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Pages in category "Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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]
The First Quorum of the Seventy came into being in 1835 when seven men were set apart as the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy. In 1837, six of the seven presidents were released because it was discovered that they had previously been ordained high priests. Five of these men were ultimately replaced by others.
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 title currently in use.
At the church's April 1993 general conference, Christofferson was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. [8] In August 1998, Christofferson became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy. [9] As a seventy, Christofferson served as the executive director of the church's Family and Church History Department.
In 1989, the Second Quorum of the Seventy was created and was also composed of general authority seventies. 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 ...
This was the first time since 1906 that three new apostles were sustained at once. They are the 98th, 99th and 100th members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the church's history. [8] [9] In August 2018, Rasband threw the ceremonial first pitch for the annual LDS Night of the Los Angeles Angels. [10]