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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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• Erich W. Kopischke
  ...ad previously served as a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy and an Area Seventy. ...so taught Institute and served as the area director for the Central Europe Area.
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• Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire Temple
  ...for Bangkok, Thailand, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti — announced by the late President [[Thomas S. Monson]] on 5 April 2015, during the Sunday morning session of ...Sister Kathy Andersen, is joined by Elder Marcus B. Nash, Africa West Area President, and Ivory Coast leaders and dignitaries in breaking grounds for the constr
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• Adelaide Australia Temple
  ...announced on March 17, 1999. The members of the Church of Jesus Christ the area up until this time had to travel between fifteen and twenty hours one-way t ...Featherstone was, at the time, the president of the Australia/New Zealand area. Despite heavy rains, more than 500 people gathered to witness the groundbr
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• Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico Temple
  ...lve Apostles]], standing on a mountain overlooking the city, dedicated the area for the preaching of the gospel. Since that time the Church has seen phenom In April 1998, President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], recognizing the need to bring temples to the people
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• William W. Parmley
  ...ril 2003 and served until October 2009. Following his release he served as president of the [[Sacramento California Temple]]. ..., in Utah. His mother, [[LaVern W. Parmley]] served as General [[Primary]] president. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard University and h
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• Donald B. Doty
  ...o other apostles, Elder [[David B. Haight]] and Elder [[Robert D. Hales]]. President Nelson hovered so close that his head would almost graze Doty's ear, Doty r ...ese physicians in the techniques of heart surgery. He served for a time as president of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association.
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• Davao Philippines Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans for the construction of a temple in D ...abang Philippines Temple|Alabang]] (a second temple for the greater Manila area), and [[Urdaneta Philippines Temple|Urdaneta]]. Temples in [[Cagayan de Oro
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• Brigham Young Winter Home and Office
  ...e and unlivable. To help those early settlers stay and establish the area, President Young instigated a public works project. Northern Utah residents donated or ...aged, he began suffering from arthritis and found the warm, dry, snowless area of St. George beneficial for his health. Young began going south for the wi
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• Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple
  ...t-au-Prince Haiti Temple|Port-au-Prince, Haiti]] — announced by the late President [[Thomas S. Monson]] on 5 April 2015, during the Sunday morning session of ...Sister Kathy Andersen, is joined by Elder Marcus B. Nash, Africa West Area President, and Ivory Coast leaders and dignitaries in breaking grounds for the constr
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• Black 14 Partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ
  The Church’s policy was revoked in 1978 when, through a revelation to President [[Spencer W. Kimball]], all worthy male members of the Church were able to ...titute]] of Religion Director John Williams, and Elder Michael Jones, an [[Area Seventy]], to a dinner honoring the players. There, he asked them if the Ch
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• Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
  ...btaining approval from the city for the temple plans, youth members in the area fasted and prayed for a resolution. Once approval was granted, they fasted ...ckelsen]], of the [[Seventy]] and president of the North America Southwest Area, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony. He said, “It is during these
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• Bismarck North Dakota Temple
  ...the Church of Jesus Christ were encouraged to be prepared. Elder Holt, an Area Authority Seventy, suggested that while the acronym [[Mormon Terminology|CT ...ch a temple. Recognizing their need for a closer temple, the Lord directed President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] to build a small temple in North Dakota.
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• Lubbock Texas Temple
  ...state. The Lubbock Temple serves western Texas and eastern New Mexico, an area with about 13,500 members. ...ttended the temple groundbreaking ceremony held on 4 November 2000. Temple president Jay B. Jensen commented that "their spirits were not dampened by the weathe
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• Paul V. Johnson
  ...will serve until August 1, 2024. At that time he will begin his service as president in the [[Sunday School]] general presidency. ...l practice. However, while serving in the Norway Oslo Mission, his mission president asked him to consider teaching the Norwegian language at the Language Train
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• Asuncion Paraguay Temple
  ...closer now when there is going to be great growth in the Church here. When President [[Ezra Taft Benson]] dedicated this land for the preaching of the [[Gospel| ...ission]] headquartered in Uruguay. In 1977 Paraguay became its own mission area, and soon after that, conversions to the Church began to increase. The aver
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• San Juan Puerto Rico Temple
  On 7 October 2018, Prophet and President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...le is located at 123 Calle Ronda Urb Villa Andalucía in the Trujillo Alto area of San Juan.
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• David S. Baxter
  ...n, starting in 1976. For ten months of this mission he was [[Branch|branch president]] in Lerwick in the Shetland Islands. After returning from his mission, Bax ...still an area seventy he served as a counselor in the church's Europe West Area presidency.
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• Yorba Linda California Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''Yorba Linda Calif ...erial Highway, making it easily accessible for Orange County Saints in the area.
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• Chicago Illinois Temple
  ...e beautiful and will enhance rather than diminish the charm of this lovely area." [2] The site chosen, an area referred to as The Grove, was known for its beautiful landscape of wildflow
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• Las Vegas Nevada Temple
  ...Nevada, a second having been built in [[Reno Nevada Temple|Reno]] (2000). President [[Russell M. Nelson]] has since announced the construction of two more temp The Latter-day Saint history is a vital part of the Las Vegas area. In 1855, thirty [[Mormon missionaries]] from Salt Lake City were sent to L
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• Freetown Sierra Leone Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a temple would be constructed in Freet ...presidency; his wife Sister Pauline Kacher, and Elder Daniel Kabason, an [[Area Seventy]], and his wife, Sister Millicent Kane Kabason.
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• Marcus B. Nash
  ...the South America West Area, and president of the South America Northwest Area.
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• San Antonio Texas Temple
  ...,000 to 12,000. Until the San Antonio Temple was announced, members in the area had to travel to [[Houston Texas Temple|Houston]] a three-and-a-half hour t ...esentations of Texas history, family values, and Latter-day Saint beliefs. President Hinckley also spoke to those in attendance about the temple.
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• Austin Texas Temple
  ...ber 2021. A second temple in the [[Houston Texas South Area Temple|Houston area]] and a temple in [[McKinney Texas Temple|a suburb of Dallas]] were recentl ...ng stages. The Austin Texas Temple, which was announced in October 2021 by President Nelson, will be built on a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetingho
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• Benjamin de Hoyos
  ...call as a general authority, he was the CES Director for the Mexico South Area of the Church. ...2002/09/news-of-the-church/new-area-presidency-assignments?lang=eng “New Area Presidency Assignments,”] ''Ensign'', Sept. 2002</ref>
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• Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple
  ...of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] around the world were delighted when President [[Thomas S. Monson]] announced plans for the '''Kinshasa Democratic Republi The sacred edifice located in the Quartier Bosoko, Ngaliema, area of Kinshasa is situated on nearly five acres. Stone from Egypt and porcelai
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• Houston Texas South Area Temple
  ...to construct a second temple in Houston, Texas. The '''Houston Texas South Area Temple''', as it is currently designated, is one of fifteen newly announced The Houston Texas South Area Temple is currently in the planning stages. No location has been announced.
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• McKinney Texas Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct a temple in Prosper, Tex ...ion and name change for this temple to be built in the North Dallas, Texas area. The name has been changed to the '''McKinney Texas Temple'''.
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• Fort Worth Texas Temple
  '''The Fort Worth Texas Temple''' was among those announced by President [[Russell M. Nelson]] during the closing session of the October 2021 Genera ...Authority]] [[Seventy]] and First Counselor in the North America Southwest Area Presidency, presided and offered the dedicatory prayer.
