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51-466: A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, took place on 9 April 2016, with Carl B. Cook presiding. On 18 June 2019, the LDS Church announced that a public open house is scheduled to be held from 22 January through 1 February 2020, excluding Sunday. The temple was dedicated on 16 February 2020 by Ronald A. Rasband . In March 2020, along with all the church's other temples, it

102-573: A prophet, seer and revelator . He was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve along with Gary E. Stevenson and Dale G. Renlund , filling vacancies created by the 2015 deaths of L. Tom Perry , Boyd K. Packer and Richard G. Scott . This was the first time since 1906 that three new apostles were sustained at once. They are the 98th, 99th and 100th members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in

153-626: A task force to address teen suicide , Rasband participated in the announcement and will serve as a member of the task force. Presidency of the Seventy Seventy is a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Traditionally, a church member holding this priesthood office is a "traveling minister" and an "especial witness" of Jesus Christ , charged with

204-793: A counselor in the presidency of the Europe Central Area . While serving in this position he dedicated the first chapel the church built in the Czech Republic . He was later president of the Utah Salt Lake City Area and executive director of the church's Temple Department. In 2005, Rasband was called as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy , with responsibility for the church's North America Northwest and North America West areas . In August 2007, he

255-399: A geographical unit of the church called an area . By the time Joseph Smith was killed , he had already organized four incomplete quorums of seventy. By 1845, there were ten quorums of seventy. The seventies in the first quorum became the seven presidents for each of the other quorums; that is, there were 63 presidents, 7 for each of the 9 other quorums, and the seven remaining members were

306-476: A presidency of seven. The seventy act as emissaries of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of the church in organizing, training, proselytizing, and administering to millions of people scattered all across the globe. The seventy are the layer between local church administration and general church administration. In general, seventies must first be at least elders in the Melchizedek priesthood , but in practice most have previously been ordained to

357-500: A specific quorum. By April 2016, biographies of all members of both quorums used only the generic designation. Though all general authority seventies still serve in one of those two quorums (First or Second), such affiliations are now no longer publicized, which constituted an official change in church practice. Although no longer fully functioning general authorities, emeritus general authorities may be asked to be temple presidents or mission presidents . Prior to October 2015, with

408-409: Is one which has varied widely over the course of history. As originally envisioned by church founder, Joseph Smith , in the 1830s, the seventy were to be a body composed of several separate quorums of up to seventy members each, all of which would be led by seven presidents. These presidents, chosen from the first quorum, would appoint and direct the other quorums of seventy. As introduced by Smith,

459-558: The First and the Second Quorums of the Seventy are general authorities of the church with responsibilities covering the church as a whole. Members of additional Quorums of the Seventy (currently numbered Third through Twelfth) are called an area seventy . Members of these quorums are ordained to the priesthood office of seventy, but they are not general authorities of the church. Area seventies generally have authority only within

510-565: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , who are in turn directed by the First Presidency . As a body, the seventy in the church are considered to be equal in priesthood authority with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. This presumably means that if the apostles were killed or incapacitated, the seventy could take over the function of the apostles. However, in such circumstances, the seventy would be required to act unanimously. Members of

561-607: The United States and Canada were dissolved; these areas were put directly under the jurisdiction of the Presidency of the Seventy. In April 2018, church leaders announced that, effective August 1, 2018, three-man presidencies composed of General Authority Seventies would once again oversee areas in the US and Canada. These areas will continue to be administered from church headquarters. The church indicated this will enable

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612-663: The Brazil and South America South areas, while the Eighth Quorum was composed of area seventies serving in the Asia, Asia North, Philippines, and Pacific areas. Subsequently, effective June 1, 2020, four new Quorums of the Seventy were created, and the geographical distribution of the ten quorums of area seventies were constituted in the following manner: As of 2021, the Quorums of the Seventy are organized into twelve quorums with

663-728: The Europe East Area, which consists of 3 area seventies), . In 2004, the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy was divided to create the Sixth Quorum. In May 2005, the Seventh and Eighth quorums were created. The Fourth Quorum, which had served Mexico , Central and South America , had grown to 72 members, and was split into the Fourth and Seventh Quorums. The Eighth Quorum was created to allow better geographic organization of

