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| − | '''Terence Michael Vinson''' is a retired financial adviser. He is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He was sustained as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 6, 2013. He served for 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 Seventy]]. His release from that assignment effective August 1, 2021, was announced at General Conference on April 3, 2021. He | + | '''Terence Michael Vinson''' is a retired financial adviser. He is a member of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. He was sustained as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 6, 2013. He served for 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 Seventy]]. His release from that assignment effective August 1, 2021, was announced at General Conference on April 3, 2021. He continued to serve as a General Authority Seventy until he was released and granted emeritus status during the 191st Semiannual General Conference (October 2021). |
Vinson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on March 12, 1951. In 1974, he received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics from Sydney University and an education and teaching diploma from Sydney Teachers College. That same year, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ and married Kay Anne Carden. He and his wife are the parents of six children. | Vinson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on March 12, 1951. In 1974, he received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics from Sydney University and an education and teaching diploma from Sydney Teachers College. That same year, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ and married Kay Anne Carden. He and his wife are the parents of six children. | ||
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* [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/10/drawing-closer-to-god?lang=eng "Drawing Closer to God," October 2013 General Conference talk] | * [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/10/drawing-closer-to-god?lang=eng "Drawing Closer to God," October 2013 General Conference talk] | ||
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Revision as of 16:20, 7 October 2021
Terence Michael Vinson is a retired financial adviser. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was sustained as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 6, 2013. He served for 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 Seventy. His release from that assignment effective August 1, 2021, was announced at General Conference on April 3, 2021. He continued to serve as a General Authority Seventy until he was released and granted emeritus status during the 191st Semiannual General Conference (October 2021).
Vinson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on March 12, 1951. In 1974, he received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and statistics from Sydney University and an education and teaching diploma from Sydney Teachers College. That same year, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ and married Kay Anne Carden. He and his wife are the parents of six children.
In 1990, he received a financial planning diploma from Deakin University. In 1996, he earned a master’s degree in applied finance from Macquarie University. Over the span of his career, he has taught math, trained and lectured at universities, and worked in finance. At the time of his retirement in 2011 he was CEO and chairman of Northhaven Wealth Management, a company he founded.
Vinson has served in many callings, including bishop, bishop’s counselor, stake president’s counselor, stake high councilor, regional representative, mission president’s counselor, early-morning Seminary teacher, temple ordinance worker, and Area Seventy.