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• Brisbane Australia South Area Temple
  ...ct a second temple in Brisbane, Australia. The '''Brisbane Australia South Area Temple''', as it is currently designated, is one of fifteen newly announced The Brisbane Australia South Area Temple will be the sixth house of the Lord operating, under construction, o
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• Alabang Philippines Temple
  ...announcement was made of a temple to be constructed in the greater Manila area, the [https://www.facebook.com/churchofjesuschristph/ official Church Newsr ...second temple built outside of the United States in the same metropolitan area as another operating temple. The Alabang Philippines Temple was announced i
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• A Mormon missionary's dream
  ...e left again a few months later, there were 141. Baptisms continued in the area long after our departure and, by the time I left the mission field two year ...period of the next month. It would certainly be folly, we thought, for the president to transfer both of us under such circumstances.
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• Mormon-ese: Common LDS Acronyms
  1st Pres = [[First Presidency]] (President of the Church and his two counselors who are also Apostles) RMN = [[Russell M. Nelson]] (current Church President)
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• Mormon jokes
  ...the air conditioning went out in the Tabernacle during General Conference. President Hinckley stood up to address the sweating congregation and said, "It's warm Many of the gentile persuasion in the Salt Lake City area have taken to calling members of "the" church "Mo's". OK, the truth is that
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• Alonzo A. Hinckley
  ...as the "Mormon Corridor." They became a large and respected family in the area. The fort is now owned by the Church and has been developed as a place of c ...y was ordained an apostle on October 11, 1934, at the age of sixty-four by President [[Heber J. Grant]], and sustained to the Council of the [[Quorum of the Twe
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• Maxine Tate Shields Grimm
  President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] was then an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Ap President Hinckley said in an address at [[Brigham Young University]] on March 6, 197
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• S. Mark Palmer
  ...ss Administration from [[Brigham Young University]]. He is the founder and president of SMP Ventures, a real estate development company in Texas. ...nty. He presided over the Washington Spokane Mission. He served as interim president of the Australia Sydney South Mission. He served a full-time mission in the
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• Per G. Malm
  ...been serving as a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Europe Area when called to serve in the Second Quorum of the Seventy at [[General Confe ...esident’s counselor, stake president, high priests group leader, mission president and public affairs director for Sweden.
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• Ernest L. Wilkinson
  '''Ernest L. Wilkinson''' is best known for his long tenure as president of [[Brigham Young University]]. He also practiced law in Washington, DC, a ...ad of education. He attended Weber Stake Academy where he was student body president and class valedictorian. In 1918 he entered BYU with the Student Army Train
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• George E. Wahlen
  Seven months later he received the Medal of Honor from U.S. President Harry S. Truman while he was recovering in a Marine hospital at Camp Pendle ...ied his wife, Melba, a letter arrived inviting Wahlen to an event with the president at The White House. Until that moment, she hadn’t known that her husband
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• Benjamin M. Z. Tai
  ...esident at BYU when he met his wife, who was serving as [[Relief Society]] president.
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• Chi Hong Sam Wong
  ...Young Men president, [[bishop]], [[Stake President|stake president]], and Area [[Seventy]]. In April 2014, he was sustained to the First Quorum of the Sev
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• Julia Mavimbela
  ...tion to true democracy in South Africa. From 1984–1986, Mavimbela was co-president. “Women for Peace supported initiatives important to women. The group ask ...bela was a vice president of the group National Women of South Africa, and president of the Transvaal Region of the National Council of African Women.”[https:
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• Stephen K. Woodhouse
  ...] for seventeen years. He began teaching at the college in 1989 and became president in 1992. ...ident of two Denver-based information systems firms. He also has served as president of Telesystems Corp. in Salt Lake City and has been an IBM systems engineer
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• Revelation
  ...ophet|prophets]], seers, and revelators. While only the [[Mormon president|president of the Church]] is authorized to receive revelation for the whole Church, m ...within the Church, such as a [[Bishop|bishop]] or [[Stake President|stake president]], may receive revelation for the members over whom they preside. However a
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• Mark Evans Austad
  In 1960, he became a commentator at WTTG television and in 1961 became vice president of public affairs at what would come to be called Metromedia. He hosted var U.S. president Richard M. Nixon appointed him to serve as a member of the citizens advisor
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• Kristen M. Oaks
  ..._Oaks.jpg|300px|thumb|left|frame|Kristen M. Oaks, right, with her husband, President Dallin H. Oaks]] ...ained auxiliaries in the Philippines for two years while he served as area president.
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• Oaxaca Mexico Temple
  ...Arwel L. Pierce, the president of the Mexican Mission, while visiting the area, prophesied that the Church would flourish in Oaxaca. From that time to the Because of faith and membership growth, President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] announced in 1999 that a temple would be built in Oa
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• Church Councils
  ...idency]] and [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], Area Presidencies, [[Stake President|stake presidencies]], and [[Bishopric|bishoprics]] are all councils. In add ...ls. They come together to pray, listen, discuss, and plan things together. President [[M. Russell Ballard]] explained,
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• Clark G. Gilbert
  ...ained on April 3, 2021, at [[General Conference]] and was released as an [[Area Seventy]]. He had been serving since April 4, 2020. Just after General Conf ...versity–Pathway Worldwide]] (BYU–PW) and the appointment of Gilbert as president of this new organization. The institution has responsibility for all online
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• Don R. Clarke
  ...y since April 1, 2006, where he served as president of the Central America Area from 2007 to 2011. He was a counselor in the presidency from 2006 to 2007. ...University and served as an advisor on finances to Rodney K. Smith who was president of SVU. He and his wife, Mary Anne, are the parents of six children.
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• Jorge F. Zeballos
  President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] taught that new converts to [http://comeuntochrist.o Elder '''Jorge F. Zeballos''' knows firsthand that the 15th president of the Church spoke the truth.
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• Joseph W. Sitati
  ...first). At the time of his sustaining on April 4, 2009, he was serving as president of the Nigeria Calabar Mission. ...esburg South Africa Temple]]. He has also served as a branch president and Area Seventy.
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• Vaughn J. Featherstone
  ...fic and served as president of the Texas San Antonio Mission. He served as president of the [[Logan Utah Temple]] from 2002 to 2005. He also served as a Scoutma
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• Carol Louise Foley McConkie
  ...for teenage girls and this presidency oversees the program worldwide. The president and two counselors work together to run the program. Carol McConkie has served as a president of the Young Women’s program at the ward (congregational) level, as well
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• This Is the Place Monument
  ...f the Utah Pioneer Trails & Landmarks Association (and later an LDS Church president) had to petition Secretary of War George H. Dern (helpfully, a former Utah ...res on the shorter south column depict Spanish explorers who came into the area in 1776. The Dominguez-Escalante expedition came as far north as Utah Valle
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• Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
  In 1982, President [[Spencer W. Kimball]], then [[Mormon prophet|President]] of the Church, announced that there would be a temple built in Ecuador. H ...in the temple, and then another three days on the bus back to their homes. Area representative Elder Jensen remarked that, "We just marvel at their faith.
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• Lima Peru Temple
  ...Boyd K. Packer]] dedicated the temple site at the groundbreaking ceremony. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], then a member of the [[First Presidency]] of [[The The Lima Peru Temple was constructed in an undeveloped area on 5 acres with six spires that reach toward the heavens. The temple serves
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• Bern Switzerland Temple
  ...use]]. It was in Switzerland in 1906 that [[Joseph F. Smith]], who was the president of the Church of Jesus Christ at the time, prophesied that temples would be A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication were held on August 5, 1953. President of the Church of Jesus Christ at the time, David O. McKay, presided at the
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• Kahului Hawaii Temple
  President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''Kahului Hawaii Te Lory Aiwohi, who serves as the stake [[Relief Society]] president in the Kahului Hawaii Stake, felt God’s love for her people in the temple
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• Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple
  ...as they come to the house of the Lord,” [1] said E. Louis Butler, first president of the Winter Quarters Temple. .... Winter Quarters was such a time and place for the Mormon people,” said President [[Heber J. Grant]] at the 1936 dedication of the Winter Quarters Monument.
