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1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the ...
Now each quorum is composed of area seventies in the following areas: [6] Third Quorum: Africa Central, Africa South, and Africa West Areas; Fourth Quorum: Asia and Asia North Areas; Fifth Quorum: Brazil Area; Sixth Quorum: Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico Areas.
In practical terms, the priesthood office of seventy is one which has varied widely over the course of history. As originally envisioned by Latter-day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith in the 1830s, the seventy were to be a body composed of several separate quorums of up to 70 seventies each, all of which would be led by seven presidents.
Until 2016, general authority seventies were clearly designated by the church as being members of either the First of the Second Quorum. Beginning in 2016, the church ended this public identification and began referring to members of the First and Second Quorum collectively as "General Authority Seventies".
Seventy is a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Traditionally, a church member holding this priesthood office is a "traveling minister" [1] and an "especial witness" [2] of Jesus Christ, charged with the mission of preaching the gospel to the entire world under the direction of the Twelve Apostles. [3]
In the Latter Day Saint movement, a quorum is a group of people ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and organized to act together as a body. The idea of a quorum was established by Joseph Smith early in the history of the movement, and during his lifetime it has included several church-wide quorums, including the First Presidency, the Presiding High Council, the Quorum of the Twelve ...
Pages in category "Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Joseph Wafula Sitati (born 16 May 1952) has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2009, when he became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He is the church's first black African general authority and the second general authority of black African descent. [1] [2]