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For other people named Russell Nelson, see <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_Nelson_(disambiguation)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-disambig" title="Russell Nelson (disambiguation)">Russell Nelson (disambiguation)</a>. </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style> Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (born September 9, 1924) is an American religious leader and retired surgeon who is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">17th</a> and current <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">president</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church).<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a> Nelson was a member of the LDS Church's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> for nearly 34 years, and was the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">quorum president</a> from 2015 to 2018. As church president, Nelson is recognized by the church as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Prophet,_seer,_and_revelator?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet, seer, and revelator">prophet, seer, and revelator</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-example-5">[5]</a> <table class="infobox biography vcard"> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Russell M. Nelson</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Russell_M._Nelson.png?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Russell Marion Nelson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Russell_M._Nelson.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="300"></a> <div class="infobox-caption"> Nelson in 2012 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;">17th <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">President</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-2">[2]</a> – January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">End reason</th> <td class="infobox-data">Became President of the Church</td> </tr> <tr style="display:none"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07) – January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Called by</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">End reason</th> <td class="infobox-data">Became President of the Church</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">LDS Church</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">Apostle</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 12, 1984 (1984-04-12) — present</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Called by</th> <td class="infobox-data">Spencer W. Kimball</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reason</th> <td class="infobox-data">Death of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/LeGrand_Richards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="LeGrand Richards">LeGrand Richards</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Military career</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">1951–1953</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service/branch</th> <td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" 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href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:US-O3_insignia.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/15px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/23px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O3_insignia.svg/30px-US-O3_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="500"></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Medical_Corps_(United_States_Army)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Corps (United States Army)">Army Medical Corps</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Korean_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Personal details</th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th> <td class="infobox-data">Russell Marion Nelson (1924-09-09) September 9, 1924 (age 100) <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Salt_Lake_City?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Utah">Utah</a>, U.S.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th> <td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doctor of Medicine">MD</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Minnesota?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>)</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th> <td class="infobox-data role"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cardiothoracic_surgery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cardiothoracic surgery">Cardiothoracic</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Surgeon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Surgeon">surgeon</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th> <td class="infobox-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li> </ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"> <div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"> Dantzel White </div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"> </div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"> </div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1945; died 2005) </div> <ul> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li> </ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"> <div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wendy_Watson_Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wendy Watson Nelson">Wendy L. Watson</a> </div> <div style="display:inline-block;"> </div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2006) </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th> <td class="infobox-data">10 (2 deceased)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th> <td class="infobox-data"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Russell_M._Nelson_signature.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Signature of Russell M. Nelson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Russell_M._Nelson_signature.jpg/175px-Russell_M._Nelson_signature.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Russell_M._Nelson_signature.jpg/263px-Russell_M._Nelson_signature.jpg 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Russell_M._Nelson_signature.jpg/350px-Russell_M._Nelson_signature.jpg 2x" data-file-width="638" data-file-height="71"></a> <figcaption></figcaption> </figure></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #aaaaaa; text-align:left"> <div class="navbox-styles"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> A native of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a>, Nelson attended the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> for his undergraduate and medical school education. He earned a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bachelor_of_arts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of arts">bachelor of arts</a> in basic biological sciences with high honors in 1945, and a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_medicine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of medicine">doctor of medicine</a> degree in 1947, at age 22.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-6">[6]</a> He then did his <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Residency_(medicine)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Residency (medicine)">medical residency</a> and earned a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Minnesota?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a>, where he was a member of the research team developing the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heart-lung_machine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart-lung machine">heart-lung machine</a> that in 1951 supported the first human <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Open-heart_surgery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Open-heart surgery">open-heart surgery</a> using <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_bypass?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cardiopulmonary bypass">cardiopulmonary bypass</a>. After serving in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Medical_Corps_(United_States_Army)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Corps (United States Army)">U.S. Army Medical Corps</a> during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Korean_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, Nelson returned to Salt Lake City and accepted a professorship at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Utah_School_of_Medicine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Utah School of Medicine">University of Utah School of Medicine</a>. He spent the next 29 years working in the field of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cardiothoracic_surgery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cardiothoracic surgery">cardiothoracic surgery</a>. Nelson became a noted heart surgeon and served as president of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Society_for_Vascular_Surgery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Society for Vascular Surgery">Society for Vascular Surgery</a> and the Utah Medical Association.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Nelson served in a variety of lay LDS Church leadership positions during his surgical career, beginning locally in Salt Lake City and then as the LDS Church's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a> General President from 1971 to 1979.