Get to know the newest General Authority Seventies through their testimonies

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

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Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sustained 16 new General Authority Seventies during the Saturday morning session of the Church’s 195th Annual General Conference on Saturday, April 5, 2025. President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, presented the new General Authority Seventies for a sustaining vote, along with the sustaining of the Church’s other general authorities and general officers. This episode of the Church News podcast is dedicated to the new leaders sharing their testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Hosts Jon Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News, and Church News reporter Mary Richards share unique views of the stories, events, and people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

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0:00.0	It is proposed that we sustain the following as new General Authority 70s.
0:17.0	John D. Amos. Ronald M. Barcellus.
0:24.6	Stephen G. Barlow.
0:28.6	Kevin G. Brown.
0:32.6	B. Corey Cuvallier, Michael Cisla, James E. Evanson, Brick v. Eyre, Ozzani Farias, Aaron T. Hall, Brian J. Holmes, Pedro X. L'Oriol, Clement M. Motswago Tata. Eduardo F. Ortega, Edward B. Rowe, and Juan Leong Wu.
1:25.2	This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News.
1:29.2	Welcome to the Church News podcast.
1:31.4	Today we're taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:40.2	Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sustained 16 new General Authority 70s during the Saturday morning session of the church's 195th annual General Conference on Saturday, April 5th, 2025.
1:53.0	President Dallan H. Oakes, first counselor in the First Presidency, presented the new General Authority 70s for a sustaining vote, along with the sustaining
2:01.0	of the church's new general authorities and general officers. This episode of the Church News
2:05.7	podcast is dedicated to sharing their own words and testimonies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Elder
2:12.0	John D. Amos from Orlando, Florida, became a mission president for the Baton Rouge Louisiana
2:16.8	mission in 2020.
2:18.6	He and his wife, sister Michelle E. Amos, have three children and six grandchildren.
2:22.9	Elder Amos has earned degrees in electrical and nuclear engineering.
2:26.9	During his career, he served in the United States Navy and taught at the University of Central Florida.
2:31.7	Elder Amos shares his testimony of how God is a God of miracles.
2:36.0	I have a firm testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ that this is the New Testament Church,
2:44.3	restored New Testament Church of Jesus Christ. He lives, he has risen, he absolutely guides and direct this work that we're all a part of. He is still the God of miracles.
2:58.1	And I can testify all day long that you got to have faith and exercise faith first. And if you just look, you will see see the miracles and he really does want us to have joy
3:12.4	and our role is to cheerfully do the things that we can do and we can just rest assured that he
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