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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" [1] and an "especial witness" [2] of Jesus Christ, charged with the mission of preaching the gospel to the entire world under the direction of the Twelve Apostles. [3]
At the April 1995 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. [1] In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy.
As introduced by Smith, the apostles and the seventy had authority only outside the main body of Latter-day Saints 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.
1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the ...
Pages in category "Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Patrick Robert David Kearon (born 18 July 1961) is a British religious leader serving as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [3] He has been a general authority of the church since 2010 and was a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from August 2017 to December 2023. [4]
George Patrick Lee (March 23, 1943 – July 28, 2010) was the first Native American to become a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [1] He was a member of the church's First Quorum of Seventy from 1975 to 1989, when he was excommunicated from the church. [1] [2]
Peter M. Johnson (born November 29, 1966) is a general authority seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He is the first African-American general authority in church history. [1] Johnson was born and raised in Queens, New York City. [2]