Hello again, everyone! I wanted to post some thoughts regarding the assignments of the members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. First of all, I have heard (but have no personal knowledge of this) that shortly after the ordination of a new Church president, he assigns various areas of the world to the members of the Quorum of the Twelve. In some cases, that involves a mere extension of an assignment given by previous Church presidents, but in others, the Church president may be inspired to change it.
We have seen that occur recently. As we know, following the announcement of the new First Presidency in mid-January, it was announced that Elder Uchtdorf, in addition to chairing key Church committees, would also supervise the Europe and Europe East areas of the Church, assignments formerly held by Presidents Ballard and Nelson respectively.
I also know that at some point last year, I found information that indicated that then-Elder Oaks was supervising the Mexico Area, and if this article (which shares how Elder Andersen recently ministered to Mexican Saints impacted by an earthquake) is any indication, I feel safe in surmising that Elder Andersen may have been asked now to supervise the Mexico Area in President Oaks' place.
That would mean in turn that Elder Andersen, who last year had had some role in supervising the Philippines (and also perhaps the Pacific Area as well), no longer has that assignment. And wit my report earlier today of Elder Rasband's visit to the Philippines, it may be safe to assume that he now has the assignment to supervise at least the Philippines Area.
I am keeping my eyes on these developments, and if previous tradition holds, shortly after General Conference next April, following the announced changes in Church leadership and subsequent changes in area assignments, the biographies of our Church leaders will be updated to reflect the latest assignments, and I will bring the details of those changes to you all as I learn of them.
That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Some Thoughts About Apostles' Assignments to World Areas
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