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-8">[8]</a> In 1984, Nelson and jurist <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a> were selected to fill two vacancies in the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Early_life_and_education">1 Early life and education</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Medical_career">2 Medical career</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#LDS_Church_service">3 LDS Church service</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Apostle">3.1 Apostle</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Eastern_Europe">3.1.1 Eastern Europe</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Central_Asia">3.1.2 Central Asia</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#China">3.1.3 China</a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#President_of_the_Church">3.2 President of the Church</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Worldwide_ministry">3.2.1 Worldwide ministry</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Organizational_and_policy_changes">3.2.2 Organizational and policy changes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Temples">3.2.3 Temples</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Marriages_and_children">4 Marriages and children</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Positions_and_awards">5 Positions and awards</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Honorary_degrees_and_titles">6 Honorary degrees and titles</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Selected_works">7 Selected works</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also">8 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Notes">9 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References">10 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links">11 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Early life and education" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> Nelson was born on September 9, 1924, in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a>, to Floss Edna (née Anderson; 1893–1983) and Marion Clavar Nelson (1897–1990).<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He had two sisters, Marjory E. (1920–2016) and Enid (1926–2019), and a brother, Robert H. (1931–2014). Nelson's father was a reporter for the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deseret_News?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a> and later became general manager of Gillham Advertising, Utah's earliest <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advertising_agency?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Advertising agency">advertising agency</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-12">[12]</a> His parents were not active in the Latter-day Saint faith while he was a youth, but they did send him to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-ksl-13">[13]</a> and he was baptized a member of the LDS Church at age 16.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-14">[14]</a> Nelson studied at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/LDS_Business_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Business College">LDS Business College</a> in his mid-teens (concurrently with high school enrollment) and worked as an assistant secretary at a bank.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-15">[15]</a> He graduated from high school at age 16 and enrolled at the University of Utah,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-LDS-official-16">[16]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-17">[17]</a> where he was a member of the Beta Epsilon chapter of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sigma_Chi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sigma Chi">Sigma Chi</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Owl_and_Key?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Owl and Key">Owl and Key</a>. He graduated in 1945 with a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Phi_Beta_Kappa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Phi Beta Kappa">Phi Beta Kappa</a> membership. He then attended the University of Utah School of Medicine, graduating with a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doctor of Medicine">Doctor of Medicine</a> degree in 1947 ranked first in his class.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-LDS-official-16">[16]</a> Nelson began his first year of medical school while still an undergraduate, and he completed the four-year M.D. program in only three years.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-18">[18]</a> After medical school, Nelson went to the University of Minnesota for his <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Residency_(medicine)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Residency (medicine)">medical residency</a>. He became a member of surgeon <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Clarence_Dennis?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Clarence Dennis">Clarence Dennis</a>'s research team developing the heart-lung machine that in April 1951 supported the first human open-heart surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass. Nelson received a Ph.D. from Minnesota in 1954 for his research contributions.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Condie2003-19">[19]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-UUtahH-21">[21]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <h2 id="Medical_career">Medical career</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Medical career" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> Nelson served a two-year term of duty in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Korean War, and was stationed at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Walter Reed Army Medical Center">Walter Reed Army Medical Center</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Washington,_D.C.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> While on duty, he was assigned to a research group formed by the commandant of the graduate school at Walter Reed, Col. William S. Stone and led by Fiorindo A. Simeone, a professor of surgery at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Case Western Reserve University">Case Western Reserve University</a> in Cleveland who had been a clinical investigator in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater</a> during World War II. This team was focused on ways to improve the treatment of the wounded, and was sent to all five <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mobile_army_surgical_hospital_(United_States)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile army surgical hospital (United States)">MASH</a> units active in Korea along with two major evacuation hospitals, several field station hospitals, a prisoner of war camp and larger evacuation hospitals in Japan, Hawaii, and the mainland United States in order to implement such improvements. At one point, the team came close enough to the front that they received fire from enemy artillery positions, which missed them. After 20 months in service, he left active duty at the rank of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Captain (United States O-3)">captain</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Following his military service, he did a year of work and surgical training at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Hospital?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Massachusetts General Hospital">Massachusetts General Hospital</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-byustudies-23">[23]</a> In 1955, Nelson returned to Salt Lake City and accepted a faculty position at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Utah_School_of_Medicine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Utah School of Medicine">University of Utah School of Medicine</a>. There he built his own heart-lung bypass machine and employed it to support the first open-heart surgery in the United States west of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mississippi_River?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Deseret_Book-24">[24]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-auto-25">[25]</a> That operation was performed at the Salt Lake General Hospital (SLGH, now <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Utah_Hospital?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Utah Hospital">University of Utah Hospital</a>) on an adult with an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Foramen_ovale_(heart)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Foramen ovale (heart)">atrial septal</a> defect.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-UUtahH-21">[21]</a> Nelson was the third surgeon in the United States to perform an open-heart operation successfully. Nelson was also the director of the University of Utah thoracic surgery residency program.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In March 1956, he performed the first successful pediatric cardiac operation at the SLGH, a total repair of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tetralogy_of_Fallot?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tetralogy of Fallot">tetralogy of Fallot</a> in a four-year-old girl.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-auto-25">[25]</a> He was at the forefront of surgeons focusing attention on coronary artery disease,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-27">[27]</a> and contributed to the advance of valvular surgery as well. In 1960, he performed one of the first-ever repairs of tricuspid valve regurgitation.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-byustudies-23">[23]</a> His patient was a Latter-day Saint <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Patriarch_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Patriarch (Latter Day Saints)">stake patriarch</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-28">[28]</a> He also provided the first surgical intervention for tricuspid regurgitation, a disorder that allows blood to flow backward into the right upper heart chamber.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-auto-25">[25]</a> In an indication of his surgical skill, a 1968 case series of his aortic valve replacements demonstrated an exceptionally low peri-operative mortality.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Later, he performed the same operation on future <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">LDS Church president</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a>, replacing his damaged aortic valve.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-30">[30]</a> In 1985, Nelson along with his colleague, Conrad B. Jenson, performed a quadruple <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Coronary_artery_bypass_surgery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Coronary artery bypass surgery">bypass surgery</a> on the Chinese opera performer <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Fang_Rongxiang&action=edit&redlink=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="new" title="Fang Rongxiang (page does not exist)">Fang Rongxiang</a> [<a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E6%2596%25B9%25E8%258D%25A3%25E7%25BF%2594" class="extiw" title="zh:方荣翔">zh</a>] (1925–1989).