News Item: Apostles to have oversea Assignments
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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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