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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.
Matilda Dudley, for example, became president of the Thirteenth Ward Relief Society with Augusta Cobb and Sarah A. Cook as her counselors and Martha Jane Coray as secretary. Records are limited but show that by 1858 over two dozen organizations had formed in some twelve Salt Lake City wards and in other outlying settlements such as Ogden ...
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 ...
Jack served as the Relief Society General President from 1990 to 1997, with Chieko N. Okazaki and Aileen H. Clyde as her counselors. Under their leadership, the Relief Society developed a new statement of purpose that read, "build personal testimony, bless the individual woman, develop and exercise charity, strengthen families, enjoy a unified ...
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 .
On March 31, 2007, Dalton became Tanner's first counselor when former first counselor Julie B. Beck was released to become the general president of the church's Relief Society. When Tanner was released on April 5, 2008, Dalton succeeded her as the president of the organization. Dalton's counselors were Mary N. Cook and Ann M. Dibb.
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 ...