<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Deseret_Book-24">[24]</a> Nelson first operated out of the University of Utah's medical school. He later had a practice at the Salt Lake Clinic with admission privileges at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/LDS_Hospital?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="LDS Hospital">LDS Hospital</a>. In 1964, he set up his own private practice with him as the lead and Conrad Jenson as an associate. In 1966, Nelson became head of the thoracic residency program that combined resources from the University of Utah Medical School, LDS Hospital, Primary Children's Hospital and the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-31">[31]</a> In 1965, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Chicago?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a> offered Nelson the position as head of their department of thoracic surgery. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a>, then a law professor at Chicago and a fellow Latter-day Saint, actively worked to recruit Nelson. However, after consulting with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/David_O._McKay?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="David O. McKay">David O. McKay</a>, Nelson turned down the offer.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Nelson became involved with the administrative aspects of medicine and was elected president of the Utah State Medical Association.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a> He was chair of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at LDS Hospital.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-ensign-33">[33]</a> In 1981, Nelson held appointments as a visiting professor of surgery at the National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico City and the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. In May 1982 he was a visiting professor at the Hospital de Clinicas in Montevideo, Uruguay.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Nelson was honored nationally by being elected president of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Society_for_Vascular_Surgery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Society for Vascular Surgery">Society for Vascular Surgery</a> for the year 1975.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-auto1-35">[35]</a> He was also a director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-ensign-33">[33]</a> Nelson traveled extensively as a medical doctor and addressed conferences in many parts of Latin America and Africa, as well as in India and China.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-36">[36]</a> He performed a total of nearly 7,000 operations before his call to be an apostle.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-auto-25">[25]</a> In 2015, the University of Utah, along with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/American_College_of_Cardiology?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="American College of Cardiology">American College of Cardiology</a>, created the Russell M. Nelson MD, PhD Visiting Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-37">[37]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <h2 id="LDS_Church_service">LDS Church service</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: LDS Church service" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> In addition to his medical work, Nelson served frequently as a leader in the LDS Church. In Minnesota, he served as what was then known as Sunday School Superintendent in his local congregation. In Washington DC, he was a counselor in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bishopric_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric (LDS Church)">bishopric</a> of the ward that <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Ezra Taft Benson</a> (then an apostle) regularly attended while serving as Secretary of Agriculture to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>. In Massachusetts, Nelson was the secretary for the adult <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aaronic_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Aaronic priesthood</a> organization in his Boston-area branch.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-38">[38]</a> After returning to Salt Lake City, he was called as priest quorum advisor in the Garden Park Ward, working with over 50 boys ages 16 to 18. He next served as member of the Bonneville Stake YMMIA superintendency (a position that is roughly equivalent to a modern counselor in the stake young men's presidency) and then as a counselor in the bishopric of the Garden Park Ward. He was <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Setting_apart?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Setting apart">set apart</a> as a counselor in the bishopric by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">Joseph Fielding Smith</a>, whose son-in-law was the bishop. Nelson served in that bishopric for over five years at a time when the ward had over 1,000 members. He then moved to the Yale Second Ward, still in the Bonneville Stake, and was called as a member of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stake_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake (LDS Church)">stake</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_council_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High council (Latter Day Saints)">high council</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Condie._Russell_M._Nelson-40">[40]</a> He later served as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stake_president?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">stake president</a> in Salt Lake City from 1964 to 1971, with fellow future apostle <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Joseph B. Wirthlin</a> serving as his second counselor. From 1955 to 1965, Nelson served as a missionary on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Temple_Square?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Temple Square">Temple Square</a> every Thursday afternoon for about two hours giving tours to visitors. The call to serve in this position had been extended to Nelson by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Richard_L._Evans?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Richard L. Evans">Richard L. Evans</a>, an apostle and the lead figure over publicity efforts on Temple Square.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Nelson also served for eight years as the church's Sunday School General President. During his tenure the Sunday School developed a unified 8-year-cycle of covering the LDS Church's scriptures in its curriculum. There was also a shift from having members of the Sunday School general board do all the training for new teachers to providing materials which developed into the book Teaching: No Greater Call. The hymn practice time in Sunday School was also renamed to worship through music.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Condie._Russell_M._Nelson-40">[40]</a> Nelson later served for four and a half years as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Regional_representative_of_the_Twelve?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Regional representative of the Twelve">regional representative</a>. For approximately half of this time, he was assigned to oversee the fourteen stakes at BYU, while he worked with the stakes in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kearns,_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kearns, Utah">Kearns, Utah</a>, for the rest of his tenure.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Condie._Russell_M._Nelson-40">[40]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Apostle">Apostle</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Apostle" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Nelson was called as an apostle by church president Spencer W. Kimball, whom he had served as a personal physician for many years. Nelson was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 7, 1984, during the church's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">general conference</a>. He was ordained an apostle on April 12, 1984, by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a>. At the same conference, Dallin H. Oaks was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. Nelson and Oaks filled the vacancies in the Quorum created by the deaths of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/LeGrand_Richards?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="LeGrand Richards">LeGrand Richards</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mark_E._Petersen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mark E. Petersen">Mark E. Petersen</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-President_Russell_M._Nelson:_5_Fun_Facts-42">[42]</a> Early in his service as an apostle, Nelson was an adviser to the church's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Young_Women_(organization)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Young Women (organization)">Young Women</a> organization and was supportive of the developing of the Young Women values and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Personal_Progress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Personal Progress">Personal Progress</a> program.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-43">[43]</a> In 1991, Nelson served as the negotiator for the LDS Church with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> over whether contributions to support <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Missionary_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionary (LDS Church)">missionaries</a> serving would be tax deductible. In 1992, it was identified he was on the Strengthening Church Members Committee, alongside fellow apostle <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/James_E._Faust?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="James E. Faust">James E. Faust</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-44">[44]</a> In 1993, he was the church's lead delegate to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Parliament_of_the_World%27s_Religions?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Parliament of the World's Religions">Parliament on World Religions</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-45">[45]</a> For a time he was also the church's representative to a US State Department committee on international religious freedom.