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At the April 1995 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. [1] In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy.
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), an area is an administrative unit that typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions. These areas are the primary church administrative unit between individual stakes or missions and the church as a whole.
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 ...
(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.
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".
Pages in category "Leadership positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following individuals are general officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). General officers of the LDS Church are distinguished from general authorities; all general officers are members of a presidency of an organization of the church.
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]