Hello again, everyone! There has been a prime example today of how the apostles are assisting the First Presidency in the work of the Church. As some of you might recall my mentioning, President and Sister Nelson were going to be the keynote speakers at the annual BYU Women's Conference, which will be held next month. Due to a scheduling conflict (whatever the details of it might be), the Nelsons will not be able to do that. So they reached out to Elder and Sister Gerrit W. Gong and asked them to take that assignment.
As some of you might recall, prior to Elder Gong's service as a General Authority, he was an Assistant to the President for Planning and Assessment, so it makes sense that he, as one familiar with the BYU campus, would be asked to substitute at this BYU gathering since the Church president cannot be there himself.
I was grateful to have learned of this development. The Church News additionally provided these details about the featured speakers at this year's Women's Conference, which I hope will be helpful to some of you.
That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Elder and Sister Gerrit W. Gong Asked to Speak at Women's Conference
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
BREAKING NEWS: Closure Date for the Hamilton New Zealand Temple Confirmed
Hello again, everyone! As implied by the title of this post, the Church has officially confirmed the exact closure date for the Hamilton New Zealand Temple. As I hope some of you might recall, one of the first major temple announcements of President Nelson's administration was this temple's renovation, and was announced 5 days after his ordination and set to occur in July. A few moments ago, I found official confirmation of the exact closure date.
It has been customary for all such closures to occur between Friday & Monday, so I am pleased to share that this temple's 3-year renovation is set to begin on Monday July 23.
I continue to monitor such developments and will do my best to pass them along as I hear of them. That does it for this post. Any & all comments are, as always, welcome & appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best & pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
It has been customary for all such closures to occur between Friday & Monday, so I am pleased to share that this temple's 3-year renovation is set to begin on Monday July 23.
I continue to monitor such developments and will do my best to pass them along as I hear of them. That does it for this post. Any & all comments are, as always, welcome & appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best & pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Latest Apostolic Statistics: Part Two--Updated Ages & Other Important Information
Hello again, everyone! I am back with the second part of my report on the latest apostolic statistics. Let's get right to all of that. talk specifics regarding apostolic statistics, which will include the long form and decimal versions of the ages of all current apostles, and follow that up with a look at some other information, including about the current and future nonagenarian apostles of the Church, and how the calling and ordinations of Elders Gong and Soares has led to an adjustment of the average ages at which all current apostles were married and ordained.
President Nelson is now 93 years, 6 months, and 30 days old, with a decimal age of 93.58 years. President Oaks is 85 years, 7 months, and 27 days old, with a decimal age of 85.65 years. President Eyring, the youngest of the three, is now 84 years, 10 months, and 8 days old, putting his decimal age at 84.85 years. The three have a combined 264.08 years of life experience, which puts their average age at 88.03 years as of today. Of the three, President Eyring is younger than the average, President Oaks is closest to it (although his decimal age is 2.38 years younger than the average), and President Nelson is, of course, the only one of the three that is older than the average.
We move on now to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. President Ballard is exactly 89 years and 6 months old today, which of course puts his decimal age at 89.50 years. Elder Holland is now 77 years, 4 months, and 5 days old, or 77.35 decimal years. Elder Uchtdorf’s long-form age is 77 years, 5 months, and 2 days, which is 77.42 decimal years. Elder Bednar is currently 65 years, 9 months, and 24 days old, or 65.81 years.
In the second group of four apostles, we have Elder Cook, who has a long-form age of 77 years and 7 months exactly, with a decimal age of 77.58 years. For Elder Christofferson, he is 73 years, 2 months, and 15 days old, making his decimal age 73.20 years. Elder Andersen is 66 years, 7 months, and 30 days old, as his birthday will be observed four months from tomorrow, and his decimal age is now 66.66 years. Elder Rasband, who, as previously noted, is roughly six months older than Elder Andersen, is 67 years, 2 months, and 2 days old, which, in decimal years, is 67.17.
Rounding out things with the final four Quorum members, I wanted to note that Elder Stevenson, who was our youngest current apostle until last week, when Elders Gong and Soares were called, is now 62 years, 8 months, and 2 days old, which is 62.67 decimal years. Elder Renlund, who had been the least senior but second youngest apostle until General Conference, is 65 years, 4 months, and 26 days old, or 65.40 in decimal years. As for our final two apostles, Elder Gong fits in age between Elders Renlund and Stevenson, with a long-form age of 64 years, 3 months, and 16 days, which is 64.29 years. And Elder Soares becomes the new youngest apostle, being 59 years, 6 months, and 6 days old, which works out to 59.52 decimal years.
The new total amount of life experience for the now-filled Quorum of the Twelve Apostles stands at 846.57 years, which puts the average age of these 12 men at 70.55, with that average going down roughly 5 years as a result of the apostolic calls of Elders Gong and Soares. 5 of those 12 are older than the average: the remaining 7 are all below it, with Elder Christofferson being the youngest of those 5 oldest, and Elder Rasband being the oldest of the youngest 7.
And for the first time since Elder Andersen was called in April 2009, we have a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that is under 60, although Elder Soares will be celebrating his 60th birthday on October 2 of this year.
This means that all 15 apostles have a combined 1,110.65 years of life experience, and their average life length stands at 74.04 years. That average has also gone down since Elders Gong and Soares were sustained. That average did not change which apostles are closest to it. Elder Holland, who is the 7th oldest apostle overall, is the youngest of the oldest apostles, and Elder Christofferson is the oldest of the 8 youngest apostles. And for the first time in a while, almost half of those 15 (7 to be exact) are under the age of 70.