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-46">[46]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Nelson's assignments as an apostle have included supervisory responsibility for the LDS Church in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Africa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Africa">Africa</a>. In 2009, he, along with his wife and others, were attacked while in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mozambique?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-48">[48]</a> He also made several other visits to that continent, including one to Kenya in 2011.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-49">[49]</a> From 2007 to 2015, Nelson was a member of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Church_Educational_System?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Church_Board_of_Education_and_Boards_of_Trustees" title="Church Educational System">Church Boards of Trustees/Education</a>, the governing body of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Church_Educational_System?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Church Educational System">Church Educational System</a>, and the chairman of its executive committee.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-50">[50]</a> He was succeeded as chairman of the executive committee by Oaks.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Following the death of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Packer-52">[52]</a> on July 3, 2015, Nelson became the most senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve and the quorum's president. Nelson was <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Setting_apart?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Setting apart">set apart</a> as the quorum president on July 15, 2015, by Thomas S. Monson.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Nelson made his first international trip as quorum president to Central America from August 20–31, 2015.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-54">[54]</a> The following month, Nelson dedicated the renovated <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aaronic_Priesthood_Restoration_Site?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site">Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site</a> in Pennsylvania, where LDS Church members believe the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aaronic_priesthood_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Aaronic priesthood (LDS Church)">Aaronic</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Melchizedek priesthood (LDS Church)">Melchizedek</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">priesthoods</a> were restored.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In 2016, as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Nelson declared that the church's governing council had received a revelation from God requiring First Presidency approval before the baptism of minor children that lived with same-sex parents.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-56">[56]</a> "It was our privilege as apostles to sustain what had been revealed to President Monson," Nelson said.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-58">[58]</a> Citing "continuing revelation" and a changing global context, this policy was adjusted in 2019, such that First Presidency approval was no longer required for the children to be baptized.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:0-59">[59]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:1-60">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"> <h4 id="Eastern_Europe">Eastern Europe</h4> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Eastern Europe" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> After Monson's call to the First Presidency in 1985, Nelson was assigned as the apostle to oversee the work of the church in Eastern Europe. In this assignment, he worked closely with Dennis B. Neuenschwander and Hans B. Ringger.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-moscow_stake-62">[62]</a> Nelson was involved in the first meetings between LDS Church leaders and government officials of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bulgaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>,<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Romania, and the Soviet Union, and worked to continue LDS expansion and recognition efforts in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Czechoslovakia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hungary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Poland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Poland">Poland</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-64">[64]</a> In August 2010, Nelson journeyed to the dedication of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kyiv_Ukraine_Temple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kyiv Ukraine Temple">Kyiv Ukraine Temple</a>. Afterwards, in September, he traveled to church meetings in several European countries. He pronounced blessings upon <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Croatia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Slovenia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Macedonia">Macedonia</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kosovo?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> while visiting each of those countries; these serve as addendums to Monson's 1985 dedication of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Yugoslavia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a> for the preaching of the gospel.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Nelson's only son, Russell M. Nelson Jr., served as an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Missionary_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionary (LDS Church)">LDS missionary</a> in Russia. In 2011, Nelson Sr. returned to Russia to organize the first church <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stake (Latter Day Saints)">stake</a> in that country, headquartered in Moscow.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-moscow_stake-62">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"> <h4 id="Central_Asia">Central Asia</h4> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Central Asia" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In August 2003, Nelson became the first member of the Quorum of the Twelve to visit <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kazakhstan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Church_News_2010-01-29-66">[66]</a> While there, Nelson visited government officials, was interviewed by Yuzhnaya Stalitsa television, and dedicated that country for the preaching of the gospel.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Church_News_2010-01-29-66">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"> <h4 id="China">China</h4> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: China" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> When he was Sunday School General President, Nelson attended a meeting where Kimball urged those present to learn Chinese. Nelson took up this challenge and developed elementary proficiency in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mandarin_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandarin language">Mandarin</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-67">[67]</a> He developed ties with the medical community in China and made several trips there to train surgeons. In 1985, Nelson was the first person to be made an honorary professor of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shandong_Medical_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Shandong Medical College">Shandong Medical College</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:2-68">[68]</a> In 1995, Nelson went to Beijing, along with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Neal A. Maxwell</a> and other LDS Church leaders, on an official invitation of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Li_Lanqing?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Li Lanqing">Li Lanqing</a>, the Vice Premier of China.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-69">[69]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="President_of_the_Church">President of the Church</h3> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: President of the Church" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> With the death of Monson on January 2, 2018, Nelson became the anticipated <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Succession_to_the_presidency" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">successor</a> to the church's presidency. Nelson signed 1,150 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mission (LDS Church)">mission</a> calls as the presiding apostle.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-70">[70]</a> After being ordained and set apart as church president on January 14, 2018, Nelson was introduced to church members and the media two days later, along with Oaks as his First Counselor and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a> as Second Counselor.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Nelson chose not to retain <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Dieter F. Uchtdorf</a>, who had served as Monson's Second Counselor, in the new <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a>. This marked the first time since 1985 that a new church president had not retained a previously-serving counselor. On April 14, 2022, Nelson surpassed <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a> to become the oldest president in the history of the church.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-72">[72]</a> On August 8, 2022, Nelson became the church's oldest apostle ever, surpassing <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/David_B._Haight?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="David B. Haight">David B. Haight</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Nelson <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Centenarian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Centenarian">turned 100</a> on September 9, 2024.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-74">[74]</a> The LDS Church commemorated his birthday with a globally broadcast livestream showcasing his life and church service.