Stokes Sounds Off: October 2024 General Conference Predictions (Final Version)

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

October 2024 General Conference Predictions (Final Version)

 Hello again, everyone! Since we are now officially 36 hours away from the next General Conference, I am pleased to be able to post the final version of my predictions for the upcoming weekend. We start, as always, with the projected speaker lineup. 

I fully believe the First Presidency will have three members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles conduct three of the five sessions (and that, for reasons I have outlined previously, the three will be Elders D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, and Ronald A Rasband). I likewise believe that the Sustaining of Church Officers will be at the top of every General Conference going forward.

I am projecting that Elder Patrick Kearon, who has not yet spoken at all in the Saturday Morning Session, will do so this weekend, and that this weekend will see the highest number of black participants ever in any General Conference (my projection is for 4 black speakers). The only other note on the speaker lineup is that I believe that only 5 of the 11 GA Seventies called in April 2024 will speak this time around and that I'm projecting that we will hear from 6 other "veteran" GA Seventies. 

And as has been the case in just about every October General Conference for the entirety of President Nelson's prophetic tenure, the only changes in Church leadership which I am anticipating are that a few area seventies will be released with a few more sustained, while the announcement of new temples is always a given. 

So I have prepared my thoughts on an area-by-area list of all the prospects I could see in the near term, and a more specific list of the top prospects I see being announced this weekend (that list can be found at the bottom of that final document). I hope all of you enjoy following along with these predictions, such as they are.

I continue to monitor all Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples updates and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as they cross my radar. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below.

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  1. James G. StokesOctober 4, 2024 at 1:20 PM

    Hello again, everyone! On this Friday, new leaders have been called for the Minnesota Minneapolis Mission, and they will start their service later this month. I honestly wasn't expecting that. And the Church News has provided a status update on the 168 temples announced by President Nelson thus far. I expect that number to increase to 188 on Sunday afternoon, when new temples will almost certainly be announced. My thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesOctober 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM

      And a status update has been provided for the Elko Nevada Temple. My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesOctober 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM

      An updated chart of General Authorities and General Offficers of the Church reflects changes made effective August 1. Download some PDF conference activities to help children engage with General Conference. And the latest edition of "This Week on Social" has been published. This week's installment in the ongoing series featured social media content from the following general Church leaders:

      President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency (who wrote about a #99plus1 experience of following the prophet); Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Sisters J. Anette Dennis and Kristin M. Yee, the respective First and Second Counselors in the Relief Society General Presidency; Sister Andrea Munoz Spannaus, Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency; Primary General President Susan H. Porter and her respective First and Second Counselors, Sisters Amy A. Wright and Tracy Y. Browning; and Brothers Bradley R. (Brad) Wilcox and Michael T. Nelson, the respective First and Second Counselors in the Young Men General Presidency.

      My thanks once again to you all.

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    3. James G. StokesOctober 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM

      Six maps show the 350 current temples of the Church as we prepare for the likely announcement of 20 new temples on Sunday to conclude the October 2024 General Conference. My thanks once again to you all.

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    4. James G. StokesOctober 4, 2024 at 8:01 PM

      The Church News has created a home page for their General Conference coverage. My thanks once again to you all.

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    5. James G. StokesOctober 5, 2024 at 5:56 PM

      On this General Conference Saturday, in addition to providing coverage on General Conference, the Church News has shared one new report. Above and beyond that, the Church Temples site has made an adjustment to the order of temples estimated to be completed in late 2025-early 2026. Previously, that order was Bacolod Philippines, Montpelier Idaho, Ephraim Utah, and Cleveland Ohio. Now the order is Montpelier Idaho, Bacolod Philippines, Ephraim Utah, and Cleveland Ohio. Additionally, construction status updates have been noted on the Abidjan Ivory Coast and Wichita Kansas Temples. My thanks once again to you all.

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    6. James G. StokesOctober 6, 2024 at 9:11 AM

      As we prepare for the final two sessions of General Conference, the Church News has provided three updates: The Church News continues to chart a path towards the 200th operating temple of the Church, with the next article covering temples 141-160, which takes us from Tegucigalpa Honduras to Concepcion Chile. The final two sets of temples, to be published over the next two weeks, will review the temple dedications shared by President Nelson with his fellow 15 apostles (including the now-deceased President M. Russell Ballard and our newest apostle, Elder Patrick Kearon). The text of the message that will be given by Brother Derrick Porter during today's "Music & the Spoken Word" broadcast has also been provided. This will mark the first message written by Derrick Porter personally, and the first he will deliver live and in-person. And the latest edition of "In Case You Missed It: Week in Review" shares the top 9 developments covered by the Church News this week. My thanks once again to you all.

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