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Monday, October 7, 2019

October 2019 General Conference—Lengths of Talks Given by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Hello again, everyone! While I am not quite ready to analyze and score the results of my October 2019 General Conference predictions, I thought it would be a good idea to now publish the record I have assembled of the lengths of each of the talks given by each member of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.  As a result of some unexpected developments (including President Nelson's short address in the Saturday Afternoon Session to introduce the youth-related changes, and his subsequent address duringh the Sunday Afteroon Session of General Conference being 2-3 times longer than his addresses closing prior General Conferences have traditionally been), that information this go-round is markedly different.


Additionally, I was pleasntly surprised this go-round by something else related to these addresses. Within the last decade or so, it has traditionally been the case that there is a somewhat significant lag between when each apostle spoke and how soon after the video versions thereof are published. Particularly, with the Saturday and Sunday sessions, it has not been uncommon for there to be as much of a one-day lag between when at least one apostle spoke and when the video version of their talks are up. In previous years, that fact has resulted in my somehow omitting the information for at least one of those talks.

But for the first time this weekend, I kept a careful watch, and waited until now to post this information so that I could be sure I hadn't overlooked anything. Between our 15 apostles, 21 General Conference addresses were given this go-round. Without further ado, that information follows below. In the meantime, I do continue to monitor all Church news and temple updates and will do my level best to bring word of those to you all here as I receive it.

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Lengths of Talks Given by First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles During the October
2019 General Conference

18:56—President Henry B. Eyring (SUA)
18:27—President Russell M. Nelson (SUM)
18:17—President Russell M. Nelson (GW)
17:58—Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
15:59—Elder David A. Bednar
15:36—President M. Russell Ballard
15:14—Elders Gary E. Stevenson and Gerrit W. Gong
14:47—President Dallin H. Oaks (SAM) & Elder Ulisses Soares
14:46—Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
14:39—Elder Ronald A. Rasband
14:32—Elder D. Todd Christofferson
13:52—Elder Dale G. Renlund
13:28—Elder Neil L. Andersen
12:47—President Dallin H. Oaks (GW)
12:29—Elder Quentin L. Cook
12:17—President Henry B. Eyring (GW)
11:44—President Russell M. Nelson (SUA)
7:10—President Henry B. Eyring (SAA; Sustaining of Church Officers)
4:02—President Russell M. Nelson (SAA; Youth Announcement)


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