple37-2016.jpg|Waiting area in the Freiberg Germany Temple
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• Steven E. Snow
  ...ernando Mission. In 1999, he became an [[Area Seventy]] for the Utah South Area. [[Category:Area Seventies]]
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• Indianapolis Indiana Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced the construction of a new temple in Indianap ...o attend. The new Latter-day Saint temple will serve 25,000 members in the area. Church membership in Indiana at the time of the announcement was about 42
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• Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple
  ..., Church members in Oklahoma learned that a temple would be built in their area. Needless to say, the members were ecstatic that they would not have to tra ...awton spoke of the tornado that just two months earlier had devastated the area, "I feel, in looking back, that there was a great purpose of the Lord in th
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• Edward Dube
  ...e August 1, 2024. He is currently serving as President of the Africa South Area Presidency. ...rior to this calling, he served as an Area Seventy in the Africa Southeast area.
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• Adrian Ochoa
  In the Saturday morning session of general conference on April 6, 2024, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] announced that Elder Ochoa will be released and receive ...president, an area public affairs director, and from 1987 to 1995 was the president of the Monterrey Mexico Mitras [[Stake]].
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• Lindon Utah Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans for the construction of the '''Lindon ...s held in a nearby meetinghouse where Elder Pearson, president of the Utah Area, presided and conducted. In his dedicatory prayer, Elder Pearson said: "May
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• Samuel Brannan
  ...s brother [[Hyrum Smith|Hyrum]] were martyred and [[Brigham Young]] became president of the Church. Brannan began advocating that Joseph’s brother William sho ...San Francisco area. Brannan sent twenty members of the group to settle an area near the Sacramento River, calling it New Hope, but due to various disputes
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• Tampico Mexico Temple
  ...ico area has seen rapid growth with the number of Latter-day Saints in the area going from one stake to four stakes in just twenty-five years. Tampico itse ...city." President Monson ended the prayer with a plea for the Saints in the area saying, "Lift the burdens of poverty from the backs of Thy children and pro
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• Auckland New Zealand Temple
  There are thirteen [[Stake|stakes]] in the Auckland metropolitan area where Church membership has grown significantly in recent years. ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a temple will be built in Auckland New
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• Feather River California Temple
  ...10-07/president-nelson-announces-plans-to-build-12-new-temples-156138 said President Nelson]. He continued, "To those who have long been absent from the temple, Elder Paul H. Watkins, an Area Seventy, presided at the ceremony and offered the dedicatory prayer.
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• David Eccles
  ...st of Latter-day Saints] and immigrated to Utah. They settled in the Ogden area; first in Liberty and then in Eden. ...ll. “David cut cordwood for the mill for a year, went to the Puget Sound area for six months to work for a lumber corporation, and worked another six mon
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• Redlands California Temple
  ...members of the area. Redlands is in the San Bernardino California area, an area which since 1851, has had a large population of Latter-day Saints, some of ...tion by donating rocks for its building, some of these rocks were from the area where the original colonists of 1851 camped. Young children also donated th
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• Sacramento California Temple
  ...emple serves a growing membership which totals approximately 80,000 in the area. ...because it would improve the land, and bring visitors and revenue into the area. There was some concern about the height of the temple spire and the Church
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• Humanitarian Efforts
  [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 12 March 1995, unti In his October 2022 General Conference talk, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] introduced his message about helping the poor and distre
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• LDS Church Growth: 30 Years in Haiti
  ...for the unveiling ceremony were thrilled to view a televised message from President Monson that was recorded prior to the event. Although his duties prevented
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• Gordon B. Hinckley Stories
  ...is a collection of stories from the life of [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], former president and prophet of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat * Soon after the [[Conference Center]] was built, President Hinckley related a story about the new Conference Center pulpit. Later [[Do
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• Paul K. Sybrowsky
  '''Paul K. Sybrowsky''' is a business owner, university president, and former [[General Authority]] in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church ...es and Universities. For close to twenty years he has been a member of the President’s Leadership Councils at BYU and [[Brigham Young University-Hawaii|BYU–
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• Robert K. Dellenbach
  ...or the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the San Diego, California, area and for the Institute for Advanced Technology of Control Data Corporation i ...f and the Germany Munich Missions. He also served as [[Young Men]] general president and as counselor to [[Jack H. Goaslind]]. As a young man, he served as a fu
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• Scott D. Whiting
  ...vice president and in-house counsel for Molokai Ranch and later became the president and CEO. He also worked for a real estate investment company in Hawaii. ...] president, elders quorum president, high councilor, stake president, and Area Seventy.
