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News Item: Apostles to have oversea Assignments
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| Apostles to have oversea Assignments | 11 Apr 2002 |
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SALT LAKE CITY (CHURCH NEWS) Two apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin overseas assignments for one year starting in August this year the first time such senior leaders have lived and presided in an international area of the Church for nearly half a century. 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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