Russell M. Nelson, the longest-living president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is now full year older and a full year closer to the century mark. He turned 99 on Saturday, Sept. 9.
, placing an enhanced emphasis on Jesus Christ, further boosting gender equity and providing more explanations of the promises worshippers make to God.” the main teaching tool for its tens of thousands of missionaries across the globe.
• The same month, Nelson and his two counselors in the governing First Presidency updated the U.S.-born church’sand warned members against straight-ticket balloting, labeling such polarizing partisanship a “threat to democracy.” President Russell M. Nelson, center, his wife Wendy, left, and University of Utah President Taylor Randall stand near the church leader's medical journals at the Church Administration Building on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.
• Last month, he donated his medical journals, including 30 books documenting more than 7,000 surgeries, to his alma mater: the University of Utah. As a surgeon, he had gained international acclaim as part of a research team that developed the heart-lung machine, which made possible the first human open-heart surgery in 1951.
More changes and more temples may be in the offing. After all, another General Conference is a mere weeks away and Nelson, even at 99, is still very much on the job.
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