Initial Predictions for the April 2026 General Conference

Hello again, everyone! As I mentioned in my previous post, I had already done a rough draft of my initial predictions for the April 2026 General Conference before today's announcement discontinuing the Saturday Evening Session of General Conference. 

That announcement took me back to the drawing board as far as those predictions were concerned. I am pleased to now present my revised initial predictions for the April 2026 General Conference. As per my usual custom, I have my projected speaker lineup, my predictions regarding changes in general Church leadership (which also includes my projected data for the 2025 statistical report), and my masterlist of possible locations in which temples could be announced.

With reference to the last document, I would not be surprised to either just see a few new temples announced or for the current hiatus on temple announcements to continue until the queue of announced temples is significantly smaller, although I am hoping by the time this General Conference rolls around that the queue will be much smaller than it is right now. This masterlist is being included in these predictions just in case there are new temples announced.

The rest of the predictions speak for themselves, I think. If any of you have any questions, I welcome the opportunity to address them in the comments section below. I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll 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. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe to receive the applicable updates. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

BREAKING NEWS: First Presidency Discontinues Saturday Evening Session of General Conference; Places Renewed Focus on 4 Daytime Sessions

 Hello again, everyone! Roughly 45 minutes ago, the First Presidency officially announced that, in an effort to place renewed focus on the 4 daytime sessions of General Conference, the Saturday Evening Session of General Conference will be disctoninued, effective immediately. I had already put together a tentative projection for what I expected the lineup of General Conference to be. Now it's back to the drawing board.

But since the Church has already reduced the number of talks given by the First Presidency and increased the number of general Church leaders speaking in General Conference, that may give some indication of what the schedule will look like going forward. It will be interesting to see what happens in this regard. In any case, I do not expect the current First Presidency to reverse course in a month, as happened the last time the Saturday Evening Session was discusntinued. I thinik this one will stick. What that means for the future is anyone's guess.

I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll 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. 

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe to receive the applicable updates. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

BREAKING NEWS: First Presidency Names New Presiding Bishopric

 Hello again, everyone! On this Friday (following the call of Presiding Bishop Gerald Causse to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles a week ago yesterday), the First Presidency has announced the new Presiding Bishopric. As anticipated, Bishop Causse's First Counselor, Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, is the new Presiding Bishop, and Bishop Causse's Second Counselor, Bishop L. Todd Budge, is the new First Counselor to Bishop Waddell. And current GA Seventy Bishop Sean Douglas has been announced as the new Second Counselor to Bishop Waddell.

Presiding Bishop Waddell served from 2011-2015 as a General Authority Seventy, from 2015-2020 as Second Counselor, and from 2020 to now as First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric. He will be 70 in 2029, so either this will be a very short-term assignment, or he will continue to serve past his 70th birthday. The same is true for Bishop Budge (that he will be 70 in 2029). Bishop Budge was a General Authority Seventy from 2019-2020, and has served as Second Counselor from 2020 up to now. Bishop Douglas has been a GA Seventy since 2021, and his 70th birthday will occur in 2034, so he will likely be in the Presiding Bishopric until at least that time.

I would just note that Bishop Douglas' call will necessitate his release as a GA Seventy, effective immediately, and that the Mexico Area Presidency will be reorganized in the near term (if that has not already happened), since Bishop Douglas has been serving as the Mexico Area President. Other than these notes, the extensive and impressive biographies of these brethren speak for themselves. I am glad that these changes were announced today. I look forward to this Presiding Bishopric's ministry in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead.

I invite you all to stay tuned here for my coverage of the latest updates from the Church News, Newsroom, and Church of Jesus Christ Temples sites. I’ll 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. 

I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you liked what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added posts and comments, please subscribe to receive the applicable updates. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.