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SALT LAKE CITY — Elder Bruce D. Porter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Quorum of the Seventy died Wednesday at the age of 64, church leaders announced Thursday.

(KUTV) Elder Bruce D. Porter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Quorum of the Seventy died Wednesday night at his home surrounded by his family. He was 64.Church spokesman Eric ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has named the first African-American man as a General Authority Seventy, according to the church. Elder Peter Johnson, 52, was granted the seventy ...

KUTV The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has tapped a new leader for its Presidency of the Seventy, filling a vacancy left by new apostle Ronald A. Rasband.Gerrit Gong, currently ...

(RNS) — In a surprise announcement, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints revealed Tuesday (Aug. 8) that James J. Hamula of the First Quorum of the Seventy was released from his ...

SALT LAKE CITY — He was a highly trusted member of the Quorum of the Seventy, a general authority of the LDS church. On Tuesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the ...

For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Mormon church has excommunicated one of its top leaders. On Tuesday morning, James J. Hamula was released from his position in the First Quorum of the ...

According to the LDS church’s Church Newsroom, the church is led by men called “apostles,” much like in the time of Jesus Christ.Fifteen apostles serve in the two highest offices, known as ...

Portrait of Elder Patrick Kearon. The former senior member of the Presidency of the Seventy became the newest apostle on Dec. 8. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) ...

The number of Book of Mormon scriptures used in general conference spiked from about 15% of citations in 1981 to 40% in 1987, according to data compiled by Richard C. Galbraith and reported by ...

Analysis. For the first time in more than a century, there are three openings in the LDS Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. With the death of Elder Richard G. Scott on Tuesday, the second ...