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• Palmyra New York Temple
  ...ire Church. It was right here in the Sacred Grove where it all began." [1] President Hinckley also commented on the incredible growth of the Church saying, "Fro The Palmyra, New York, area is steeped in Church history. The temple sits on ground owned by the Church
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• Raleigh North Carolina Temple
  [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], Church president from 1995 to 2008, dedicated the temple on 18 December 1999. Before the fir During the dedicatory prayer of the temple on the 18th of December 1999, President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] said, "We pray for all who enter Thy house that they
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• Carlos A. Godoy
  ...8. In the Saturday morning session of general conference on April 6, 2024, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] announced that Elder Godoy will be released from the Pre ...Sao Paulo South Mission, president of the Brazil Belem Mission, and as an Area Seventy.
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• Brent H. Nielson
  ...]. In the Saturday morning session of general conference on April 6, 2024, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] announced that Elder Nielson will be released and receiv ..., high councilor, and [[Stake President|stake president]]. He served as an Area Seventy in southern Idaho and a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy.
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• Shayne M. Bowen
  ...6. In the Saturday morning session of general conference on April 6, 2024, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] announced that Elder Bowen will be released and receive ...dent, high councilor, bishop, high priests group instructor, elders quorum president, and Varsity Scout leader.
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• First Vision
  ...k, the young Joseph Smith witnessed an unusual religious excitement in the area. This region of the United States was called the "burned over district," be During his closing remarks at the October 2019 general conference, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced:
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• Logan Utah Temple
  ...y sleigh than on a wagon. As completion of the temple neared, women in the area were asked to make carpet for the temple, because commercially made carpet ...terior. After remodeling, the temple was rededicated on March 13, 1979, by President Kimball.
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• Independence Visitors' Center
  ...he '''Independence Visitors’ Center''' was dedicated on May 31, 1971, by President [[N. Eldon Tanner]]. The area of Independence became part of the United States in 1803 with the Louisiana
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• D. Rex Gerratt
  ...ent, stake clerk, bishop, counselor in a bishopric, and ward clerk. He was president of the [[Twin Falls Idaho Temple]] from 2008 to 2010.
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• Gordon Smith
  ...Garrett, One Family’s Battle with a Child’s Depression''. In [[2004]], President George W. Bush signed the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, authorizing $82 m ...ognized his leadership abilities by electing him Minority Leader, and then President of the State Senate during his first term in office. He served from 1993 to
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• Nolan Archibald: Mormon Businessman
  ...management positions, including These corporate senior vice president and president of Beatrice’s Consumer Durables Group. He also worked in various executiv From April 2007 to May 2013, he served in the Church of Jesus Christ as an [[Area Seventy]]. He and his wife, Margaret, are the parents of seven sons and one
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• Jorge T. Becerra
  ...n Area Seventy and a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area. ...acher, counselor in a bishopric, bishop, and stake president. He served as president of the California Arcadia Mission from 2011 to 2014.
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• John Gaye
  ...the Liberian Civil War was ethnic tensions. The rebels wanted to oust the president who gave preferential treatment to those of his own tribe, the Krahns. So m ...and Gaye and Nyanforh did. But as the group was making its way out of the area, they were apprehended by the rebels.
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• Dean M. Davies
  ...callings have included president of the Puerto Rico San Juan Mission, and president of the Pleasanton, California, and Danville, California, stakes. He served ...nt effort, also. All I would add on that is that we want to make the plaza area to the east of the temple even more public and friendly. There will be new
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• Ciro Schmeil
  ...on April 4, 2020. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a branch president. ...2016 to 2017. He has also served as elders quorum president, bishop, stake president, counselor in a stake presidency, and full-time missionary in the Utah Ogde
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• John W. Taylor
  ...the Latter-day Saints expected an attack. The Saints in the Salt Lake City area, about 40 miles north of Provo, were planning on burning their homes before Although John Sr. was the president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ, the family was not prosperous, s
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• Marlin K. Jensen
  ...the First Quorum as a member of the Area Presidency of the Europe Central Area. He was the nineteenth [[Church Historian and Recorder]] of the Church from ...ester Mission of the Church, and as the Church's [[Sunday School]] general president. In 1995, Jensen became a member of the Church's Public Affairs Committee.
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• Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple
  ...about 12,000 members in Texas and Mexico and will unite the members in the area together in a common purpose. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] dedicated the Ciudad Juárez Temple on 26-27 Februar
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• James M. Dunn
  ...ervice he was first counselor and then president of the South America West Area. After his release, he served as a sealer in the [[Bountiful Utah Temple]]. ...on, [[bishop]], high councilor, [[stake]] president, [[Area Seventy]], and president of the Colombia Bogota Mission.
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• Bruce D. Porter
  ...interest to the church. He had been president of the church's Europe East Area, centered in Moscow, Russia, since August 2014 until 2016. ...erty as a foreign policy specialist and resided. While there, he served as president of the Munich Servicemen's Branch.
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• William R. Walker
  ...of the Asia North Area in Tokyo, Japan, and he has been a bishop and stake president. He served a full-time mission to Japan as a young man.
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• Denelson Silva
  ...been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Brazil Area. ...opric, high priests group leader, high councilor, bishop, stake president, president of the Angola Luanda Mission from 2016 to 2019.
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• Juan A. Uceda
  ...esus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He had been serving as counselor to the president of the Caldwell New Jersey Stake when called to serve in the First Quorum o ...n public relations. Elder Uceda worked in the Church Educational System as area director for Peru and Bolivia. He left Peru in 2003 to move to New Jersey t
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• Loren C. Dunn
  ...il for Economic Development. They later returned when he was called as the president of the [[Boston Massachusetts Temple]], a calling he served in until his de ...ical Department]] and president of Nauvoo Restoration, Inc.; and served in area presidencies that took him and his family of five children to areas such as
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• Mormon Reformation of 1856 - 1857
  ...ctice.” In 1856 and 1857, under the direction of [[Brigham Young]], then President and Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (inadvertent ...rom their sins and re-focus on spiritual matters, in early September 1856, President Young sent his counselor, Jedediah Morgan Grant (known for his fiery speech
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• Trujillo Peru Temple
  ...have been attending the [[Lima Peru Temple]], and those from the Trujillo area have been traveling by bus for 9-10 hours in order to do so. Often they wou ...ints could have the opportunity to participate in the dedicatory sessions. President [[Dieter F. Uchtdorf]], then-Second Counselor in the [[First Presidency]] p
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• Frankfurt Germany Temple
  ...emples.org/frankfurt-germany-temple/dedicatory-prayer/ dedicatory prayer], President Benson asked, "Open the windows of heaven and shower down upon the local me ...Kearon]] of the [[Presidency of the Seventy]] and the three members of the area presidency.
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• J. Kimo Esplin
  ...ay Saints]. He was assigned to serve as Second Counselor in the Asia North Area Presidency, effective August 1, 2023. ...ry in the Japan Kobe Mission, high councilor, bishop, stake president, and president of the Japan Tokyo South and North Missions (2018–2021).
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• Missionary Work 4: Church Growth in Florida
  In 1845, Phineas Young, a brother of Church President [[Brigham Young]] traveled to Florida and introduced the Church to Native A ...the first Latter-day Saint resident of record in Miami. He settled in the area in 1907. In 1909 the first missionaries were assigned to Miami, and for the
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• Tallahassee Florida Temple
  ...Florida Temple]] (1994) and the [[Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple]] (2014). President Nelson announced the construction of a fourth temple, the [[Tampa Florida T ...t, presided at the event and was assisted by Elder Victor P. Patrick, an [[Area Seventy]].