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• Harry Maxwell: Mormon Educator
  ...college administrator, professor, and teacher. He served briefly as acting president of [[Ricks College]], now [[BYU-Idaho]]. ...rside. He went on to teach fifth grade for five years in the Big Bear Lake area. After then serving as vice principal for a number of years, he moved his f
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• Angel Abrea
  ...to be sustained to the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]]. He was serving as president of the Argentina Rosario Mission at the time of his call on April 4, 1981. ...ber 4, 2003. As a General Authority Seventy, Elder Abrea served in several area presidencies in North America, the Philippines, Mexico, Central America, Pe
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• John A. Dixon
  ...e president (1970-72), dean of the College of Medicine (1972-76), and vice president for health sciences (1973-78). In 1978, he left administration and returned ...successfully treat ulcers and tumors, particularly in the gastrointestinal area.
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• Bruce C. Hafen
  ...law in Salt Lake City, Utah, for four years, he became an assistant to BYU President [[Dallin H. Oaks]]. He was on the original faculty of the BYU Law School, f ...m Young University-Idaho) from 1978 to 1985. During this time, he was also President of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Unive
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• Anthon H. Lund
  At the age of 16, Anthon was called as president of the Aalborg branch (a small congregation of Latter-day Saints). This was ...While there, he also helped establish the first [[Sunday School]] in that area. Anthon remained in Mt. Pleasant until 1870, when he married Sarah Ann Pete
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• Nauvoo Temple
  ...ere taken from the temple to be used for houses and other buildings in the area. ...o receive revelation that he was to take his father's place as prophet and president of a group called the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sain
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• Joseph Smith, Jr.
  ...|thumb|alt=Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith|Joseph Smith, the founder and first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] '''Joseph Smith, Jr.''' (1805-1844) was the first president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. Members of the Chur
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• Kathleen Johnson Eyring
  ...earbook, captain of her school’s tennis team, and served as student body president one year. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from th Kathleen served as a [[Primary]] president, stake [[Relief Society]] board member, counselor to a stake Relief Society
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• Cochabamba Bolivia Temple
  ...ressed the 4,000 gathered Saints during one of the heaviest rainstorms the area had seen in ten years. "My beloved and wet brothers and sisters" [1] he beg During the groundbreaking prayer President Hinckley said, "We thank thee for this beautiful site, where this sacred ed
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• Laie Hawaii Temple
  ...on the Church bought in 1865 as a place of gathering for the Saints of the area. ...i Temple was made to look like the ancient temples found in South America. President Joseph F. Smith stated many times that he wanted it to look like Solomon’
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• John S. K. Kauwe III
  ...schrist.org/article/john-sk-kauwe-iii-officially-inaugurated-as-byu-hawaii-president-by-elder-holland] ...e general conference leadership session on Thursday, April 4, 2024, 64 new Area Seventies were announced and presented for a sustaining vote. Kauwe was cal
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• Gerrit W. Gong
  ...rving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the [[Seventy]] in the Utah South Area when called to serve in the First Quorum of the Seventy at [[General Confer ...c and International Studies in Washington, DC. He was the assistant to the president for planning and assessment at Brigham Young University.
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• D. Todd Christofferson
  ...ions in the Church, including those of [[bishop]], [[Stake President|stake president]], and regional representative. On April 3, [[1993]], he was sustained as a ...cred? Do I treat their counsel seriously, or is it a light thing with me?" President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], for instance, has counseled us to pursue education
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• Sacred Grove
  ...Historic Site''' includes the [[Joseph Smith Family Farm]] and the 10-acre area of the farm designated as the Sacred Grove, where [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] rec ...f his holy experiences out of respect for deity. According to those in the area who had been associated with the Smith family, the First Vision occurred in
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• Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
  ...t.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], on 4 October 2020, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct a second temple in great ...emple, following the Lima metropolitan area in Peru and the Greater Manila Area in the Philippines.