714-535: The First Council of the Seventy who wished to be high priests . In 1975, under Kimball's direction, the First Quorum of the Seventy was reconstituted. The First Quorum was composed of the former members of the First Council of the Seventy as well as new individuals selected by Kimball. The reason for the change was that the growth of the church necessitated the call of more general authorities. In 1976,

765-523: The First Council of the Seventy, the First Quorum of the Seventy, and the Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were all merged into a new First Quorum of the Seventy under a seven-member Presidency of the Seventy . In 1978, some of the older members of the seventy were "retired" as the first general authorities to be given emeritus status. However, members appointed through 1981 were still granted life tenure. In 1986, all stake quorums of

816-547: The First Quorum are often asked to speak at church general conferences. Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy serve in the same role to that of the First Quorum. They are general authorities, which means they have authority throughout the church and are frequently asked to speak in general conference. They are typically called to serve for approximately five to six years. Prior to October 2015, upon their release, these men ceased to be general authorities or members of

867-500: The First Quorum of the Seventy, both Robert D. Hales and Gary E. Stevenson were serving as the Presiding Bishop at the time of their call to the Quorum of the Twelve. At the church's April 1995 general conference , Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority . The area authorities were to replace the regional representatives who had served as bridge of leadership between

918-653: The First and Second quorums, they do not relocate to Salt Lake City in order to be close to church headquarters. Members of these quorums are area seventies . As assigned, they carry out the duties typically carried out by members of the First and Second quorums of Seventy, which include reorganizing and creating stakes, training stake presidencies, presiding at stake conferences, serving in area presidencies, touring missions, and training mission presidents. They serve in their callings for approximately six to ten years. Upon their release, they cease to be area seventies and members of

969-445: The Presidency of the Seventy to more fully assist the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and to fill other assignments as needed. The Presidency of the Seventy is unique in the church in that not only are there seven members but all seven hold the priesthood "keys" of presidency. The man with the longest tenure of uninterrupted service in the presidency is called to preside over the other six as the presiding president or senior president of

1020-492: The Presidency of the Seventy. They do not generally visit local units of the church, teach or give sermons in church meetings except when given specific assignment. Often, members of this quorum will accompany the Twelve on their visits to missions and stakes throughout the church. Other times, they will be sent to act in behalf of the Quorum of the Twelve to stake conferences and to provide training and support to stakes, missions, areas, and temples. As general authorities, members of

1071-569: The Second Quorum into the First Quorum. Since the 1976 merger of First Quorum of the Seventy, seventies are the most usual candidates to become members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Since 1976, three have been called as apostles who did not serve as general authority seventies prior to their call: Russell M. Nelson , Dallin H. Oaks , and David A. Bednar , Nelson and Oaks were ordained apostles in 1984 under church president Kimball and Bednar in 2004 under church president Gordon B. Hinckley . Additionally, having served previously as members of

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1122-518: The Second Quorum of Seventy who had been released in prior years, received letters from the church's First Presidency designating them as emeritus general authorities. In all cases, they retain the priesthood office of seventy. In 2015, the church stopped publicly differentiating between members of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy, using the more generic term "General Authority Seventies." In April 2016, eleven men were called to be General Authority Seventies. However, they were not sustained to

1173-593: The Second Quorum of the Seventy. However, although no specific change in policy or practice was announced, at the church's general conference in October 2015, those released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy were designated as emeritus general authorities for the first time. One of these men, Bruce A. Carlson , is not 70 years old, having it appear the practice may continue to be related to length of service for their release and emeritus designation, rather than specifically age. Also in October 2015, some former members of

1224-479: The Seventy . In 1837, six of the seven presidents were released because it was discovered that they had previously been ordained high priests . Five of these men were ultimately replaced by others. The other two— Levi W. Hancock and Joseph Young —remained members of the First Seven Presidents for the rest of their lives. The quorums of the seventy are directed and supervised hierarchically by

1275-586: The Third Quorum (not because the number of members exceeded seventy). The Third Quorum previously covered all of Africa , Asia , Australia , Europe and the western islands of the Pacific . The new Eighth Quorum serves Southern Asia , Australia , and the western islands of the Pacific . The Third Quorum continued to serve Africa , northern Asia , and Europe . By August 2019, with new areas having been created or existing areas consolidated with others,

