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| 1 | +{ |
| 2 | + "speaker": "Presented by President Dallin H. Oaks", |
| 3 | + "title": "Sustaining of General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers", |
| 4 | + "description": "President Oaks presents the General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for a sustaining vote.", |
| 5 | + "body": [ |
| 6 | + "Sustaining of General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers", |
| 7 | + "Presented by President Dallin H. Oaks", |
| 8 | + "First Counselor in the First Presidency", |
| 9 | + "Brothers and sisters, I will now present the General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for your sustaining vote.", |
| 10 | + "Please express your support in the usual way. If there are those who oppose any of the proposals, we ask that you contact your stake president.", |
| 11 | + "It is proposed that we sustain Russell Marion Nelson as prophet, seer, and revelator and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Dallin Harris Oaks as First Counselor in the First Presidency; and Henry Bennion Eyring as Second Counselor in the First Presidency.", |
| 12 | + "Those in favor may manifest it.", |
| 13 | + "Those opposed, if any, may manifest it.", |
| 14 | + "It is proposed that we sustain Dallin H. Oaks as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Jeffrey R. Holland as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.", |
| 15 | + "Those in favor, please signify.", |
| 16 | + "Any opposed may manifest it.", |
| 17 | + "It is proposed that we sustain the following as members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Jeffrey R. Holland, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, Ronald A. Rasband, Gary E. Stevenson, Dale G. Renlund, Gerrit W. Gong, Ulisses Soares, and Patrick Kearon.", |
| 18 | + "Those in favor, please manifest it.", |
| 19 | + "Any opposed may so indicate.", |
| 20 | + "It is proposed that we sustain the counselors in the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators.", |
| 21 | + "All in favor, please manifest it.", |
| 22 | + "Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.", |
| 23 | + "The following General Authority Seventies will be released from their assignments and given emeritus status, effective on August 1, 2025: Elders David S. Baxter, Randall K. Bennett, Kevin S. Hamilton, Rafael E. Pino, and Jorge F. Zeballos.", |
| 24 | + "Those who wish to express gratitude to these brethren and to their wives and families for their years of dedicated service throughout the Church may do so by the uplifted hand.", |
| 25 | + "We also release Elder José A. Teixeira from serving as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, effective on August 1, 2025.", |
| 26 | + "Those who wish to express appreciation to Elder Teixeira for his service in this capacity may do so.", |
| 27 | + "We note with gratitude the 65 Area Seventies who will complete their service and whose names can be found on the Church’s website.", |
| 28 | + "Those who wish to join in expressing appreciation to these brethren and to their families for their years of selfless service may manifest it.", |
| 29 | + "We extend releases to the Young Men General Presidency, effective on August 1, 2025, as follows: Steven J. Lund as President, Bradley R. Wilcox as First Counselor, and Michael T. Nelson as Second Counselor.", |
| 30 | + "All who wish to join in expressing appreciation to these brothers for their devoted service may manifest it.", |
| 31 | + "It is proposed that we sustain Elder Kevin R. Duncan as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, effective on August 1, 2025.", |
| 32 | + "Those in favor may manifest it.", |
| 33 | + "Any opposed may manifest it.", |
| 34 | + "It is proposed that we sustain the following as new General Authority Seventies: John D. Amos, Ronald M. Barcellos, Steven C. Barlow, Kevin G. Brown, B. Corey Cuvelier, Michael Cziesla, James E. Evanson, Brik V. Eyre, Ozani Farias, Aaron T. Hall, Brian J. Holmes, Pedro X. Larreal, Clement M. Matswagothata, Eduardo F. Ortega, Edward B. Rowe, and Wan-Liang Wu.", |
| 35 | + "All in favor, please manifest it.", |
| 36 | + "Those opposed, by the same sign.", |
| 37 | + "We note that 78 new Area Seventies were sustained during the general conference leadership meetings on Thursday, April 3, and then announced on the Church’s website. We invite you to sustain these brethren in their new assignments.", |
