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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]
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Following the death of church president Thomas S. Monson on January 2, 2018, [140] senior apostle Russell M. Nelson was announced as president on January 16. [141] The general authorities of the church consist of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, first two Quorums of Seventy and the Presiding Bishopric.
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 ...
Russell M. Nelson has been the president since January 14, 2018. Latter-day Saints consider the church's president to be God's spokesman to the entire world and the highest priesthood authority on earth, with the exclusive right to receive revelations from God on behalf of the entire church or the entire world.
For instance, BYU-Idaho stated it received 6.3 million dollars in donations in 2018, [10] of which, 69% went to need-based aid for individual students, administered through a university grant. Due to these transparency practices, Latter-day Saint Charities does not meet requirements for evaluation by established charity-rating organizations ...
[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. [28] [29]