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• Louisville Kentucky Temple
  ...hn K. Carmack]] of the [[Seventy]] and president of the North America East Area presided over the groundbreaking services on 29 May 1999. President [[Thomas S. Monson]], of the [[First Presidency]] of the Church, dedicated
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• Newel K. Whitney
  A short time after this experience, Ann heard Mormon missionaries were in the area. She recorded, ...the [[bishop]] of the stake in [[Adam-ondi-Ahman]]. But the Saints in the area were violently persecuted and driven to Illinois.
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• Puebla Mexico Temple
  ...nual [[General Conference|general conference]], [[Russell M. Nelson]], the president and prophet of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] announce ...emony announcement. Elder [[Arnulfo Valenzuela]], president of the México Area, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony held on November 30, 2019. His cou
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• Willamette Valley Oregon Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced Eugene, Oregon, as a temple location. It wa Elder [[Valeri V. Cordón]], first counselor in the North America West Area presidency, presided at the groundbreaking for the Willamette Valley Oregon
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• San Pedro Sula Honduras Temple
  ...019, in his closing remarks for [[General Conference|general conference]], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced that a second temple would be constructed i ...egucigalpa Mission. Eleven of the stakes are organized in the metropolitan area of San Pedro Sula.[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-stati
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• Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 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 Moresby, Pap ...re feet. [[Missionary]] and patron apartments, a [[Temple President|temple president]]’s residence, and a [[Distribution Center|distribution center]] will als
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• Milton Camargo
  ...raining Center, [[bishop]], elders quorum president, and [[stake]] mission president. He was a full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the Portugal Lisbon Missio ...leaders are accompanied in their ministry by members of the Africa Central Area Presidency.
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• Steven J. Lund
  '''Steven J. Lund''' serves as the [[Young Men]] General President of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...y]] in the Fifth Quorum of the [[Seventy]] from 2009 to 2014 and served as president of the Atlanta Georgia Mission from 2003 to 2006.
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• Steven R. Bangerter
  ...enty, stake president, bishop, elders quorum president, ward [[Young Men]] president, and full time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the Canada Vancouver Mission.
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• Dale G. Renlund
  ...l]] president, [[Bishop|bishop]], [[Stake President|stake president]], and Area Seventy. ...er husband was assigned to serve in the presidency of the Africa Southeast Area.
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• Payson Utah Temple
  On 25th January 2010, President [[Thomas S. Monson]], then prophet of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church The city of Payson is south of the Provo-Orem area, Springville, and Spanish Fork, along the I-15 freeway. The temple site is
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• Salta Argentina Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] named Salta, Argentina as the location for a future t ...meetinghouse will also be constructed alongside a residence for the temple president and matron.
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• Spokane Washington Temple
  ...ay the state wide membership would total more 280,000 and that the Spokane area would be home to a beautiful Latter-day Saint temple with gray granite wall ...the Spokane Washington Temple 52,000 people toured the beautiful building. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] (1910–2008) commented that as people toured, "They
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• Gregorio E. Casillas
  ...r the Church as a temple engineer. He currently works for the Church as an area temple facilities manager. ...ico Tampico Mission, bishop, stake president, ward Young Men president and president of the México México City South Mission, from 2018 to 2021.
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• Spencer V. Jones
  ...vice as a General Authority, he served as president of the Central America Area during which time he presided over the groundbreaking of the [[Panama City ...4 to 1997 and was an [[Area Seventy|Area Authority Seventy]]. He served as president of the New Mexico Farmington Mission from July 2010 until July 2012. As a y
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• Aba Nigeria Temple
  ...y, including members of the Church, Church leaders, tribal chiefs from the area, and government leaders. Construction began soon after the site dedication. ...,000 people were present for the dedication. During the dedicatory prayer, President Hinckley prayed for the welfare of Nigeria: "Bless this nation that it may
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• Villahermosa Mexico Temple
  ..., ready to share the gospel with his friends and family. A year later, the area of Villahermosa was opened up for missionary work. Four full-time elders be ...ongregation) was organized and Brother Perez was called to serve as branch president. In 1972 a [[Wards|ward]] building was built, which later became a stake ce
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• Lino Alvarez
  ...call as a general authority, Alvarez was the [[Church Educational System]] Area Director for Mexico. Alverez was involved in establishing Institutes of Rel While living in Chile, Alvarez served as a district president. He was president of the Mexico City South Mission from 1982 to 1985. He later served as a [[
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• Walter F. González
  ...her assignments, functioned as Second Counselor in the South America North Area Presidency. ...sed on January 6, 2013, and served as president of the South America South Area.
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• Ronald T. Halverson
  ...d as an Area Authority, [[Area Seventy]], [[Regional Representative]], and president of the Norway Oslo Mission (1990–1993). He also served a full-time missio ...ave college and join the family business. He was a plumbing contractor and president of Halverson Mechanical. He also served in the Utah House of Representative
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• Claudio D. Zivic
  ...high councilor, and [[Temple|temple]] ordinance worker. He also served as president of the Spain Bilbao Mission. [[Category:Church Leaders: Past]][[Category:Area Seventies]]
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• Hugo Montoya
  ...015. He had been serving in the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy in the Mexico Area. ...Men]] president, high councilor, bishop, stake president, area auditor and Area Seventy.
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• Eduardo Balderas
  ...ove his abilities in Spanish, so he could more effectively function as the area supervisor for the Church in Mexico.<ref>Howard, F. Burton. ''Marion G. Rom ...2e72c1c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “The Remarkable Mexico City Area Conference,”] ''Ensign'', Nov. 1972, 89.</ref> Balderas also wrote "A Br
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• Lyman Wight
  ...ight broke with other factions of Latter-day Saints. He was later ordained President of his own church. After his death, most of the "'''Wightites'''" (as membe ..., he preached. He stopped by Richmond, Indiana. He knew that people in the area were antagonistic towards the church, yet he made an appointment to preach
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• Manaus Brazil Temple
  ...ple will serve 40,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ in the general area. ...ency]] of the Church of Jesus Christ compared the Latter-day Saints of the area to the Amazon River in their midst. As it flows deep and strong, so do the
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• Wayne S. Peterson
  ...and served as a [[General Authority]] from 2001 to 2007. He then served as president of the [[Nauvoo Temple]] from 2007 to 2010. ...lifornia Oakland Mission from 1985 to 1988 and served as an [[Area Seventy|Area Authority]] from 1995 to 2001.
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• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple
  ...1955, with more than 3,500 members, a [[Stake|stake]] was organized in the area. Today there are more than 24,000 members in Louisiana. [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], then president of the Church, dedicated the temple on 16 July 2000. Four dedicatory servic
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• Ulisses Soares
  ...alt Lake City. He had also been director of temporal affairs in the Church area office in São Paulo, Brazil. Prior to that, he had been an accountant and ...heast Area and has served as a counselor and president of the Brazil South Area.
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• Paul B. Pieper
  ...in the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]] on April 2, 2005. He was serving as president of the Russia St. Petersburg Mission at the time of his call to the Seventy ...2012, he assisted in coordinating the Church’s Middle East/Africa North Area, administered from the Church headquarters in Salt Lake City. He then serve
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• Salvador Brazil Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''Salvador Brazil T ...presided over the event and Elder [[Joni L. Koch]], first counselor in the area presidency, offered the dedicatory prayer.
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• Ward
  ...within the geographical boundaries of the ward. Utah wards may cover the area of only six blocks in places, while some wards may stretch for miles. ...e wards are uncommon, but can be the result of explosive growth in a given area, such as new suburbs of a fast-growing city.
