Hello again, everyone! As many of you are aware, shortly after the April 2018 General Conference, the First Presidency had announced the area leadership assignments which became effective as of August 1. Among those changes, it was announced that areas in North America would once again be overseen by a presidency of three General Authority Seventies. Six such presidencies were announced for what had been 10 areas to serve the Saints in the United States and Canada.
As at least some of you also might recall, I have posted previously with evidence I found that seemed to further indicate the number of those areas had been consolidated from 10 to 6. But given the fact that some sources (particularly many of the biographies of the 18 men who have been assigned to oversee those areas) were somewhat ambiguous, I had not been able to definitively settle the question of what was actually the case.
Accordingly, a day or two ago, as I did one of my usual checks on the Church's official website for word of any new developments in terms of Church news, I found a recent address given by President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The address, given one week ago today (on the same day the dedication of the Concepcion Chile Temple took place), was one of four given during a regional conference for the Utah North Area.
Given that fact, it appears that any ambiguity on this point has been cleared up once and for all, and that the original source (which announced these changes) was in error in reporting that there are only 21 areas of the Church now. The number of areas within North America instead remain at 10, which means there are a total of 25 areas still within the Church.
Having noted this new information, hopefully that settles any additional questions on this point. It looks as though I will need to again rework my list of area seventies (including the demographic information I put together) in accordance with that clarification. I do continue to monitor any and all Church news and temple updates, and will do my level best to keep passing word of those along to you all as I receive it.
That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe. 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, November 4, 2018
Additional Information on Possible Consolidation of North America Areas
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