1326-807: The Third Quorum then included area seventies in Africa and Europe, with the Fourth Quorum including those serving in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and South America Northwest areas. The Fifth Quorum had been composed of those area seventies serving in the North America West and Utah areas, with the Sixth Quorum composed of the North America Central, North America Northeast, North America Southeast, and North America Southwest areas. The Seventh Quorum included those serving in

1377-708: The apostles and the seventy had authority only outside the main body of church members in Zion , and in the outlying stakes . Members in Zion and the stakes were led by the High Council of Zion (under the direction of the First Presidency ) and stake high councils . Historically, the First Quorum of the Seventy came into being in 1835 when seven men were set apart as the First Seven Presidents of

1428-542: The area of West Point , as well as the far western portion of Connecticut . One of his initiatives was to have missionaries serve as volunteers at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty , in order to make the missionaries more visible. Rasband was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 2000. As a general authority, Rasband has served in several area presidencies , including as

1479-710: The church since 2000. Currently, he is the tenth most senior apostle in the church. Rasband was born in Salt Lake City , Utah , to Rulon Hawkins Rasband and Verda Anderson. He graduated from Olympus High School and later served a mission for the LDS Church in the Eastern States Mission . The mission was headquartered in New York City and encompassed the whole New York Metro area, while also stretching into western New York and Pennsylvania . He spent much of his mission assigned to areas of

1530-786: The church's history. In August 2018, Rasband threw the ceremonial first pitch for the annual LDS Night of the Los Angeles Angels . Rasband has served as a member of the National Advisory Board for Brigham Young University 's Marriott School of Management . He has also been a member of the Board of Citizens for Positive Community Values, a Salt Lake City-based organization, and of the University of Utah's International Advisory Board. On January 17, 2018, when Utah Governor Gary Herbert announced establishment of

1581-593: The city mainly consisting of co-op apartments . Rasband studied at the University of Utah . After Rasband returned from his mission, he married Melanie Twitchell in 1973 and they are the parents of five children. In 1976, Rasband joined the Huntsman Container Corporation as a sales representative based in Ohio. This company would later be sold to Keyes Fibre Company. As of 1982, Rasband

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1632-583: The exception of Eldred G. Smith (Patriarch to the Church) and three other men (who were formerly in the Presiding Bishopric) all emeritus general authorities in church history had served as members of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Although no specific change in policy or practice was announced, at the church's general conference in October 2015, those released from the Second Quorum of the Seventy were designated as emeritus general authorities for

1683-528: The first time. They remain general authorities until their deaths, but an emeritus general authority is not a member of a seventies quorum. John K. Carmack , the former head of the Perpetual Education Fund and W. Rolfe Kerr , a former Church Commissioner of Education , are both emeritus general authorities. Jacob de Jager served as a bishop after he was given emeritus status. In the general conference meeting in which Ezra Taft Benson

1734-422: The general authorities and the local stake and mission presidents . In 1997, it was decided that area authorities would be ordained to the office of seventy. As a result, these area authorities were renamed area authority seventies , and the church announced that these new seventies would become members of the newly created Third, Fourth, and Fifth Quorums of the Seventy. Later, the title "area authority seventy"

1785-522: The mission of preaching the gospel to the entire world under the direction of the Twelve Apostles . The church teaches that the office of seventy was anciently conferred upon the seventy disciples mentioned in the Gospel of Luke 10:1-2 . Multiple individuals holding the office of seventy are referred to collectively as seventies . In practical terms, the priesthood office of seventy

1836-486: The necessary keys to perform their duties. Seventies hold apostolic authority in the sense of being “especial witnesses of Christ.” and the Quorums of the Seventy may become the presiding authority over the church if the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve cease to exist. Historically, seven members of the First Quorum of the Seventy were called to serve as the Presidency of the Seventy. This precedent

1887-413: The office of high priest . Seventies, being equal in authority, act under the direction of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as they labor in their apostolic ministry. Members of the LDS Church understand that being “equal in authority” ( D&C 107:26 ) means they preside over the church when the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve are not constituted. This means that

1938-403: The presidency of the first quorum. The members of the first quorum were thus spread out across the church, making meetings of the first quorum rare. Elders were often ordained to the office of seventy immediately before they left on a mission . Quorums were not restricted to geography, so individual quorums were scattered all over the world. In 1883, church president John Taylor localized

