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This list of General Presidencies of the Relief Society includes the General President and the counselors of the Relief Society General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. No.
The motto of the Relief Society, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:8, is "Charity never faileth." [9] The purpose of Relief Society reads, “Relief Society helps prepare women for the blessings of eternal life as they increase faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and His Atonement; strengthen individuals, families, and homes through ordinances and covenants; and work in unity to help those in ...
On August 1, 2022, Johnson transitioned from being the general president of the Primary to having the same title in the Relief Society organization. She was succeeded in the Primary by Porter. J. Anette Dennis and Kristin M. Yee are serving as her counselors in the Relief Society general presidency. [5]
Throughout this era the Relief Society trained women in first aid, social work, food preservation, public health, maternity and infant health, nutrition, hygiene and vaccination, and charity work. [42] After Emmeline B. Wells was elected president, the Relief Society continued the trend toward progressivism that had begun under Bathsheba Smith ...
Counselors in the General Presidency of the Relief Society (33 P, 2 F) Pages in category "General Presidents of the Relief Society" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Smoot was the first president to call an unmarried woman (Dew) as a member of the Relief Society General Presidency. [3] Smoot was succeeded in 2002 by Bonnie D. Parkin. [ 11 ] In her role as an LDS leader, she has traveled throughout North and South America, and to a long list of countries including India, Russia, Nigeria , and Japan .
Marion Isabelle Sims Spafford (née Smith; October 8, 1895 – February 2, 1982), known as Belle S. Spafford, was the ninth Relief Society General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from April 6, 1945, until October 3, 1974.
At the church's April 1984 General Conference, Winder was sustained as the Relief Society General President, with Joy F. Evans and Joanne B. Doxey as her counselors. Winder succeeded Barbara B. Smith, who had been Relief Society General President since 1974. Winder became president after a time of great division over the Equal Rights Amendment ...