All of those details follow below. Since I do not in any way want to disturb their flow, I will be concluding now as I always do. 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.
Predictions for Changes in General Church Leadership
Preliminary Note: I am proceeding on an assumption here that, since both Presidents Oaks and Eyring did part of what has traditionally been a combined Solemn Assembly and Sustaining of Church Officers, and since President Oaks' part was to lead a sustaining vote for other changes in Church leadership (which involved reading the long list of new area seventies with difficult name pronunciations, and which President Oaks did very well, in my opinion), President Nelson may request that he (President Oaks) continue to lead the April sustaining vote, which typically involves such changes, which would leave President Eyring to lead the October sustaining vote, which, by comparison, sees far fewer changes in area seventies.
General Authority Seventies: Elders Mervyn B. Arnold,
Craig A. Cardon, Larry J. Echo Hawk, C. Scott Grow, Allan F. Packer, Gregory
A. Schwitzer, and Claudio D. Zivic released and granted emeritus status.
Note: Each of these general authorities was born in
1948, and will have their 70th birthdays before General
Conference, or within the last two months of 2018, and the Church in recent
years has almost always released General Authorities in October that have
their 70th birthdays prior to the end of any given year. With that
in mind, it seems safe to surmise that each of these men will have that
happen during this General Conference.
Result:
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Area Seventies: Some area seventies released, others
called.
Note: It has been customary in recent years for the
Church to release and sustain several area seventies in April, with only a
few changes in October. If that pattern continues, then at least a few
changes could be made.
Additional note: While some area seventies have been
released as the result of a call to serve in other assignments (for example,
as General Authorities or temple presidents), for other assignments (such as a
call to preside over a mission), a release from that assignment might not
occur, but would continue while such individuals preside over missions. Since
that has occurred in recent years, Elder Tasara Makasi, who currently lives
in South Africa, but has been called to preside over a mission in Zimbabwe,
would not even have to switch the Quorum in which he is currently serving,
and could retain both assignments, which also applies to Miguel A. Reyes, who
is an area seventy residing in Mexico that has been called to preside over
one of Mexico’s missions. It would not surprise me if Elder Fred A. Parker,
who serves in the North America Southeast Area, but has been assigned to
preside over a mission in the Caribbean Area, which means he would switch
quorums. Elder Steven O. Laing, who is an area seventy in the Utah North
Area, has been called to serve as the new president of the Brigham City Utah
Temple, so he may be released.
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