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• Farms Owned By The Mormon Church
  ...me from?:Generally, the labor comes from Church volunteers who live in the area of the farm. There are few paid employees on these farms. ...the Sacramento, California area. Raisins come from the Fresno, California area. The Church of Jesus Christ is thought to be one of the largest potato prod
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• Merida Mexico Temple
  ...es on the north end of the Yucatan Peninsula, near the Gulf of Mexico. The area is rich with history and the temple site is close to some of the most famou ...e than 13,000 members just in Mérida and many more members throughout the area that will benefit from having a temple so close.
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• Mormon Emigrant Trail
  ...ornia. They spent the winter of 1847–1848 working in the Sutter’s Fort area and on April 9, 1848, they asked for wages so they could join the Saints. S ...e 21, 1848, the group began to assemble for their planned departure of the area.[https://californiapioneer.com/destinations/emigrant-trail/]
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• Apia Samoa Temple
  ...0 baptisms. Testifying to the large number of members of the Church in the area, a Samoan postage stamp features the Apia Samoa Temple with the official ca ...ginal temple was 14,560 square feet, but after remodeling, the total floor area is now 18,691 square feet. The temple offers two [[Mormon Endowment|ordina
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• Melbourne Australia Temple
  ...temple would be so close. For the previous fifteen years members from the area had traveled twelve hours one-way to visit the [[Sydney Australia Temple]]. ...P. Bruce Mitchell, Second Counselor in the Pacific Area Presidency and an Area Authority. The site for the temple is 5.98 acres. A meetinghouse is on this
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• Papeete Tahiti Temple
  ...al restrictions were removed and missionary work again went forward in the area. ...of the Church in French Polynesia. The Church is strongly supported in the area with many government dignitaries that have thanked members and leaders of t
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• Newport Beach California Temple
  ...oung]] to California. These settlers built up a city in the San Bernardino area. Today there are more than 728,000 Latter-day Saints in California, making ...begin the Church had to work very closely with concerned residents of the area. Compromises were made to the original plan that included such things as tu
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• Boise Idaho Temple
  ...Members in the Boise area were told that a temple would be built in their area when the membership of the Church increased substantially. ...s later Church leaders announced that a temple would be built in the Boise area. Church leaders wanted a site that would be easily accessible to travelers.
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• Nauvoo
  ...ped to engage in trade due to the city's orientation on the river, but the area turned out to be a mosquito-infested, malarial swamp. The Saints bought pro Latter-day Saints flooded into the area, not only for refuge from the pogroms in Missouri, but as a new home for ne
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• Layton Utah Temple
  [[Russell M. Nelson]], president and [[Prophet|prophet]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus C ...otifs that were influenced by the agricultural heritage of the Layton City area. The structure’s exterior consists of precast concrete panels over a stru
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• Spiritual Death
  ...ments that individuals must meet to overcome spiritual death. For example, President Ezra Taft Benson said, Statements on spiritual death such as the one above by President Benson can be considered a simplified explanation. This explanation does no
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• Prophecies of Joseph Smith
  ...(verses 89–90). Joseph Smith went to the judge, the governor, and the president. He testified of the government’s need to reject slavery and to protect r ...49, the Saints were gathered in Utah (the first wave entered the Salt Lake area in July of 1847) and had indeed escaped the power of their old enemies.
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• Olive Woolley Kimball
  '''Olive Woolley Kimball''', the mother of [[Spencer W. Kimball]], twelfth president of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...n birth to her second child. He served for three years, then was called as president to the Indian territory for an additional ten years; however, he was able t
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• Joy D. Jones
  ...time of her call as president. She has served as a ward [[Relief Society]] president and has also served in the Primary and [[Young Women]] auxiliaries. ...ts, Aldo and Eleanor Ellsworth Harmon, helped build up the Church in their area as they attended a branch that was part of a district. As a young adult, sh
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• Jorge A. Rojas
  ...Guadalajara Mission. He was called as an [[Area Seventy]] in 2004 and was president of the [[Guayaquil Ecuador Temple]] from 2008 to 2011. He and his wife are
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• Lloyd P. George
  ...he Church as a bishop, stake president, [[Regional Representative]] and as president of the Arizona Tempe Mission. He also served as a missionary to the Piute I ...to present the gospel. His companion had to take over for him. His mission president later admitted that he’d thought, “Unless the Lord comes to the rescue
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• Craig A. Cardon
  ...tructor, a Gospel Doctrine teacher, elders quorum president, bishop, stake president, and high councilor. ...from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard with a Methodological Area of Concentration in Leadership. He was named a Littauer Fellow. During his
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• Mac Christensen
  ...r]] from to 2000 to 2012. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] asked him to be president of the choir due to his managerial and business skills. He was a member of ...on May 11, 1934, and was reared in Ephraim, Utah. He came to the Salt Lake area to work at Kennecott copper mine to earn money for college, but by the time
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• Bradley D. Foster
  ...dent, [[bishop]], stake high councilor, stake president, and stake mission president. He presided over the California Arcadia Mission from 1992 to 1995. ...he [[Seventy]]. He served as a second counselor in the South America South Area Presidency from 2010 to 2012. He was released on October 5, 2019, and desig
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• Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie
  ...nd you are not bound to accept it as truth." <ref>Harold B. Lee, The First Area General Conference for Germany, Austria, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Franc ...d under the guidance of [[Spencer W. Kimball]], who would later become the president of the Church. He guided Elder McConkie through the preparation of the seco
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• A. Roger Merrill
  ...ng area seventy, stake president, high councilor, and bishop. He served as president of the [[Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple]] from 2012 to 2015.
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• James R. Rasband
  ...the time of his call to full-time Church service, he was the Academic Vice President at [[Brigham Young University]], a position he held since June 2017. He ser ...y, high councilor, bishop, Gospel Doctrine teacher, and ward [[Young Men]] president.
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• John A. McCune
  ...s degree in finance from [[Brigham Young University]]. He was senior vice president and managing director for Capital Investment Advisors from 1997 to 2012. He ...m president. He presided over the Utah Provo Mission. He was serving as an Area Seventy and a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy at the time of his
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• Taniela B. Wakolo
  ..., counselor in both a bishopric and stake presidency, stake president, and Area Seventy.
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• Winter Quarters
  ...arge group of Latter-day Saints began leaving the camp. [[Brigham Young]], president of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]—which lead the Church after [[Jo ...here that [[Brigham Young]] was sustained as the second [[Mormon president|president]] of the Church of Jesus Christ in December of [[1847]] at a conference hel
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• Victor Nugent
  ...all branch in Jamaica thrived as American families moved in and out of the area. But in time, circumstances took those families away without any coming to ...e member of the Church. “If it wasn’t coming directly from the mission president, I probably would not have believed. I was just in shock, because it was th
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• Church Organization
  ...include branches, which are too small to be wards, shepherded by a branch president and two counselors; [[Ward|wards]], which are geographically-organized as s ...sing is provided for them while they serve. A geographical mission is the area to which [[Mormon missionaries]] are called and where they will serve. Mis
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• Gary L. Crittenden
  ...erve as CFO at Monsanto from 1998 to 2000. He was then CFO, executive vice president, and Global Network Services division chief at American Express. In 2007 he ...thority from April 2007 until April 2013. He has served as a bishop, stake president, and a full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] to Germany.