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"> <h4 id="Worldwide_ministry">Worldwide ministry</h4> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=9&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Worldwide ministry" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Since becoming church president, Nelson has visited members of the LDS Church in various areas of the world. Up through August 2019, he had visited sixteen countries, addressing thousands of members of the faith.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-76">[76]</a> The first trip, called a global ministry tour by the church, occurred in April 2018, when Nelson along with his wife, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Jeffrey R. Holland</a> and his wife, met with Latter-day Saints in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/London?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="London">London</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/England?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="England">England</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jerusalem?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nairobi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kenya?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Harare?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Harare">Harare</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Zimbabwe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bengaluru?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/India?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="India">India</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bangkok?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Thailand?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hong_Kong?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>; and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Laie,_Hawaii?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Laie, Hawaii">Laie, Hawaii</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In June 2018, Nelson traveled to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alberta,_Canada?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberta, Canada">Alberta, Canada</a>, where his second wife was born and raised, and gave three devotional addresses in three consecutive evenings.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-78">[78]</a> In September 2018, Nelson visited the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dominican_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>, where he gave an entire talk in Spanish, which was believed to be the first time a church president had given an extended talk in a formal setting in a language other than English.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-79">[79]</a> On the same trip, he visited Puerto Rico.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-80">[80]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-81">[81]</a> On February 10, 2019, Nelson spoke to church members in Arizona at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/State_Farm_Stadium?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="State Farm Stadium">State Farm Stadium</a> in Glendale. In addition to the large crowd in attendance, the devotional was broadcast across the state.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-82">[82]</a> On March 9, 2019, Nelson met with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pope_Francis?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> at the Vatican. The event marked the first time in history that a pope and an LDS Church president met face-to-face. The meeting took place the day before the church's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rome_Italy_Temple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rome Italy Temple">Rome Italy Temple</a> was dedicated.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-85">[85]</a> In August 2019, Nelson visited Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, and Brazil.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"> <h4 id="Organizational_and_policy_changes">Organizational and policy changes</h4> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=10&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Organizational and policy changes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The first few months of Nelson's leadership of the LDS Church saw many significant changes to church policy, although many had at least been heavily discussed before he became church president, and some were continuations of policies instituted by his predecessors. Nelson began his presidency two days after his ordination with a short broadcast to church members in January 2018 before then holding a press conference. This broadcast ahead of the press conference was unprecedented and provided the new leaders an opportunity to briefly address the entire church immediately.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-88">[88]</a> In March 2018, the First Presidency issued a letter on preventing and responding to abuse. This letter reiterated existing policies, but also explicitly stated that no one should ever be counseled against reporting abuse to legal authorities. The guidance also had a clear emphasis on using counseling to assist in healing from abuse. It also provided more clear policies mandating all interviews with women and youth be done with another person in the general area, and made it clear that youth and women could have a parent or other adult present for an interview. It also adjusted previous policies forbidding adult males to teach classes of children or youth alone to apply to all adults.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-89">[89]</a> During the church's April general conference, Nelson appointed Asian-American <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gerrit W. Gong">Gerrit W. Gong</a> and Brazilian <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ulisses_Soares?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ulisses Soares">Ulisses Soares</a> to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, both of whom had been serving in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Presidency_of_the_Seventy" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Presidency of the Seventy</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Nelson also introduced major changes in church organization during the April general conference. First, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/High_priest_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="High priest (Latter Day Saints)">high priests</a> groups at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ward (LDS Church)">ward</a> level were dissolved, making all <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek priesthood</a> holders in wards and branches part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elder_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elder (Latter Day Saints)">elders</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Quorum_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Quorum (Latter Day Saints)">quorum</a>. A stake's high priest quorum now consists of current members of stake presidencies, high councils, bishoprics and functioning <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Patriarch_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Patriarch (Latter Day Saints)">patriarchs</a>. Next, Nelson ended home teaching and visiting teaching, replacing the programs with a focus on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ministering?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ministering">ministering</a>, and shifting both the focus and methods of tracking them. As part of this change, young women ages 14–18 may be assigned as ministering sisters, similar to the-long standing policies of young men ages 14–18 serving as home teachers.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-91">[91]</a> June 2018 began with a First Presidency-sponsored celebration of the 40th anniversary of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1978_Revelation_on_Priesthood?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="1978 Revelation on Priesthood">the revelation</a> extending <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">priesthood</a> and temple blessings to all worthy members without regard to race, in which Nelson gave concluding remarks.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-92">[92]</a> A few days before this, Nelson and his counselors met with the national leaders of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/NAACP?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="NAACP">NAACP</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-93">[93]</a> That same weekend Nelson gave a devotional to LDS youth in which he urged them to more fully commit to the church. He encouraged them to collectively choose a period of seven days in which to abstain from the use of social media.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-94">[94]</a> On June 18, the First Presidency created committees assigned to form a unified <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_hymns?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymns">hymnbook</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Children%27s_Songbook?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Children's Songbook">children's songbook</a> for the worldwide church membership, with each language edition having the same hymns (and other songs) in the same order, and that these committees would be taking submissions and collecting surveys until July 2019. It is anticipated that the process of creating the new unified hymnbook and children's songbook will take several years.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-95">[95]</a> In August 2018, Nelson issued a statement urging the use of the church's full name.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-96">[96]</a> At the church's general conference in October 2018, he reiterated his position, declaring, "It is a correction" and "It is the command of the Lord." Nelson told members, "To remove the Lord’s name from the Lord’s Church is a major victory for Satan."<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-99">[99]</a> In the October 2018 general conference, Nelson shortened the length of Sunday church meetings to 2 hours, from the previous standard of 3.