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Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (born September 9, 1924) is an American religious leader and retired surgeon who is the 17th and current president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [4]
Russell M. Nelson, a 99-year-old retired heart surgeon turned faith leader, had a conservative track record in his previous position on the faith’s leadership panel, which led many to predict he ...
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The proclamation was announced by church president Russell M. Nelson on April 5, 2020, as part of the church's annual general conference. The April 2020 conference had been designated as a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the theophany Smith said he had in 1820, known as the First Vision. [2]
After the death of church president, Thomas S. Monson, on January 2, 2018, [168] Russell M. Nelson was sustained and set apart as the current president on January 14, 2018. [ 169 ] The First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , the Presiding Bishopric and the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy are all referred to as general ...
The name changed to the LDS Foundation in 1982 and then LDS Philanthropies in 2005. [5] The current name, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Philanthropies, was changed in 2019 as part of a focus by the LDS Church to move away from the monikers 'LDS' and 'Mormon'. [6] [7]
The First Presidency is composed of the President of the Church and his counselors. Historically, and as mandated by church scripture, [1] the First Presidency has been composed of the president and two counselors, but circumstances have occasionally required additional counselors (for example, David O. McKay had five during the final years of his presidency, and at one point, Brigham Young ...
[26] [27] According to historian D. Michael Quinn, both the late church president Spencer W. Kimball (president from 1973—1985) and current church president Russell M. Nelson (president from 2018—2024) received their second anointing in 1974; Nelson alluded to this experience in his 1979 autobiography.