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• Larry R. Lawrence
  ...a member of the Fifth Quorum of the [[Seventy]] in the North America West Area when called to serve in the Second Quorum of the Seventy at [[General Confe ...ly been assigned to return to Russia as first counselor in the Europe East Area presidency.
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• Robert W. Ferrell
  '''Robert W. Ferrell''' and his wife, Lori Ann Ferrell, were called as president and companion, respectively, of the Peru Lima Central Mission for [http://c ...bishop, ward [[Young Men]] president, [[Seminary]] teacher, elders quorum president, stake missionary preparation teacher.
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• L. Todd Budge
  ...lders]] quorum president, [[stake]] executive secretary, [[bishop]], stake president, and counselor in a bishopric. He presided over the Japan Tokyo Mission fro ...Citibank N.A., and GE Capital in both Atlanta and Japan. In 2003 he became president and chief executive officer of Tokyo Star Bank Limited. From 2008 to 2011 h
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• Twin Falls Idaho Temple
  ...lls, Idaho. The 9.1-acre site for the temple is at Eastland Dr. North. The area was formerly the Candleridge Golf Course, but the course had announced its ...but the entire event was taped and played at meetinghouses throughout the area that same evening so that others could also participate.
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• Isaac K. Morrison
  ...a Seventy and member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Africa West Area from 2018 to 2020. ...unselor in a bishopric, bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, and stake president.
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• Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
  ...oftly lighted figure of the [[Angel Moroni]] standing as a beacon over the area." [2] ...were dedicated on the same day. President Hinckley stayed in Halifax while President [[Boyd K. Packer]] went to Regina.
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• Washington D.C. Temple
  ...the temple and [[Spencer W. Kimball]], the [[Mormon prophet|Prophet]] and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at that time. ...so high, that more [[Mormon missionaries|missionaries]] were called to the area to answer questions.
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• David H. Huntsman: Mormon Businessman
  ...vice president of manufacturing for Huntsman Packaging’s PVC group, vice president of market development director of Huntsman Chemical and most of the other H ...a member. He served from July 2015 to July 2018. He was sustained as an [[Area Seventy]] on April 4, 2020.
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• Do Mormons Celebrate Easter?
  ...y according to the traditions of the cultures in which they live. In every area of the world, however, members of the Church hold a special [[Sacrament Mee ...ter Sunrise Service on the Mesa Arizona Temple grounds. On March 23, 2024, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] addressed the cast and crew of the pageant in a devotion
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• Ronald A. Rasband
  ...ist of Latter-day Saints] on October 3, 2015. He was serving as the senior president in the [[Presidency of the Seventy]] at the time of his call. ...he went to work for [[Jon Huntsman, Sr.]]. Elder Rasband eventually became president and chief operating officer of Huntsman Chemical, which position he held un
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• Gary E. Stevenson
  ...rch as a high councilor, [[Bishop|bishop]], stake president’s counselor, president of the Japan Nagoya Mission, and ward [[Sunday School]] teacher. ...inistration. He co-founded ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., where he served as president and chief operating officer until 2008. He served on the board of the Marri
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• Ephraim Utah Temple
  President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced the construction of the '''Ephraim Utah Tem ...d will be an important addition for the Church's growing membership in the area — including students at Snow College. [https://newsroom.churchofjesuschri
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• Kanesville Tabernacle
  ...[[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. At the time, [[Brigham Young]] was the president of the Twelve. Soon after Joseph Smith was killed, many of the Latter-day S ...and a half years. They were inspired to sustain Brigham Young as the next president and prophet. Apostles [[Heber C. Kimball]] and [[Willard Richards]] were ca
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• Stake patriarch
  ...ocal patriarchs currently serving worldwide. These men report to the stake president but work under the direction of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. A member ...en a patriarch moves into a different stake, he is to inform his new Stake President, who will decide whether or not to use the patriarch. This can also occur w
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