President Nelson still continues to be the 7th oldest apostle, and he will become the 6th oldest around 1 year and 3 months from now. As previously noted, President Ballard will join the list of nonagenarians on October 8 of this year, which is half a year away. The other 13 apostles will join the list at varying intervals, with Elder Soares, as the new youngest apostle, set to mark his 90th birthday 30 years, 5 months, and 24 days from now. The age difference between our oldest apostle, President Nelson, and Elder Soares is 34 years and 23 days.
With the calls of Elders Soares and Gong, the average age of our current apostles at the time of their first (which for 13 of them is their current) marriage stands at 23.40 years, with Elders Andersen and Christofferson on the oldest and youngest side of that average respectively.
While the recent calls of Elders Gong and Soares, the average age of the 15 apostles at the time of their ordinations now stands at 59.96 years, which has gone up slightly from what it was prior to the announcement of those calls. That also means that Elder Stevenson and President Nelson, who were 60.17 and 59.59 respectively when they were ordained, are now on the respective oldest and youngest sides of that average. In addition to Elder Stevenson, 7 others are on the older side of that average, which means that President Nelson and the remaining 6 apostles were on the younger side of that average.
This concludes my report on the latest averages, so that does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best, and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
President Nelson is now 93 years, 6 months, and 30 days old, with a decimal age of 93.58 years. President Oaks is 85 years, 7 months, and 27 days old, with a decimal age of 85.65 years. President Eyring, the youngest of the three, is now 84 years, 10 months, and 8 days old, putting his decimal age at 84.85 years. The three have a combined 264.08 years of life experience, which puts their average age at 88.03 years as of today. Of the three, President Eyring is younger than the average, President Oaks is closest to it (although his decimal age is 2.38 years younger than the average), and President Nelson is, of course, the only one of the three that is older than the average.
We move on now to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. President Ballard is exactly 89 years and 6 months old today, which of course puts his decimal age at 89.50 years. Elder Holland is now 77 years, 4 months, and 5 days old, or 77.35 decimal years. Elder Uchtdorf’s long-form age is 77 years, 5 months, and 2 days, which is 77.42 decimal years. Elder Bednar is currently 65 years, 9 months, and 24 days old, or 65.81 years.
In the second group of four apostles, we have Elder Cook, who has a long-form age of 77 years and 7 months exactly, with a decimal age of 77.58 years. For Elder Christofferson, he is 73 years, 2 months, and 15 days old, making his decimal age 73.20 years. Elder Andersen is 66 years, 7 months, and 30 days old, as his birthday will be observed four months from tomorrow, and his decimal age is now 66.66 years. Elder Rasband, who, as previously noted, is roughly six months older than Elder Andersen, is 67 years, 2 months, and 2 days old, which, in decimal years, is 67.17.
Rounding out things with the final four Quorum members, I wanted to note that Elder Stevenson, who was our youngest current apostle until last week, when Elders Gong and Soares were called, is now 62 years, 8 months, and 2 days old, which is 62.67 decimal years. Elder Renlund, who had been the least senior but second youngest apostle until General Conference, is 65 years, 4 months, and 26 days old, or 65.40 in decimal years. As for our final two apostles, Elder Gong fits in age between Elders Renlund and Stevenson, with a long-form age of 64 years, 3 months, and 16 days, which is 64.29 years. And Elder Soares becomes the new youngest apostle, being 59 years, 6 months, and 6 days old, which works out to 59.52 decimal years.
The new total amount of life experience for the now-filled Quorum of the Twelve Apostles stands at 846.57 years, which puts the average age of these 12 men at 70.55, with that average going down roughly 5 years as a result of the apostolic calls of Elders Gong and Soares. 5 of those 12 are older than the average: the remaining 7 are all below it, with Elder Christofferson being the youngest of those 5 oldest, and Elder Rasband being the oldest of the youngest 7.
And for the first time since Elder Andersen was called in April 2009, we have a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that is under 60, although Elder Soares will be celebrating his 60th birthday on October 2 of this year.
This means that all 15 apostles have a combined 1,110.65 years of life experience, and their average life length stands at 74.04 years. That average has also gone down since Elders Gong and Soares were sustained. That average did not change which apostles are closest to it. Elder Holland, who is the 7th oldest apostle overall, is the youngest of the oldest apostles, and Elder Christofferson is the oldest of the 8 youngest apostles. And for the first time in a while, almost half of those 15 (7 to be exact) are under the age of 70.
President Nelson still continues to be the 7th oldest apostle, and he will become the 6th oldest around 1 year and 3 months from now. As previously noted, President Ballard will join the list of nonagenarians on October 8 of this year, which is half a year away. The other 13 apostles will join the list at varying intervals, with Elder Soares, as the new youngest apostle, set to mark his 90th birthday 30 years, 5 months, and 24 days from now. The age difference between our oldest apostle, President Nelson, and Elder Soares is 34 years and 23 days.
With the calls of Elders Soares and Gong, the average age of our current apostles at the time of their first (which for 13 of them is their current) marriage stands at 23.40 years, with Elders Andersen and Christofferson on the oldest and youngest side of that average respectively.
While the recent calls of Elders Gong and Soares, the average age of the 15 apostles at the time of their ordinations now stands at 59.96 years, which has gone up slightly from what it was prior to the announcement of those calls. That also means that Elder Stevenson and President Nelson, who were 60.17 and 59.59 respectively when they were ordained, are now on the respective oldest and youngest sides of that average. In addition to Elder Stevenson, 7 others are on the older side of that average, which means that President Nelson and the remaining 6 apostles were on the younger side of that average.
This concludes my report on the latest averages, so that does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best, and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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