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-100">[100]</a> At the end of the month, Nelson toured five South American countries, during which he met with Peru's president, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Vizcarra?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Martín Vizcarra">Martín Vizcarra</a>, gave a major address in Peru in Spanish, and dedicated the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n_Chile_Temple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Concepción Chile Temple">Concepción Chile Temple</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-101">[101]</a> In December 2018, the church's First Presidency changed the process of youth class progression and priesthood ordination. Beginning in 2019, youth began moving between classes and priesthood quorums at the beginning of the year in which they turn 12, 14, or 16, rather than when their birthday occurs during the year.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In April 2019, the church's First Presidency published a revelation reversing a controversial November 2015 policy that classified same-sex marriage couples as apostates and required parental and First Presidency approval before minor children of same-sex marriages could be baptized or receive baby blessings.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-npr2019-103">[103]</a> Nelson had previously characterized the 2015 policy as direction from God, stating "Each of us during that sacred moment felt a spiritual confirmation. ... It was our privilege as apostles to sustain what had been revealed to President Monson."<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Lindsey2016-104">[104]</a> Shortly after the change, Nelson said in a press release that the reversal was, "revelation upon revelation"<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Stack2019-105">[105]</a> and intended to "help affected families" and "reduce the hate and contention so common today."<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-npr2019-103">[103]</a> On April 5, 2020, Nelson issued a new proclamation, "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Restoration_of_the_Fulness_of_the_Gospel_of_Jesus_Christ:_A_Bicentennial_Proclamation_to_the_World?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the World">The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicentennial Proclamation to the World</a>". The proclamation coincided with the 200th anniversary of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Joseph_Smith?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>'s <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Vision?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Vision">First Vision</a> and is the sixth proclamation issued by the church in its history.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-106">[106]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"> <h4 id="Temples">Temples</h4> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=11&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Temples" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Nelson's tenure as church president has been defined by an increased focus on worship in the church's temples. As of October 2024, Nelson has announced a total of 185 new temples to be built in many countries around the world.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-108">[108]</a> His travels have been punctuated by several temple dedications, most notably the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rome_Italy_Temple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rome Italy Temple">Rome Italy Temple</a> in March 2019, which was attended by all current members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In 2018, Nelson announced 19 new temples, seven in April and 12 in October, among which were the first in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/India?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="India">India</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nicaragua?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cambodia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a>. During his April 2018 visit to India, Nelson explained to church members that the Lord had instructed him to announce the temple the night before general conference, though he had not originally planned to do so.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-109">[109]</a> With the temple in Nicaragua, Nelson fulfilled an apostolic promise he had made to church members there six years earlier.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In October 2018, Nelson concluded a 10-day trip to South America by dedicating the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Concepcion_Chile_Temple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Concepcion Chile Temple">Concepcion Chile Temple</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-111">[111]</a> Following the December 2018 dedication of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Barranquilla_Colombia_Temple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Barranquilla Colombia Temple">Barranquilla Colombia Temple</a> by Dallin H. Oaks, Nelson presided over the three-day dedicatory services for the Rome Italy Temple from March 10 to 12, 2019.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-112">[112]</a> Nelson took all the church's apostles with him to Rome for that dedication.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-113">[113]</a> This was the first time all ordained apostles of the church had been gathered in one location outside the United States. While in Rome, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles took the first apostolic group photo in two decades.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-114">[114]</a> In April 2020, Nelson announced plans to build a temple in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shanghai?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/China?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="China">China</a>. Days later, the Shanghai Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau responded saying it "knew nothing about the American Mormon Church . . . building a so-called 'temple' in Shanghai."<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Shanghai-Tribune-115">[115]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-116">[116]</a> The Bureau added that the church's plans were "wishful thinking, not based in reality."<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Shanghai-Tribune-115">[115]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <h2 id="Marriages_and_children">Marriages and children</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=12&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Marriages and children" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> While a student at the University of Utah, Nelson met and began dating fellow Utah student Dantzel White (1926–2005). They dated for three years, then married on August 31, 1945, in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-dn2005-117">[117]</a> Together they had ten children: nine daughters—Marsha, Wendy (1951–2019),<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Gloria, Brenda, Sylvia, Emily (1958–1995),<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-119">[119]</a> Laurie, Rosalie, and Marjorie—and a son, Russell Jr. (b. 1972).<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-120">[120]</a> Dantzel White was a native of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Perry,_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Perry, Utah">Perry, Utah</a>, and first met Nelson when they were the co-leads in a musical produced at the University of Utah. During the 1950s, Dantzel was a member of the Tabernacle Choir.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Dantzel Nelson died unexpectedly at their home in Salt Lake City on February 12, 2005, at age 78.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-dn2005-117">[117]</a> The following year, Nelson married <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wendy_Watson_Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wendy Watson Nelson">Wendy L. Watson</a> (b. 1950) in the Salt Lake Temple on April 6, 2006.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-122">[122]</a> Watson, originally from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Raymond,_Alberta?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Raymond, Alberta">Raymond, Alberta</a>, was a professor of marriage and family therapy at BYU prior to her retirement in 2006. Her marriage to Nelson is her first.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-123">[123]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <h2 id="Positions_and_awards">Positions and awards</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=13&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Positions and awards" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul> <li>President of the Thoracic Surgical Directors Association<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-ensign-33">[33]</a></li> <li>President of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Society_for_Vascular_Surgery?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Society for Vascular Surgery">Society for Vascular Surgery</a> (1975)<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-auto1-35">[35]</a></li> <li>President of the Utah State Medical Association<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a></li> <li>Director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a></li> <li>Chairman of the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery for the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/American_Heart_Association?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="American Heart Association">American Heart Association</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a></li> <li>Chairman of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/LDS_Hospital?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="LDS Hospital">LDS Hospital</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a></li> <li>Vice-chairman of the board of governors at the LDS Hospital<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-ensign-33">[33]</a></li> <li>"Citation for International Service", <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/American_Heart_Association?