| 38 | + "Those in favor, please manifest it.", |
| 39 | + "Any opposed, by the same sign.", |
| 40 | + "It is proposed that we sustain the following as the new Young Men General Presidency, effective on August 1, 2025: Timothy L. Farnes as President, David J. Wunderli as First Counselor, and Sean R. Dixon as Second Counselor.", |
| 41 | + "Those in favor may manifest it.", |
| 42 | + "Any opposed may so signify.", |
| 43 | + "It is proposed that we sustain the other General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers as presently constituted.", |
| 44 | + "All in favor may do so by the uplifted hand.", |
| 45 | + "Those opposed, if any.", |
| 46 | + "Thank you, brothers and sisters, for your sustaining vote on behalf of the leadership of the Church.", |
| 47 | + "Changes to Area Seventies", |
| 48 | + "The following Area Seventies were sustained during a leadership session held as part of general conference:", |
| 49 | + "Emmanuel Rodantes G. Abraham, Jonah Akekere, Edmund L. Ang, Odilon Asevedo, Vladimir N. Astashov, Douglas W. Atwood, Ignatius K. Baidoo, Anthony John Balledos, Carlos A. Baptista, Timothy L. Barney, Marco A. Becegato, Steven L. Bodhaine, Thaddeus M. Brown, Gabriel A. Campos, Jose R. Cardenas Vanegas, Palmênio C. Castro, Robert M. Chaggares, David L. Chandler, Andrew J. Child, Carlton J. Christensen, William G. Coleman, Sean F. D. Collins, Bryan C. Crawley, Gustavo A. Cristales, Loren G. Dalton, M. Sidney Daniels, Robert L. Davis, Freeman Dickie, Moroni Dominguez Jimenez, Siale Matavaha ‘Eliesa, Robert K Ellis, James G. Fantone, Jacob C. Fish, Matthias A. Frost, W. Brett Graham, Jeremy B. Grisel, Rodney H. Hillam, Shane T. Holdaway, James A. Jarvis, Aaron R. Jenne, Jose A. Jimenez Alava, Nathan L. Johnson, H. Jason Joseph, Ronald M. Judd, Motoshige Karino, Natthapol Lattisophonkul, Roland E. Léporé, Samuel López, Ricard G. Manáhan, Arturo Martinez, Charles P. Martins, Kelend I. Mills, David E. Mouhsen, Luis Navarro, Mathias N. Niambe, Jeffery M. Nikoia, Prince S. Nyanforh, Kabemba F. Nyembo, Akingbade A. Ojo, G. Michael Ortiz, Huri Parata, Juan C. Quilantan, David A. Reyes, Matthew O. Richardson, Matthew L. Riggs, Jaime N. Rivera Jr., Stephen M. Sargent, David L. Smith, Todd B. Smith, Marco N. Sosa, Jared M. Spataro, Scott Spencer, Craig M. Teuscher, Mees Bulang-C. Tshiband, Francisco Valim, Jesus A. Vazquez Roman, Terry E. Welch, David A. Winters.", |
| 50 | + "The following Area Seventies will be released on or before August 1, 2025:", |
| 51 | + "John D. Amos, Jay D. Andersen, Faapito Auapaau, Frederick K. Balli, Steven C. Barlow, Kevin W. Birch, John W. Boswell, Kevin G. Brown, J. Francisco Bührer, Suchat Chaichana, Christian C. Chigbundu, Matthew R. Clarke, L. Guido Cristobal, B. Corey Cuvelier, Edmarc R. Dumas, Brik V. Eyre, Timothy L. Farnes, Carlos A. Gabaldón, M. Andrew Galt, Vladislav Y. Gornostaev, Aaron T. Hall, Thomas Hänni, Richard I. Heaton, Broc C. Hiatt, Brian J. Holmes, David H. Huntsman, Norman Insong, Daniel Kabason, Federico M. Kähnlein, Jeffrey J. Kerr, David G. LaFrance, Marcelo Louza, Jose G. Manarin, Jeremiah J. Morgan, Mark A. Mortensen, S. Ephraim Msane, R. Pepper Murray, Eduardo F. Ortega, Nathan D. Pace, Michael M. Packer, Jorge W. Pérez, Kyrylo Pokhylko, Sergio A. Poncio, Art Rascon, Miguel A. Reynoso, Gustavo G. Rezende, Robert G. Rivarola, Edward B. Rowe, Alexey V. Samaykin, Luciano Sankari, Henry Savstrom, J. Matthew Scott, James E. Slaughter, Robert T. Smith, Ricardo Spencer, Colin C. Stauffer, David C. Stewart, Konstantin Tolomeev, Arlen M. Tumaliuan, Martin J. Turvey, Yan Carlos Vega, Paul B. Whippy, Chad R. Wilkinson, Dow R. Wilson, Markus Zarse.", |
| 52 | + "Note", |
| 53 | + "These General Authority Seventies have turned or will turn 70 years of age this year. As is the usual practice, they will therefore be released from their assignments and given emeritus status, effective on August 1, 2025." |
| 54 | + ], |
| 55 | + "audio": "https://assets.churchofjesuschrist.org/wf1nobt5ccbsr064fsay6ujtqew5jrul6rp5pvag-128k-en.mp3", |
| 56 | + "pdf": null, |
| 57 | + "link": "https:/www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/04/11oaks", |
| 58 | + "sorting": "11oaks" |
| 59 | +} |
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