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• Jack Wheatley
  ...gained skill in landscaping. He won a national landscaping award from U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1977. He helped with the gardens and water features at the Wheatley has been president of the Stanford Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, and a member of the Board of Directors of
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• L. Whitney Clayton
  ...a mission president before being ordained a [[Seventy]] and called as an [[Area Seventy]] in the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy. It was while serving in the F ...ad been called to the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. He was the Senior President from 2015 to 2020, until he was given emeritus status at the October 2020 g
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• Jeanette Brooks
  ...vel marketing company. She founded Pure De-lite Products and served as its president for six years. She then founded MXI Corporation in 2005 and serves as the c ...Latter-day Saints]. She and her husband, Martin, live in the Reno, Nevada, area. He has served as an executive in each of their companies. Their son Andrew
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• Paul R. Warner
  ...culty in the Religious Education department. He is also BYU Emeriti Alumni president. ...tly the Executive Director of the Freedom Festival. Previously he was vice president. He also served on the Provo City Council.
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• Spencer J. Palmer
  ...a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ in California, where his mission president [[Oscar W. McConkie]] instilled in him a love of reading. Although he had n ...heast Asia, purchase the site for the [[Seoul Korea Temple]], and serve as president of this temple from 1988 to 1990.
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• Stephen H. Anderson
  ...rt of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He was nominated to a new seat by U.S. president Ronald Reagan and joined the court after confirmation in October 1985. He w ...Young University]], and member of the Board of Governors of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce (Executive Committee, 1984-1985).
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• Mervyn B. Arnold
  ...idency counselor, bishop, elders quorum president, and stake [[Young Men]] president. He served a full-time mission in the Northern Mexico Mission.
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• Wendell J. Ashton
  ...and became one of its executive officers after his first year. He was vice president of the company when he became director of Public Affairs of the Church of J In 1985, he became president of the England London Mission. He had served as a missionary to the British
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• Thomas E. Ricks
  ...foresight?lang=eng] In the Rexburg area, he served as a bishop and a stake president. ...orty-three children. He died at his home in Rexburg on September 28, 1901. President [[Joseph F. Smith]] spoke at his funeral and said: “It may be a long time
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• Tally Stevens
  ...ns", on board of director of the Salt Lake Country Club and served as vice president. Stevens had been student body president of Evanston (Wyoming) high school. He had played college football and baske
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• Royden G. Derrick
  ...nt of the Ireland Dublin Mission, having just completed service as mission president over the Northern England (Leeds) Mission. ...on Temple]]. He later served as a counselor in the North America Northeast Area presidency. Elder Derrick was a high priest group leader in the Monument Pa
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• Paul E. Koelliker
  ...ging director of the Temple Department from 1997 to 2005, assisting Church president [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] in the construction and dedication of 69 temples. ...ctrine teacher. He served as president of the Church’s Africa Southeast Area for a time. He also served a full-time mission to Germany in 1964, when the
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• Russell Pearce
  '''Russell K. Pearce''' was an Arizona politician and former president of the Arizona State Senate. ...ct in the Mesa area. In 2006 he moved to the Arizona Senate and became the president of the Arizona State Senate in January 2011. On May 31, 2011, Citizens for
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• Yeah Samake
  [[Image:Yeah_Samake.jpg|alt=Yeah Samake, Mormon running for president of Mali|left|frame|Photo by Robert Walton]] ...nts], who was the mayor of Ouelessebougou, Mali, and ran for the office of president of Mali in spring of 2011.
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• Timothy J. Dyches
  ...president, temple ordinance worker, stake mission president’s counselor, Area Seventy, and deacons quorum adviser. He served a full-time mission in the G ..., and throat surgeon for over twenty years. In 2012, he was appointed vice president of operational development at Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America.
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• Stanley G. Ellis
  ...take president, high councilor, elders quorum president, and [[Young Men]] president.
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• Jairo Mazzagardi
  ...representative, president of the Brazil Salvador Mission, Area Seventy and president of the São Paulo Brazil Temple.
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• Ronald E. Poelman
  ...First Quorum of the [[Seventy]] of the Church of Jesus Christ, he was vice president, corporate secretary and a director of the company. He gave up his professi ...a Southeast, North America Southwest, North America Central and Utah South area presidencies. He received emeritus status at the October 1998 general confe
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• Lowell M. Snow
  ...Seventy. He and his wife, Tamara, were directors of Church hosting. he was president of Temple Square Mission from 1997 to 1999. he also presided over the Missi
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• Peter F. Meurs
  ...nt, branch and district president, and ward organist. He also served as an Area Seventy.
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• K. Brett Nattress
  ...as stake president, Area Seventy, bishop, and ward and stake [[Young Men]] president. He was a full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the California Sacramento
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• Settlements in Canada
  ...unbaptized convert to the Church, preached the gospel in March 1830 in the area of Earnestown. ...ew, Kimball, Beazer, and Leavitt were soon populated by Latter-day Saints. President Taylor’s son [[John W. Taylor]] assisted in the establishment of these co
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• James L. Barker
  In 1944, Barker was serving as the [[Mission president|president]] of the Argentine Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ. In this year he o In the late 1940s, Barker served as the president of the French Mission of the Church. The mission included all of France as
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• Mormon prophet
  ...Saints''' is a prophet of God and is also known as the [[Mormon president|president]] of [http://Mormon.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...f Christ mostly through revelation. He preached and served in a very small area of Judea, within the confines of his calling and stewardship. Later, the ap
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• The Hague Netherlands Temple
  ...an. Because the site bought by the Church is only slightly larger than the area needed for the temple, a parking garage and [[LDS Distribution Centers|Chur ...the people that they would be free and prosper. Of the dedication ceremony President Hinckley stated, "four sessions were held. What a touching and wonderful ex
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• Perth Australia Temple
  ...act that we do not build a temple until there are sufficient people in the area, until there are sufficient tithe payers, and until there is sufficient fai ...hrist]] is central to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Hinckley commented that people tour the temples with reverence and respect.
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• São Paulo Brazil Temple
  In 1975 at an area conference in Brazil, then President of the Church, [[Spencer W. Kimball]], announced that a temple would be bui ...nt temple built in South America. It was dedicated on October 30, 1978, by President [[Spencer W. Kimball]]. At the time, there were more than 242,000 members o
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• Edmonton Alberta Temple
  ...the temple to bring even greater growth to the Church; among them is Stake President LeRoy Rollins who said about the new temple, "I imagined it. I worked towar ...dedicated the temple on 11-12 December 1999. During the dedicatory prayer, President Hinckley prayed for the nation of Canada saying, “Let Thy providence be f
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• St. George Utah Temple
  ...held that same day. [[Brigham Young]], the [[Mormon prophet|prophet]] and president of the Church at the time, personally chose a six-acre plot as the site for ...the temple were actually made out of the red sandstone so prevalent in the area and then plastered over so that the temple would be white. The Saints worke
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• Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple
  ...to have at least 170,000 names available when the temple doors open," said President Castro of the Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Stake. [2] ...r islands witnessed the dedication of the temple on September 17, 2000, by President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]].
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• Joni L. Koch
  ...of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] on April 1, 2017. He was serving as president of the Mozambique Maputo Mission at the time he was called as a general aut ...e president, counselor in a stake presidency, stake mission president, and Area Authority.