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="American Heart Association">American Heart Association</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bio-4">[4]</a></li> <li>"Heart of Gold Award", American Heart Association<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-124">[124]</a></li> <li>"Golden Plate Award", <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/American_Academy_of_Achievement?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="American Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-125">[125]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-126">[126]</a></li> <li>"Distinguished Alumni Award", <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-127">[127]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-128">[128]</a></li> <li>"Surgical Alumnus of the Year Award", <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Minnesota_Medical_School?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Minnesota Medical School">University of Minnesota Medical School</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-129">[129]</a></li> <li>"Governor's Medal of Science: Lifetime Achievement Award", Utah Technology Innovation Summit<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-130">[130]</a></li> <li>"Advocate of the Arts" award presented by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://inspirationalartassociation.com/">Inspirational Arts Association</a>.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-131">[131]</a></li> <li>"2023 Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize", <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Morehouse_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Morehouse College">Morehouse College</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-132">[132]</a></li> </ul> In June 2018, the University of Utah endowed a chair in cardiothoracic surgery named after Nelson and his first wife, Dantzel.<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-133">[133]</a> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <h2 id="Honorary_degrees_and_titles">Honorary degrees and titles</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=14&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Honorary degrees and titles" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="width:10%;">Date</th> <th style="width:20%;">School</th> <th style="width:20%;">Degree or Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brigham_Young_University?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_Science?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doctor of Science">Doctor of Science</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org-134">[134]</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shandong_Medical_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Shandong Medical College">Shandong Medical College</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Honorary_title_(academic)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Honorary title (academic)">Honorary Professor</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:2-68">[68]</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Utah_State_University?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Utah State University">Utah State University</a></td> <td>Doctor of Medical Science<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org-134">[134]</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Snow_College?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Snow College">Snow College</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_Humane_Letters?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doctor of Humane Letters">Doctor of Humane Letters</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org-134">[134]</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Utah?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doctor_of_Science?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doctor of Science">Doctor of Science</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-136">[136]</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"> <h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=15&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Selected works" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <dl> <dt> Books </dt> </dl> <ul> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNelson1979" class="citation cs2">Nelson, Russell M. (1979), From Heart to Heart: An Autobiography, Nelson, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/6144971">6144971</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=From+Heart+to+Heart%3A+An+Autobiography&rft.pub=Nelson&rft.date=1979&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F6144971&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1987" class="citation cs2">—— (1987), Motherhood, Deseret Book, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-087-9?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-087-9"><bdi>978-0-87579-087-9</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/20469710">20469710</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Motherhood&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1987&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F20469710&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-087-9&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1988" class="citation cs2">—— (1988), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://archive.org/details/powerwithinus00nels">The Power Within Us</a>, Deseret Book, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-154-8?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-154-8"><bdi>978-0-87579-154-8</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/18164244">18164244</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Power+Within+Us&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1988&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F18164244&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-154-8&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpowerwithinus00nels&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1993" class="citation cs2">—— (1993), Lessons from Mother Eve: A Mother's Day Message, Deseret Book, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-734-2?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-734-2"><bdi>978-0-87579-734-2</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/32969712">32969712</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lessons+from+Mother+Eve%3A+A+Mother%27s+Day+Message&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1993&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F32969712&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-734-2&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1995" class="citation cs2">—— (1995), The Gateway We Call Death, Deseret Book, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-953-7?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-953-7"><bdi>978-0-87579-953-7</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/31901270">31901270</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gateway+We+Call+Death&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1995&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F31901270&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-953-7&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1998" class="citation cs2">—— (1998), The Magnificence of Man and Truth--and More, Deseret Book, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-985-8?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-985-8"><bdi>978-0-87579-985-8</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/40197958">40197958</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Magnificence+of+Man+and+Truth--and+More&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F40197958&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-985-8&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1998" class="citation cs2">—— (1998), Perfection Pending: And Other Favorite Discourses, Deseret Book, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-405-6?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-405-6"><bdi>978-1-57345-405-6</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/39256877">39256877</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Perfection+Pending%3A+And+Other+Favorite+Discourses&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F39256877&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-405-6&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2009" class="citation cs2">—— (2009), "Hope in Our Hearts", The Hastings Center Report, 24 (1), Deseret Book: 2–3, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60641-201-5?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60641-201-5"><bdi>978-1-60641-201-5</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/426253825">426253825</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/PMID_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8045763">8045763</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hastings+Center+Report&rft.atitle=Hope+in+Our+Hearts&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=2-3&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F426253825&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F8045763&rft.isbn=978-1-60641-201-5&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2010" class="citation cs2">—— (2010), Wise Men and Women Still Adore Him, Deseret Book, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60641-835-2?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60641-835-2"><bdi>978-1-60641-835-2</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/672405152">672405152</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wise+Men+and+Women+Still+Adore+Him&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F672405152&rft.isbn=978-1-60641-835-2&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2015" class="citation cs2">—— (2015), Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deseret_Book?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Book">Deseret Book</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62972-125-5?