Stokes Sounds Off: April 2025 General Conference Predictions (Final Version)

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

April 2025 General Conference Predictions (Final Version)

Hello again, everyone! 36 hours before the April 2025 General Conference weekend starts, I wanted to post the final version of my predictions for it. Here is the speaker lineup, the potential changes in general Church leadership (which also includes estimates for the 2024 statistical report), and my list of potential new temple locations. The predictions speak for themselves.

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. And I am also keeping an eye out for any other major news up to and during General Conference and I will provide those updates here ASAP after I learn of 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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6 comments:

  1. Scott ShipleyApril 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM

    I am surprised that you didn't include the Young Men's Presidency on your list of changes. President Lund has been serving for 5 years.

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    1. James G. StokesApril 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM

      Good catch, Scott! I had it in my head that such a change would be made, but it wasn't included in these predictions for reasons I can't explain. Since President Lund and Brother Wilcox have served for 5 years, their release is a lock. I am not as certain about Brother Nelson, though, who has been in for only 2 years. He could be called as the new president, or to continue his service as a counselor to the new president, or he could be released as well. I have included that projection as a rare 11th-hour change, because I was anticipating that change, but somehow didn't get it included on those projections. Thanks for catching that, Scott. It's in there now, as is the update on the area seventies released and sustained on Thursday. Thanks again.

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  2. James G. StokesApril 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM

    Hello again, everyone! In order to cover the bases here during General Conference weekend, you can find the latest Church News coverage about General Conference, Temples, Leaders, and Videos for the latest updates. I will, of course, be sure to cover the major updates (new leaders, statistics, and new temples) here in comments or new posts as time allows. My thanks once again to you all.

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    1. James G. StokesApril 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM

      A construction status update has been reported for the Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple. My thanks once again to you all.

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    2. James G. StokesApril 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM

      The Church has shared the 2024 statistical report and has introduced the newest Church leaders. And an update on the Jacksonville Florida Temple indicates that a groundbreaking may soon be announced. My thanks once again to you all.

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    3. James G. StokesApril 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM

      Status updates have also been reported for the Yorba Linda California and Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temples. My thanks once again to you all.

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