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• W. Christopher Waddell
  ...in the Church as a [[bishop]], high councilor, [[stake]] president, and [[Area Seventy]]. ...in 1984 where he served in various responsibilities, including first vice president of investments. He also did graduate work in the executive MBA program at [
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• Presidency of the Seventy
  ...the Twelve, said to the late Elder [[L. Aldin Porter]], who was the senior president of the Presidency of the Seventy at the time, “What do you have for us to :“President Packer,” he said, “you are the Twelve. We are the Seventy, what would y
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• Service Missionaries
  Church-service missions started in the Wasatch Front of Utah &mdash; an area nestled against the Wasatch Mountains that includes the Salt Lake and Utah ...um age limit); mission assignment is endorsed by both the bishop and stake president. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700190896/LDS-Church-service-missionar
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• Anchorage Alaska Temple
  In 1997, President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] announced the building of smaller Latter-day Saint t President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] dedicated the Anchorage Alaska Temple on January 9,
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• Managua Nicaragua Temple
  President [[Russell M. Nelson]], made a promise to Nicaraguan Saints six years earlie ...ion of El Salvador for the preaching of the gospel, and again in 1996 with President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], following the organization of the Atiquizaya El Sal
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• St. Paul Minnesota Temple
  ...Church leaders broke ground 26 September 1998, and [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2008, dedic ...W. Pinnock]] of the [[Seventy]] and President of the North America Central Area presided. At the groundbreaking ceremony, [https://churchofjesuschristtempl
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• Helena Montana 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 Helena, Mont ...er-day Saint [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|apostle]] who at the time was president of the Northwestern States Mission. The state’s first meetinghouse was bu
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• Music and the Spoken Word
  ...ns. Even from it’s beginning, the program was a success. A radio network president in New York commented on the first broadcast, “Your wonderful Tabernacle Many people even claimed Evans as their spiritual leader. President [[Harold B. Lee]] said of him, “Richard L. Evans didn’t just belong to
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• Tacloban City Philippines Temple
  President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced the construction of another temple for the ...nes Temple]] are in the planning and construction stages. In October 2022, President Nelson announced the construction of two more temples, the [[Naga Philippin
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• Carl B. Cook
  ...2024, the First Presidency announced that Elder Cook was appointed Senior President of the Presidency of the Seventy, filling the vacancy when Elder [[Patrick ...resident, president of the New Zealand Auckland Mission (2005–2008), and Area Seventy.
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• Jack N. Gerard
  ...d in the Church as a [[Sunday School]] president, bishop, stake president, Area Authority, and full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the Sydney Australia
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• Massimo De Feo
  ...ict president, bishopric counselor, high councilor, stake president, and [[Area Seventy]]. He and his wife, Loredana, are the parents of three children.
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• Susan H. Porter
  .... On April 2, 2022, she was released and then sustained as Primary general president, both effective August 1, 2022. ...She has also served as ward Relief Society president, ward [[Young Women]] president, stake Relief Society presidency counselor, gospel doctrine teacher, Primar
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• Mark L. Pace
  ...Saints] on April 6, 2019. At the time of his call, he was serving as an [[Area Seventy]] and member of the Fifth Quorum of the [[Seventy]]. ...ounselor in a [[stake]] presidency, elders quorum president, [[Young Men]] president, and Scoutmaster. As a young man, he served a full-time mission to Spain. L
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• Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple
  ...Saints] to be built in Bolivia, where there are more than 217,000 members. President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced its construction on October 4, 2020.[https: ...le in Bolivia, the [[Cochabamba Bolivia Temple]], was dedicated in 2000 by President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]]. Plans to construct the [[La Paz Bolivia Temple]] we
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• LDS Church Growth: A New Stake in Armenia
  ...ng, from left to right, Yerevan Armenia Mission president Reese A. Carter, Area Presidency counselor Elder Per G. Malm, Elder Russell M. Nelson and Elder A ...[[ward]] may have 200 to 1000 members. When there are enough wards in an area, a stake is formed. The new stake in Armenia brings the total number in th
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• Gladys Condie Monson
  '''Gladys Condie Monson''' was the mother of [[Thomas S. Monson]], president of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain ...ght on by city pollution, so her father bought property in the Vivian Park area in Provo Canyon where he built a cabin for his family to use during the sum
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• Keith K. Hilbig
  ...orum of the Seventy from 2001 to 2006 and also served as an [[Area Seventy|Area Authority]]. He was granted emeritus status in 2012. He had been placed on ...ary|missionary]], seminary teacher, [[Young Men]] president, elders quorum president, bishop, high councilor, and temple ordinance worker. He presided over the
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• Rulon G. Craven
  ...epartment, a bishop, and a member of a stake presidency. He also served as president of the [[Hamilton New Zealand Temple]].
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• Won Yong Ko
  ...representative, [[Regional Representative|regional representative]], an [[Area Seventy]], and a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy. ...s degree in electrical engineering from Seoul National University and was president and CEO of Hanjin Information Systems. He also worked as an executive of IB
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• Blake Roney
  ...ke M. Roney''' is one of the founders of Nu Skin Enterprises. He served as president and CEO from 1984 to 1996, when he became chairman. Nu Skin is a direct sal ...[[Missionary|missionary]] in the France Toulouse Mission. He served as an Area [[Seventy]] from April 2, 2016, to August 1, 2021.
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• Clinton Romesha
  .... Because the medal is presented "in the name of Congress" normally by the President of the United States, it is often referred to informally as the "Congressio ...de Combat Team at the remote outpost in the mountains of a semi autonomous area of the country. Keating was in a valley surrounded by steep mountains, and
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• Kelly R. Johnson
  ...n Area Seventy and a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area. ...president, bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, ward mission leader, ward Young Men adviser, and stake Missionary Preparat
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• District
  ...esided over by a [[District President]] under the direction of a [[Mission President]]. This is not to be confused with a [[missionary district]]. ...districts still indicate the church has progressed to some maturity in the area.
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• Durrel A. Woolsey
  ...hopric, on a high council, as a stake presidency counselor, and as a stake president.
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• Edwin B. Firmage
  ...and a denial of the very essence of that gospel, that in this same general area there should be constructed a mammoth weapons system potentially capable of ...of Missouri Law School then was a White House Fellow on the staff of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, with responsibility for civil rights. He also served as
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• Carlos G. Revillo Jr.
  ...serving as a member of he Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Philippines Area at the time of his call. ...s a full-time missionary in the Philippines Bacolod Mission, bishop, stake president, [[Seminary|seminary]] teacher, and high councilor. He presided over the Ph
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• Heber C. Kimball
  ...of the Church. Brigham Young was also baptized and later became the second president of the Church. Kimball’s wife was baptized two weeks later. In late Octob ...United States, made up of 28 new converts, was created. The Church in the area grew quickly and by October 1837, it was necessary to divide the branch in
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• Hugo E. Martinez
  ...rum of the [[Seventy]], he was serving as an Area Seventy in the Caribbean Area.
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• Adeyinka A. Ojediran
  ...Seventy and a member of the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Africa West Area at the time of his call. ...in a bishopric, counselor in a branch presidency, and branch [[Young Men]] president.
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• Randy D. Funk
  ...oard of directors of several community organizations, including the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. ...ishop, stake high councilor, stake president, and [[Area Seventy]]. He was president of the India Bangalore Mission at the time of his call to the Seventy.
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• Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
  ...ifice in which to labor for themselves and their forebears,” said Church President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] in his dedicatory prayer for Mexico’s completed Co ...f Jesus Christ. Pioneers arrived there in the mid-1880s and settled in the area. The people suffered many hardships during the Mexican revolutions of 1912
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• Lucile C. Tate
  ...urch. After George’s death, Lucile served another mission in that same area with her sister Margaret, while both of them were in their 80s. ...s], including teacher, [[Relief Society]] president, and stake [[Primary]] president. She is the mother of four children.
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• Ribble Valley
  Elder Kimball served two missions in this area of Great Britain. Many of his converts, as well as tens of thousands of oth In 1987, President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], who served as a missionary in the area, dedicated a monument in Avenham Park, near the River Ribble, as part of th
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• Ezra C. Dalby
  '''Ezra Christiansen Dalby''' was president of Bannock Stake Academy/Fremont Stake Academy/Ricks Academy, which is now ...p distinguish him from the many other Christiansen/Christensen families in area. He graduated from Sanpete Stake Academy (now Snow College) in 1889 and fro
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• Larry S. Kacher
  ...2003). He served as the first Area Seventy in the Middle East/Africa North Area (living in United Arab Emirates), where he was serving at the time of his c
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• Mark D. Eddy
  ...an Area Seventy, a member of the Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area. ...Men]] president, bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency, president of the Uruguay Montevideo Mission from 2016 to 2019.
