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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]
Initial sections for Russell M. Nelson, the seventeenth and current church president, were published on the church's website in 2024. [10] To date, Nelson is the only church president to have his teachings published as part of this series during his lifetime. [11]
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]
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 ...
The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, ... Russell M. Nelson: September 9, 1924: January 14, 2018: Living; 100 years, 4 months
Prior to becoming president of the LDS Church, Russell M. Nelson stated in a 2007 interview with the Pew Research Center that "to think that man evolved from one species to another is, to me, incomprehensible. Man has always been man. Dogs have always been dogs. Monkeys have always been monkeys. It's just the way genetics works."
He was succeeded as church president by Russell M. Nelson. [72] After Monson's death, the obituary posted by The New York Times, which noted several controversies during his presidency, drew negative attention. [73] The Times was criticized for bias against Monson, with one writer citing the obituaries of Fidel Castro and Hugh Hefner in ...
Additionally, a footnote to a 1995 general conference talk by the apostle Russell M. Nelson noted that loving without racial discrimination is a general commandment, but not one to apply to specific marriage partner criteria since it states that being united in ethnic background increases the probability of a successful marriage. [98]