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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 ...
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 ...
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. [43] After Emmeline B. Wells was elected president, the Relief Society continued the trend toward progressivism that had begun under Bathsheba Smith ...
Jean Barrus Bingham (born June 10, 1952) [1] was the 17th Relief Society General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from April 2017 to August 2022. Bingham was born in Provo, Utah to Robert R. Barrus and Edith Joy Clark. [ 2 ]
Under her leadership, the Relief Society was the fastest growing women's organization in the world. [5] The Relief Society, which had 3.9 million members when she became president in 1997, had 4.4 million by 2002. [6] [17] In 1999 she introduced a new mission statement for the Relief
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 ...
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.