Stokes Sounds Off: UPDATED: April 2025 General Conference Predictions

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Friday, March 7, 2025

UPDATED: April 2025 General Conference Predictions

Hello again, everyone! I wanted to post an updated version of my predictions for the upcoming April 2025 General Conference. Here is the revised speaker lineup, my revised potential changes in general Church leadership (which also includes my revised estimates for the 2024 statistical report), and my list of potential new temple locations. The information speaks for itself.  The final version of these predictions will be posted at 10:00 PM on Thursday, April 3, 2025, until which time a commenting period remains open.

For my part, I continue to monitor updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as soon as I learn about them. 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 all such feedback is made per the established guidelines. 

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4 comments:

  1. James G. StokesMarch 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM

    On this Saturday, the Church News has shared some observations about how churches can do more to help those struggling with pornography, seeing ourselves in family history work, the text of the message that will be given during tormorrow's "Music & the Spoken Word" broadcast, and how to replace doomscrolling with family history using microtasks. My thanks once again to you all.

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  2. James G. StokesMarch 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM

    A new Newsroom report on RootsTech's Family Discovery Day indicates that Acting President Jeffrey R. Holland joined Elder Neil L. Andersen both members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, along with Elder Andersen's wife, Kathy W. Andersen, were the featured speakers. My thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesMarch 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM

      The Church News has shared one more report. My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesMarch 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM

      The Church News just shared this report. My thanks once again to you all.

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