It is proposed that we sustain the following as General Authority 70s.

David L. Buckner, Gregorio E. Casillas,

our old B. Cavalalcanti,

I. Raymond Egbo, D. Martin Gurrey, Carl D. Hearst, Christopher H. Kim, Sandino Romann, Stephen D. Shumway, Michael B. Strong, and Serio R. Vargas.

This is Sarah Jane Weaver, executive editor of the Church News, welcoming you to the Church News podcast.

We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss

news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sustained 11 new General Authority

70s during the Saturday morning session of the church's

194th annual general conference on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the first presidency, presented the new

General Authority's 70s, along with the sustainingings of the church's general authorities and

general officers. This episode of the Church's general authorities and general officers.

This episode of the Church News podcast is dedicated to helping you get to know them a little better,

as we share their words and testimonies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

At the time of his call as a General Authority 70, Elder David L. Buckner from New York City, New York, was serving as a

member of the 10th Corm of the 70 in the North America Northeast area. I was born when my dad was a

bishop. So all my life, I saw a life of service for both my mother and my father.

Being the youngest, dad was gone, but he would always bring me along.

I remember sitting when he was a state president,

sitting in the front row as a child looking up at him in state conference. I remember more poignantly bringing people to our home

when he was a regional representative, never hiding me, sometimes my tenacious and gregarious

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