[m14] special assignment for two members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles
- From: "Ron" <RGRAMES@xxxxxxx>
- To: "M14" <m14@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:47:27 -0600
The Church released information late Tuesday about a special assignment to
be given to two members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Elder Dallin H.
Oaks and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland will each spend one year in an overseas
assignment starting in August. This will be the first time such
assignments have been given to members of the Twelve for over forty years.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks will serve as area president in the Philippines, and
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland will serve in the same capacity in Chile. The
appointments were announced today by the First Presidency in a post-
general conference training meeting with general authorities of the
Church.
Assignments of Church apostles to reside in international areas have not
been a practice in the Church for some four decades. Ezra Taft Benson, who
was ordained an apostle in 1943, presided over the European Mission in the
mid-1960s. David O. McKay similarly served as a mission president while a
member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He presided over the British
Mission in the early 1920s.
The move is aimed at meeting the challenges that the Church has faced for
years in many developing areas: rapid Church growth, and the need to
train leadership and to help new members assimilate into the Church and
attend the temple. The assignments will enable members of the Quorum of
the Twelve to gain additional experience in meeting and resolving these
challenges.
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