See the Saturday afternoon photos from April 2019 general conference
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Elder Peter M. Johnson, new General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, takes the stand during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City in the Conference Center on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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Attendees walk through the Conference Center before the start of the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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Attendees go through security before a session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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Attendees sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
General Authorities sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
General authorities and BYU choir members sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees in the Conference Center sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees in the Conference Center sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, wave to conferencegoers of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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Elder Takashi Wada, a General Authority Seventy, speaks during the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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Conferencegoers attend the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, smiles at attendees as he sits with his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, right, at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City during the afternoon session of 189th Annual General Conference on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
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Attendees hold up their hands as they sustain church leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, his counselors and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles stand before the afternoon session of 189th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers wait on the sidewalk outside the Conference Center as they try and get tickets to the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers walk from the Conference Center following the afternoon session of general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers walk away from the Conference Center following the afternoon session of general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers walk from the Conference Center following the afternoon session of general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
See the Saturday afternoon photos from April 2019 general conference
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
|Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Elder Peter M. Johnson, new General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, takes the stand during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City in the Conference Center on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees walk through the Conference Center before the start of the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees go through security before a session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
General Authorities sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
General authorities and BYU choir members sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees in the Conference Center sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees in the Conference Center sustain leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, wave to conferencegoers of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Elder Takashi Wada, a General Authority Seventy, speaks during the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks during the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers attend the afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, smiles at attendees as he sits with his counselors, President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, left, and President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, right, at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City during the afternoon session of 189th Annual General Conference on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Attendees hold up their hands as they sustain church leaders during the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, center, his counselors and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles stand before the afternoon session of 189th Annual General Conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers wait on the sidewalk outside the Conference Center as they try and get tickets to the Saturday afternoon session of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Steve Griffin, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers walk from the Conference Center following the afternoon session of general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers walk away from the Conference Center following the afternoon session of general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
Conferencegoers walk from the Conference Center following the afternoon session of general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News, Deseret News
A new Sunday School presidency, 10 General Authority Seventies and 55 Area Seventies have been called and sustained during the 189th Annual General Conference on April 6.
President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, announced the call of the new Church leaders during the Saturday afternoon session, where it was also reported that the Church’s membership is now more than 16.3 million.
President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, conducted the session and President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, gave the first talk, opening the session with a message of the “peace, joy and happiness” that comes from the gospel of Jesus Christ.
“As we keep our testimonies simple and focused on the gospel of Christ, He will provide spiritual renewal as we share our testimonies with one another,” he said.
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, wave to conferencegoers of the 189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News, Deseret News
Other speakers included: Elder Neil L. Andersen and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Elder Mathias Held, Elder David P. Homer and Elder Takashi Wada, General Authority Seventies. Prayers during the session were offered by Elder Brent H. Nielson, a General Authority Seventy, and Sister Lisa Harkness of the Primary general presidency.
Brother Mark L. Pace will serve as Sunday School general president with Brother Milton Camargo and Brother Jan E. Newman as his counselors. Brother Tad R. Callister, Brother Devin G. Durrant and Brother Brian K. Ashton have been released.
New General Authority Seventies called and sustained during conference include: Elder Rubén V. Alliaud, Elder Jorge M. Alvarado, Elder Hans T. Boom, Elder L. Todd Budge, Elder Ricardo P. Giménez, Elder Peter M. Johnson, Elder John A. McCune, Elder James R. Rasband, Elder Benjamin M.Z.Tai and Elder Alan R. Walker.
Kevin R. Jergensen from the Church’s Auditing Department reported there are more than 65,000 full-time missionaries and more than 37,000 Church-service missionaries. A combined choir from Brigham Young University, directed by Rosalind Hall and Andrew Crane, provided music during the session. Linda Margetts and Bonnie Goodliffe accompanied the choir on the organ.
