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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] Nelson was a member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for nearly 34 years, and was the quorum president from 2015
The LDS Church has held notable political influence on laws around LGBT individuals in the United States, especially in the state of Utah. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has been involved with many pieces of legislation relating to LGBT people and their rights (e.g. housing, job discrimination, and same-sex marriage). [1]
After the death of church president, Thomas S. Monson, on January 2, 2018, [168] Russell M. Nelson was sustained and set apart as the current president on January 14, 2018. [ 169 ] The First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , the Presiding Bishopric and the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy are all referred to as general ...
Tyka Nelson, sister of the late music icon Prince, has died.She was 64. Nelson's son, President Nelson, announced her death Monday in a statement obtained by USA TODAY on Tuesday. "Multi ...
The Nelson Report was a daily communiqué of international events, though focused on Asia, aimed at the political audience in Washington, D.C. [1] It was run and edited by Christopher Nelson. [2] It was started in 1983. [3]
A Look at Nelson Mandela's Memoir According to South African History Online , On 7 July 1996,in a television broadcast President Nelson Mandela confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re ...
Dallin H. Oaks (right) with LDS Church president Thomas S. Monson (left) and U.S. President Barack Obama (center) in the Oval Office on July 20, 2009, presenting a personal volume of President Obama's genealogy as a gift from the LDS Church. While a law student, Oaks served as an elders quorum leader in his ward in Chicago.
A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the governor of the south-western Osun state. Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in ...