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62972-125-5"><bdi>978-1-62972-125-5</bdi></a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1629721255">1629721255</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Accomplishing+the+Impossible%3A+What+God+Does%2C+What+We+Can+Do&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2015&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1629721255&rft.isbn=978-1-62972-125-5&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> </ul> <dl> <dt> Speeches </dt> </dl> <ul> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1974" class="citation cs2">—— (1974), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/four-lessons-one-life/">Four Lessons from One Life</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Four+Lessons+from+One+Life&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1974&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Ffour-lessons-one-life%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1980" class="citation cs2">—— (1980), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/whats-name/">What's in a Name?</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What%27s+in+a+Name%3F&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fwhats-name%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1984" class="citation cs2">—— (1984), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/begin-end-mind/">Begin with the End in Mind</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Begin+with+the+End+in+Mind&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1984&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fbegin-end-mind%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1985" class="citation cs2">—— (1985), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/truth-and-more/">Truth. . .and More</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Truth.+.+.and+More&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Ftruth-and-more%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1986" class="citation cs2">—— (1986), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/ill-go-ill-ill-three-steps-toward-monumental-life/">I'll Go, I'll Do, I'll Be: Three Steps Toward a Monumental Life</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=I%27ll+Go%2C+I%27ll+Do%2C+I%27ll+Be%3A+Three+Steps+Toward+a+Monumental+Life&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1986&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fill-go-ill-ill-three-steps-toward-monumental-life%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1987" class="citation cs2">—— (1987), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/magnificence-man/">The Magnificence of Man</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Magnificence+of+Man&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1987&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fmagnificence-man%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1988" class="citation cs2">—— (1988), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/thanks-covenant/">Thanks for the Covenant</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Thanks+for+the+Covenant&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1988&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fthanks-covenant%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1990" class="citation cs2">—— (1990), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/reflection-resolution/">Reflection and Resolution</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Reflection+and+Resolution&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1990&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Freflection-resolution%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1991" class="citation cs2">—— (1991), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/standards-standard-bearers-lord/">Standards of Standard-Bearers of the Lord</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Standards+of+Standard-Bearers+of+the+Lord&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1991&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fstandards-standard-bearers-lord%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1992" class="citation cs2">—— (1992), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/jesus-christ-master/">Jesus the Christ—Our Advocate and More</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jesus+the+Christ%E2%80%94Our+Advocate+and+More&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fjesus-christ-master%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1993" class="citation cs2">—— (1993), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/integrity-heart/">Integrity of Heart</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Integrity+of+Heart&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fintegrity-heart%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1995" class="citation cs2">—— (1995), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/excellent-hope/">"A More Excellent Hope"</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%22A+More+Excellent+Hope%22&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1995&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fexcellent-hope%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1997" class="citation cs2">—— (1997), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/exodus-repeated/">The Exodus Repeated</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Exodus+Repeated&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fexodus-repeated%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson1998" class="citation cs2">—— (1998), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/gratitude-mission-ministry-jesus-christ/">Gratitude for the Mission and Ministry of Jesus Christ</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gratitude+for+the+Mission+and+Ministry+of+Jesus+Christ&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fgratitude-mission-ministry-jesus-christ%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2000" class="citation cs2">—— (2000), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/identity-priority-blessings/">Identity, Priority, and Blessings</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Identity%2C+Priority%2C+and+Blessings&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2000&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fidentity-priority-blessings%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2002" class="citation cs2">—— (2002), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/christ-savior-born/">Christ the Savior is Born</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Christ+the+Savior+is+Born&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fchrist-savior-born%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2005" class="citation cs2">—— (2005), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/faith-families/">Faith and Families</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Faith+and+Families&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Ffaith-families%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2008" class="citation cs2">—— (2008), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/power-protection-provided-worthy-music/">Power and Protection Provided By Worthy Music</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Power+and+Protection+Provided+By+Worthy+Music&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fpower-protection-provided-worthy-music%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2009" class="citation cs2">—— (2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/neither-trust-arm-flesh/">"Neither Trust in the Arm of Flesh"</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%22Neither+Trust+in+the+Arm+of+Flesh%22&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fneither-trust-arm-flesh%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2014" class="citation cs2">—— (2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/disciples-jesus-christ-defenders-of-marriage/">Disciples of Jesus Christ—Defenders of Marriage</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Disciples+of+Jesus+Christ%E2%80%94Defenders+of+Marriage&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fdisciples-jesus-christ-defenders-of-marriage%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2015" class="citation cs2">—— (2015), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/to-do-and-to-be/">To Do and To Be</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=To+Do+and+To+Be&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2015&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Fto-do-and-to-be%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNelson2019" class="citation cs2">—— (2019), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/love-laws-god/">The Love and Laws of God</a>, BYU Speeches</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Love+and+Laws+of+God&rft.pub=BYU+Speeches&rft.date=2019&rft.aulast=Nelson&rft.aufirst=Russell+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fspeeches.byu.edu%2Ftalks%2Frussell-m-nelson%2Flove-laws-god%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Russell_M._Nelson&action=edit&section=16&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output 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Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a> on July 3, 2015, Nelson became the second most senior apostle among the ranks of the church, resulting in him being the de facto President of the Quorum. He was officially set apart in that capacity July 15, 2015.</li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-2">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints2015" class="citation web cs1">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (July 15, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://www.newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/russell-m-nelson-new-president-of-the-quorum-of-the-twelve-apostles">"Russell M. Nelson: New President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles"</a>. newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Russell+M.+Nelson%3A+New+President+of+the+Quorum+of+the+Twelve+Apostles&rft.date=2015-07-15&rft.au=The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Frussell-m-nelson-new-president-of-the-quorum-of-the-twelve-apostles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARussell+M.+Nelson" class="Z3988"></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-3">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaylor2023" class="citation web cs1">Taylor, Scott (December 22, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2023/12/22/24006931/how-apostles-are-called-looking-back-current-15-apostles">"How Apostles are called — and a look back at the calls of the current 15 Apostles"</a>. 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