1989-432: The quorums of seventy. Each stake was given a quorum of seventy, and seventies in that stake would belong to that quorum. Taylor also prescribed that the senior president of the first 64 quorums could meet with the seven presidents of the first quorum and that would constitute a meeting of the first quorum. This never happened, however. This organization continued until church president Spencer W. Kimball 's reorganization of

2040-428: The same time, the general practice was instituted of releasing all members of the First Quorum at the October general conference following their 70th birthdays, or earlier in the case of serious health problems. Some flexibility on the terms of service has emerged in recent years. Since 1989, members of the First and Second Quorums have continued as general authorities of the church. Sometimes members are called from

2091-465: The seventies have the power to do anything required to organize and administer the church, as long as they do so under the direction of the First Presidency or the Quorum of the Twelve ( D&C 107:33–34 ). They do not, as quorums, preside over the church by their own authority unless the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve are no longer in existence. Apart from the seven presidents of the seventy, seventies do not hold priesthood keys but are delegated

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2142-531: The seventies in 1976. Though the number of seventies in the church grew, the number of presidents remained at seven. By the late 1930s, the First Seven Presidents were exclusively referred to by the church as the First Council of the Seventy . Eventually, the stake quorums of seventy were no longer numbered and in 1936 they were put under the local responsibility of stake presidents . Subsequently, in 1961, church president David O. McKay ordained those of

2193-408: The seventy were discontinued. The church encouraged local leaders to have ordained seventies meet with the local elders quorum or to ordain them as high priests. In 1984, some seventies were appointed to the First Quorum of the Seventy who were not to serve for life, but for terms of three to five years. In 1989, these limited-term members were separated into a new Second Quorum of the Seventy . At

2244-411: The seventy. The First Quorum of the Seventy are general authorities, meaning they have authority throughout the church. They usually serve until their 70th birthday or until their health fails them, at which time they are given emeritus status and released from active service as a general authority. Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy serve under the direction of the Quorum of the Twelve and

2295-459: Was bishop of the University of Utah 10th Ward from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 1997 he was a member of the church's Pioneer Sesquicentennial Committee. In 1996, Rasband was called to return to the area where he had been a missionary, to serve as president of New York New York North Mission. The mission's geographic area not only included Manhattan and the Bronx , but also stretched upriver to

2346-469: Was assigned to the Utah North, Utah South, and Utah Salt Lake City areas . In April 2009, Rasband became the senior and presiding member of the presidency when Neil L. Andersen was called to the Quorum of the Twelve. He served in this role until October 2015. In October 2015, Rasband was sustained as an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve. As an apostle, he is accepted by the church as

2397-477: Was broken, however, when in 2004 Robert C. Oaks of the Second Quorum of the Seventy was sustained to fill the vacancy created by Dieter F. Uchtdorf 's call to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The church now states that the seven presidents are drawn from General Authority Seventies. Historically, members of the Presidency of the Seventy would often serve as heads of various church ecclesiastical departments. This practice changed in 2004, when area presidencies in

2448-473: Was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic . This article related to the Latter Day Saint movement is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ronald A. Rasband Ronald Anderson Rasband (born February 6, 1951) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority of

2499-509: Was first sustained as president of the church, the emeritus general authorities were sustained . However, when Howard W. Hunter was sustained as president of the church the emeritus general authorities were not mentioned in the list of church officials that were sustained. Members of the Third through Twelfth Quorums of the Seventy are not general authorities, and generally maintain their non-religious vocations. Unlike apostles and members of

2550-457: Was living in Ridgefield, Connecticut . He was recruited to join the new Huntsman Chemical Corporation by Jon Huntsman Sr. In 1987, Rasband was appointed president and chief operating officer of Huntsman Chemical. Rasband was later a member of the corporation's board of directors. Rasband served as a member of the high council in the University of Utah 1st Stake from 1987 to 1989. He

2601-411: Was shortened to area seventy , which is the title currently in use. Area seventies serve in the various geographic regions of the world called areas in which the church is governed by area presidencies. Each of the Church's area presidency members usually consist of members of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy (with the most recent exception, beginning in April 2022, being the presidency of

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