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• Craig C. Christensen
  ...Area (2003–2007). In August 1, 2018, he was named president of the Utah Area of the Church.
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• Great Salt Lake
  ...s streams. (The Jordan River is the only outlet of Utah Lake.) The surface area of the Great Salt Lake changes due to snow run off, rain, and evaporation. ...the Latter-day Saints reached what they called the Great Salt Lake Valley, President Young and pioneers were floating in the briny lake, reported historian Jo
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• Claudio R. M. Costa
  ...oyee of the [[Church Educational System]] and was serving as the associate area director for the CES in Brazil at the time of his call as a [[General Autho Elder Costa had served for three years as president of the Brazil Manaus Mission. He also served as a [[Regional Representative
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• Sydney Australia Temple
  ...of the first members of the Church in the area and later became a mission president. Barratt was still in Australia when news of the [[Martyrdom of Joseph Smit ...was dedicated without an [[angel Moroni]] statue. Latter-day Saints in the area fasted and prayed and a year later the law was removed. On September 3, 198
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• Toronto Ontario Temple
  ...t covers six Canadian provinces and parts of five American states. [1] The area includes members who come from many nations: England, Scotland, Germany, Fr Ground was broken for the temple on 10 October 1987 by President [[Thomas S. Monson]], who was assisted by Elder [[M. Russell Ballard]] of t
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• Fukuoka Japan Temple
  .... Kelsch, and Alma O. Taylor traveled to Tokyo. Missionaries worked in the area for more than twenty years, but when the [[Mission|mission]] had to be clos ...el Kendrick]], a member of the [[Seventy]] and President of the Asia North Area, presided at the ceremony. The site for the temple is 1.25 acres on the sou
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• Joaquin E. Costa
  ...hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] in the South America Northwest Area when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He was sustained as a Ge
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• Yoon Hwan Choi
  ...serving as a member of the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Asia North Area at the time of his call. ...s counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, stake president, and Area Authority.
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• Ohio Period
  ...lage_area.jpg|left|frame|alt=Mormon Kirtland Village Area|Kirtland Village Area © 2002 Brigham Young University]] ...In April, Joseph Smith was recognized and sustained as [[Mormon president|President]] of the Church. A newspaper was published called the ''[[Evening and Morni
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• Reno Nevada Temple
  ...ated the Reno Nevada Temple on 23 April 2000. During the dedicatory prayer President Monson said, "Bless all who have made possible this beautiful structure. Ma ...rdinance rooms and two sealing rooms. It serves over 25,000 members in the area.
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• Burley Idaho Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''Burley Idaho Temp Additionally, President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced a second temple for [[Teton River Idaho Tem
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• Ian S. Ardern
  In the Saturday morning session of general conference on April 6, 2024, President [[Dallin H. Oaks]] announced that Elder Ardern will be released and receive ...e of New Zealand. In 2004, he became the Pacific Church Educational System area director and then later worked as the [[Institute]] director and [[Seminary
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• Sandino Roman
  ...ager for Johnson & Johnson and for the Church as the manager of the Mexico Area Support Services Office. ...uorum president, bishop, stake presidency counselor, high counselor, and [[Area Seventy]].
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• Matthew L. Carpenter
  ...h as a [[Young Men]] president, high councilor, bishop, stake president, [[Area Seventy]], and full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the Swiss Geneva Miss
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• Smithfield Utah Temple
  ...eral-conference-temple-announcement-209504 one of 20 temples announced] by President [[Russell M. Nelson]] at the end of the 191st Annual [[General Conference]] ...(1884) in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced in April 2019 that the Church would renovat
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• Casper Wyoming Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''Casper Wyoming Te ...Wyoming Boulevard Southwest (Highway 258) and Eagle Drive in a developing area of southwest Casper near the highway to [[Martin's Cove]], just west of Roo
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• Book of Mormon
  ...as finished, Joseph Smith, Martin Harris, a well-respected farmer from the area, and [[Hyrum Smith]], Joseph’s brother, prepared the manuscript for publi :“President [Russell M.] Nelson has said that the Book of Mormon is the tool of the gat
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• Ricardo Sant'Ana
  ...om 2008 to 2012. Prior to his call as an Area Authority Seventy he was the president of the Santo Andre Brazil Stake. [[Category:Area Seventies]]
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• Christoffel Golden Jr.
  ...eviously served in the Third Quorum of the Seventy in the Africa Southeast Area. ...in business, specifically banking, pharmaceuticals, and marketing. He was area director for the [[Church Educational System]] and supervised [[Seminary]]
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• Veracruz Mexico Temple
  ...e 400. After the dedication of the meetinghouse the missionary work in the area grew rapidly. ...[1] The temple serves nine stakes, two districts, and two branches in the area.
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• São Paulo East Brazil Temple
  ...rg The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] to be built in Brazil. President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced its construction on October 4, 2020, during ...reater Manila Area in the Philippines, and the Guatemala City metropolitan area in Guatemala.[https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/sao-paulo-brazil-east-
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• Alan T. Phillips
  ...ion, [[Area Seventy]], counselor in a bishopric, high councilor, and stake president.
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• Fresno California Temple
  ...the time of the temple dedication, there were 28,000 members in the Fresno area. President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] dedicated the Fresno California Temple on 9 April 20
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• Orlando Florida Temple
  ...rida. As early as the 1850s [[Mormon missionaries]], began arriving in the area, but it was not until 1895 that the Church became established in the state. ...sided over by [[James E. Faust]]. The site of the temple is 13 acres in an area where the 165-foot spire topped with an [[angel Moroni]] statue can be easi
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• Gardens of Temple Square
  ...//comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. The area incorporates plazas. In 2020, the gardens underwent a redesign in connectio ...ated water four stories below. When the building was proposed, then Church President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] wanted residents living above the structure to see a
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• Farmington New Mexico Temple
  ...ttp://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], President [[Russell M. Nelson]] announced plans to construct the '''Farmington New Me ...temple will be built in Farmington, the commercial hub of the Four Corners area and where the Animas, San Juan, and La Plata rivers converge.
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• Taylor G. Godoy
  ...y|missionary]], bishop, stake president, high councilor, Area Seventy, and area public affairs director. ...was an [[Institute]] coordinator, teacher, director, country director, and area director in the [[Church Educational System]].
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• Seattle Washington Temple
  ...he first stake was created in 1938 and membership soon grew rapidly in the area. In 1960 there were 11,000 members in Washington, by 1970 there were 67,000 [[Spencer W. Kimball]] (1895–1985), President of the Church at the time, dedicated the Seattle Washington Temple in multi
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• Latter-day Saints
  ...up of people or for a specific need. For example, this story was shared by President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], ...s encouraged to continue improving and make themselves better. Again from President Hinckley,
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• Adam
  ...that pathway that leads to life eternal. 'Father Adam was called of God,' President Wilford Woodruff explained, 'and ordained to the fulness of the Melchizedek ...s that the location of this gathering is Daviess County, Missouri, in that area we have come to know as Adam-ondi-Ahman (see Doctrine and Covenants 116), t
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• Reflections: Dealing with Adversity
  On my mission our President recommended that we read a particular book[1] in addition to the missionary ...ow beings.[4] Elder Cook shared this thought: “When our beloved prophet, President Thomas S. Monson, was asked on his birthday this past august what would be
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• 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha’i
  ...where she was taught the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]]. She was taught by the president of the Santa Ana 6th branch (Tongan speaking). She returned to Tonga and ac She was visiting in the San Francisco area of California when she was admitted to the Mills-Peninsula Medical Center i
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