Conferencegoers stand as basic authorities enter the Convention Middle for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 192nd Annual Basic Convention in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday, April 2, 2022. The church introduced six new basic authorities Saturday afternoon. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced six new Basic Authority Seventies on April 2, 2022. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder Mark D. Eddy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder James W. McConkie III The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder Isaac Okay. Morrison The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder Ryan Okay. Olsen The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder Denelson Silva The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Latter-day Saints sustained six new Basic Authority Seventies in the course of the Saturday afternoon session of the 192nd Annual Basic Convention of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor within the First Presidency, introduced the names of the brand new Basic Authority Seventies.
Who're new Basic Authority Seventies?
The brand new Basic Authority Seventies are:
- Elder Mark D. Eddy
- Elder James W. McConkie III
- Elder Isaac Okay. Morrison
- Elder Ryan Okay. Olsen
- Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt
- Elder Denelson Silva
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced six new Basic Authority Seventies on April 2, 2022.
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Information of the brand new basic authorities comes two days after church leaders learn the names of 45 new Space Seventies in the course of the convention’s management session on March 31.
What's a Basic Authority Seventy?
Basic Authority Seventies serve within the Presidency of the Seventy, in space presidencies and in different administrative features. They serve below the course of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and journey continuously to satisfy with and train native church leaders, missionaries and Latter-day Saint congregations. They've authority to serve wherever on the earth, whereas the authority of Space Seventies is usually restricted to the world the place they serve.
Study extra in regards to the new Basic Authority Seventies
The next bios are supplied by the church’s newsroom:
Elder Mark D. Eddy
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- Elder Mark D. Eddy: Elder Eddy is a local of Lengthy Seaside, California. He has been serving as a member of the Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy within the Utah Space. He was president of the Uruguay Montevideo Mission from 2016 to 2019. Elder Eddy has levels in communication and legislation from Brigham Younger College. He has labored as an legal professional and enterprise government. He and his spouse, Annette, have six youngsters.
Elder James W. McConkie III
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- Elder James W. McConkie III: Elder McConkie is from Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. His most up-to-date church project was stake president. He was president of the Czech/Slovak Mission from 2013 to 2016. He has levels in historical past (College of Utah) and legislation (The George Washington College Legislation College). He's a founder and director for the Wallace Toronto Basis, a nonprofit offering help within the Czech and Slovak Republics. Elder McConkie and his spouse, Laurel, have 4 youngsters.
Elder Isaac Okay. Morrison
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- Elder Isaac Okay. Morrison: Elder Morrison was born in Takoradi, Ghana. He has been serving as president of the Ghana Cape Coast Mission. He has a bachelor’s diploma in operations and mission administration from the Ghana Institute of Administration and Public Administration. He additionally has a Grasp of Science in strategic administration and management from Kwame Nkrumah College of Science and Know-how. Elder Morrison has labored for the Church in numerous capacities since 2004. He and his spouse, Hannah, have three youngsters.
Elder Ryan Okay. Olsen
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- Elder Ryan Okay. Olsen: Elder Olsen is from Provo, Utah. He has been serving as a member of the Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy within the Utah Space. He was president of the Uruguay Montevideo West Mission from 2016 to 2019. He has a level in mass communication from the College of Utah. Elder Olsen labored most lately as space senior vice chairman of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. He and his spouse, Julie, have 4 youngsters.
Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt
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- Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt: Elder Schmitt hails from Mesa, Arizona. His most up-to-date church service was within the Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy within the North America Southwest Space. He was president of the California San Diego Mission from 2014 to 2017. He has undergraduate and graduate levels from the College of Arizona. Elder Schmitt was assistant vice chairman of Arizona State College on the time of his name to be Basic Authority Seventy. He and his spouse, Alexis, have 4 youngsters.
Elder Denelson Silva
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- Elder Denelson Silva: Elder Silva is a local of Recife, Brazil. He was a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy within the Brazil Space on the time of his name. He was president of the Angola Luanda Mission from 2016 to 2019. He has a bachelor’s diploma in knowledge processing and labored within the journey trade for greater than 30 years. He and his spouse, Regina Maria de Carvalho, have two youngsters.