Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (born September 9, 1924) is an American religious leader and retired surgeon who is the 17th and current president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [4]

2024年4月10日 · Russell M. Nelson was sustained and set apart as the 17th president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, January 14, 2018, in the upper room of the Salt Lake Temple. Born September 9, 1924, President Nelson is the son of Marion C. and Edna Anderson Nelson.

2024年9月5日 · President Russell M. Nelson — who turns 100 on Sept. 9 — was set apart as the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Jan. 14, 2018, after serving 34 years in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was a world-renowned heart surgeon and medical researcher before entering full-time Church service in 1984.

Russell M. Nelson has served as the 17th President of the Church since January 2018. He was born in 1924 in Salt Lake City the second of four children to Edna and Marion Nelson. When Russell was young, his parents did not attend church but supported him in participating in Sunday School and other Church-related activities.

2024年9月9日 · Mr. Nelson, the oldest president in the church’s history, turns 100 on Monday. He has been alive for more than half of the life span of the church itself.

In a separate letter addressed to “general authorities, area Seventies, and stake [regional] presidents serving in the United States,” church President Russell M. Nelson and his two counselors ...

2024年9月6日 · President Nelson was set apart and ordained as the 17th Latter-day Saint prophet on Jan. 14, 2018, when he was 93 years and 127 days old. That made him the second oldest apostle to become church president, yet his tenure has been notably vigorous.

2022年4月14日 · President Russell M. Nelson is now the oldest President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At 97 years, seven months and six days old on April 14, 2022, he surpasses President Gordon B. Hinckley.

2025年1月19日 · All 185 new temple locations President Russell M. Nelson has announced since becoming President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seven years ago have come in a general conference — except for one.. While speaking at the groundbreaking of the Ephraim Utah Temple on Aug. 27, 2022, President Nelson recalled how the announcement of …

2025年1月3日 · On the first day of the new year, President Russell M. Nelson took to social media to extend an invitation for 2025: “come to the temple as often as your circumstances allow.” He stated that, through our experiences we have in the temple, “we are strengthened to achieve our New Year’s resolutions.”This strength comes from Jesus Christ as we make and keep sacred …