Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency has announced a new Church Historian and Recorder, along with a new Commissioner of Church Education. The Brethren serving currently in those assignments, Elders Steven E. Snow and Kim B. Clark respectively, will be released as General Authorities and granted emeritus status this October.
The new Church Historian and Recorder will be Elder LeGrand R. Curtis, who currently serves as First Counselor in the Utah Area Presidency and as Assistant Executive Director of the Church History Department. The new Commissioner of Church Education will be Elder Paul V. Johnson, who had been serving in that capacity when Elder Clark was called to replace him following Elder Johnson's call to serve outside the United States in the Europe Area Presidency.
Elder Johnson becomes the second general authority to serve two separate terms as Commissioner of Church Education. The other was Henry B. Eyring, who served in that capacity from 1980-1986 and again from 1992-2004. I had a feeling those changes were coming down the pike at some point, and I am grateful to have learned about and been able to report these changes. I do continue to monitor all Church news and temple developments and will do my level best to bring word of those to you all here as I receive it.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
BREAKING NEWS: First Presidency Announces New Church Historian and Recorder and Commissioner of Church Education
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Hello again, everyone! There have been quite a few more Church news stories and temple developments reported in recent days. While all of them are well worthy of being mentioned here, I have had some additional health-related challenges in recent days that have slowed my usual abilities to put such reports together. So what I will do is again share the links to the major Church sites from which I pull information and let you all catch up on such developments as you are able to do so. In the meantime, I fully anticipate being able to pass along reports of this weekend's dedication of the Kinshsasa DR Congo Temple, and will also be sure to post with any other breaking Church news or temple developments. I should also probably mention that I was somewhat surprised that the Church has not yet released the 2019 Area Leadership Assignments, since those were released last year the Thursday following the April 2018 General Conference. But I anticipate there will be quite a bit of reshuffling. primarily due to the fact that 9 General Authority Seventies who are or will be 70 before the end of this year will be released, including the Executive Directors of the Family History and Temple Departments. There are also several General Authorities who have served in area presidencies outside the United States for the last several years who may be coming back to fill assignments at headquarters. Just some things to think about for now. In the meantime, here are the addresses for the relevant Church sites. Thanks again to you all for your ongoing interest and support.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com
https://wwww.churchofjesuschristtemples.org
https://www.lds.org/church/news?lang=eng
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/
Elder Renlund will dedicate the Kinshasa Temple.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.mormonnewsroom.co.ke/article/the-kinshasa-democratic-republic-of-congo-dedication
Thank you, Scott Shipley, for sharing that information. I found out about Elder Renlund presiding at this dedication before I read your comment on it. Prior to this weekend, Elder Bednar had been the most junior apostle to preside at a temple dedication. But Elder Renlund's assignment to do so this weekend makes sense, for reasons I outlined in a new post I published not long after word of this development crossed my radar. I appreciate you sharing the link to the article about it, as I had not read that article before reading your comment. Exciting times we live in. Thank you again, Scott, for taking time to comment.
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