520 Gordon B. HinckleyPresident of the Church, 1995 President Hinckley has great love and concern for all: "I plead with our people everywhere to live with respect and appreciation for those not of our faith. ... We live in a world of diversity. We can and must be respectful toward those with whose teachings we may not agree. ... "I love the youth of the Church. I have said again and again that I think we have never had a better generation than this. How grateful I am for your integrity, for your ambition to train your minds and your hands to do good work, for your love for the word of the Lord, and for your desire to walk in paths of virtue and truth and goodness. ... "This church does not belong to its President. Its head is the Lord Jesus Christ, whose name each of us has taken upon ourselves. We are all in this great endeavor together. ... "We have nothing to fear. God is at the helm. He will overrule for the good of this work. He will shower down blessings upon those who walk in obedience to His commandments" (in Conference Report, Apr. 1995, 9395; or Ensign, May 1995, 7071). Under the direction of the First Presidency, President Hinckley has dedicated more temples than any other General Authority (see Deseret News 19951996 Church Almanac [1994], 32930). 1910 | Born to Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner Hinckley on 23 June in Salt Lake City | 1919 | Age 8, baptized by his father on 28 April in Salt Lake City | 1930 | Age 20, his mother dies | 193335 | Ages 2325, serves a mission to England | 1935 | Age 25, hired as executive secretary of the Church Radio, Publicity, and Mission Literature Committee; he works in various capacities for the Church until he is called as an Assistant to the Twelve in 1958 | 1937 | Age 26, marries Marjorie Pay on 29 April; called to serve on the Sunday School General Board | 1961 | Age 51, ordained an Apostle on 5 October | 1982 | Age 72, called as a counselor to President Kimball; later called as a counselor to Presidents Benson (1985) and Hunter (1994) | 1995 | Age 84, sustained as President of the Church on 1 April, with Thomas S. Monson and James E. Faust as counselors |
SummaryGordon B. Hinckley, 15th President of the Church, has a great love and concern for all people. He has traveled all over the world to meet with the Saints and to tell them that God "will shower down blessings upon those who walk in obedience to His commandments." President Hinckley has dedicated more temples than any other General Authority. © 1997 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA |
