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In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy. The church announced that these seventies would become members of a Quorum of the Seventy based upon the geographic region to which they were assigned. [2] Later, the title "area authority seventy" was shortened to area seventy, which is the ...
Kyrylo Pokhylko, a Ukrainian area seventy and assistant to the presidency of the Europe North Area has responsibility for the work of the church in those nations. 10,799 Members, 2 Stakes, 3 Districts, 48 Congregations, 2 Missions, 1 Temples [13] Kyrylo Pokhylko (Area Seventy): Assistant to the Europe North Area Presidency [23] [24] Missions:
(In the past, area seventies have also been called "area authorities" and "area authority seventies".) Pages in category "Area seventies (LDS Church)" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
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]
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 ...
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]
In April 1997, the church ordained all area authorities to the priesthood office of seventy and renamed the position "Area Authority Seventy". [7] Later, the title "Area Authority Seventy" was shortened to "Area Seventy". In the LDS Church today, the duties that were formerly carried out by regional representatives are now largely carried out ...
During the church's April 2018 general conference, Gay was appointed to the Presidency of the Seventy. This assignment, along with that of Carl B. Cook, was the result of Gerrit W. Gong and Ulisses Soares being called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles [1] In 2019, he toured India as part of an LDS Church delegation led by M. Russell Ballard ...