That said, here it is. Stay tuned later on tonight for my report of the general women's meeting. As always, comments are welcome. I appreciate the feedback and support.
April 2017 General Conference Predictions
Speaking Order (Text in brackets indicated what actually
happened.)
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Session
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Conducting
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Speaker
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General Women’s
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Linda K. Burton
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Bonnie H. Cordon
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Linda S. Reeves
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Carol F. McConkie
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President Henry B. Eyring
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Saturday Morning
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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President Henry B. Eyring
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Ulisses Soares
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Linda K. Burton
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President Russell M. Nelson
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Elder O. Vincent Haleck
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Elder Weatherford T. Clayton
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Elder David A. Bednar
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Saturday Afternoon
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President Henry B. Eyring
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Sustaining of Church
Officers)
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Church Auditing Department Report, 2016
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Kevin R. Jergensen
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Statistical Report, 2016
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Brook P. Hales
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Elder Robert D. Hales
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Elder M. Russell Ballard
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Elder Larry Y. Wilson
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Elder Ian S. Ardern
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Elder Ronald A. Rasband
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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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Saturday Priesthood
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Elder Dale G. Renlund
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Douglas D. Holmes
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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President Henry B. Eyring
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President Thomas S. Monson
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Sunday Morning
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President Henry B. Eyring
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President Thomas S. Monson
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Elder L. Whitney Clayton
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Joy D. Jones
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Elder Neil L. Andersen
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Bishop Gerald Causse
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Elder Dallin H. Oaks
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Sunday Afternoon
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Elder Gary E. Stevenson
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Elder Gary B. Sabin
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Elder Yoon Hwan Choi
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Elder Quentin L. Cook
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Elder Jose A. Alonso
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Elder S. Mark Palmer
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson
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Changes in General Church Leadership
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General Authority Seventies: New General Authorities
sustained from Area Seventies or Church at large.
NOTE: Since the Church has stopped differentiating
between those of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy, any new General
Authorities will simply be sustained under the general title of General
Authority Seventies.
RESULT:
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Relief Society General Presidency: Linda K. Burton,
Carole M. Stephens, and Linda S. Reeves released as Relief Society General
Presidency, new Relief Society General Presidency sustained.
NOTE: It has been customary of late for general
presidencies to be changed every 5 years. Since the above-named individuals
have served since 2012, it would make sense if they were released and a new
presidency called. It is anyone’s guess, however, as to if any of the current
presidency will be retained in a new presidency.
RESULT:
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Area Seventies: Releases and sustainings.
NOTE: It has been customary for most changes in area
seventies to take place in April, when President Uchtdorf leads out in the
sustaining vote, and for only a few to take place in October, when President
Eyring leads out in the sustaining. Since we are talking about an April
General Conference, it would make sense if a lot of changes happened this
go-round.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: The following Area Seventies have been
called to serve as mission presidents and will be among the many releases:
Pedro U. Adduru, Angel H. Alarcon, Winsor Balderrama (Sejas) and Abenir V.
Pajaro.
RESULT:
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2016 Statistical Report
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Stakes
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3,266
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Missions
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421
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Districts
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545
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Wards and Branches
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30,207
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Total Church Membership
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15,932,508
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Increase in Children of Record
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114,655
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Converts Baptized
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310,646
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Full-Time Missionaries
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90,517
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Church Service Missionaries
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33,410
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Temples Dedicated during 2016 (Provo City Center,
Sapporo Japan, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Fort Collins Colorado, Star Valley
Wyoming, Hartford Connecticut)
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6
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Temples Rededicated during 2016 (Suva Fiji, Freiberg
Germany)
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2
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Temples in Operation by the end of 2016
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155
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Temple Predictions:
3+ temples announced in any of the following locations
(first in alphabetical order of the Church’s geographical areas under which
they fall, then by city and country):
Africa Southeast: Nairobi Kenya
Africa West: Freetown Sierra Leone; Lagos Nigeria; Kumasi
Ghana
Central America: Managua Nicaragua
Europe: Budapest Hungary; Vienna Austria
Idaho: Pocatello Idaho
Mexico: Puebla Mexico
North America Central: Missoula Montana; Rapid City South
Dakota; Des Moines Iowa; Madison Wisconsin;
North America Northeast: Richmond Viriginia; Augusta
Maine
North America Northwest: Salem Oregon
North America Southeast: Bentonville Arkansas; Jackson
Mississippi
North America Southwest: Fort Worth Texas;
Pacific: Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
South America Northwest: Santa Cruz Bolivia;
South America South: Neuquen Argentina; Valparaiso Chile
Utah North: Layton Utah
Utah South: Lehi Utah
NOTE: Temples in Brazil are usually a great possibility,
given the ongoing, extensive rate of growth there. However, with one currently
under construction (Fortaleza); one with construction pending (Rio de Janeiro);
and one announced (Belem Brazil), a new Brazilian temple doesn’t seem likely
for at least a couple of years. I won’t rule it out, but it seems others might
take precedence. When new Brazilian temples are next announced, the most likely
order for the next four or five temples are: Brasilia, Belo Horizonte,
Salvador; and/or a second for Sao Paulo, which is the fastest growing Brazilian
city with the strongest Church presence. Additionally, a temple in Kampala
Uganda seems warranted at some point in the near future, but the temple in
Nairobi Kenya would serve the Saints in both countries for at least a few years.
I wouldn’t rule out a Ugandan temple by 2030 if not before, and I will keep an
eye out on things and make a determination on that later. I anticipate at least
one temple announcement in the United States, because we have one under
renovation in Utah, and two more US temples scheduled for renovation, but the
dedications that will happen later this year mean that we will have no US
temples in any stage of construction after the Cedar City Utah temple is
dedicated in December. And that would be a first in a very long time, assuming
it has happened at all previously.
RESULT: The following (# of
temples goes here) were announced, much to my great delight:
Your convert baptism prediction was way off, and unfortunately not in a good way. No temples announced so far either.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I have a formula in place by which I make such calculations, but the one flaw of it is that I cannot predict with any degree of accuracy how many will be converted every year. That is between the Lord and the individual. I can offer my predictions based on research, but I hope everyone knows that my testimony is never shaken when I am proven to be way off base with some of them. The good news is that a missed prediction in one area helps me refine and fine-tune things for the following year. Thanks again.
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