An evangelist is part of the Quorum of Seventy Evangelists.

The Quorum of Seventy Evangelists is responsible for management of the International Missionary Programs of the church and assists Regions of the church with their individual Domestic Missionary Programs.

In 2007, the officers of the Quorum of Seventy Evangelists were:

Other key leadership positions include Presiding Evangelist, Senior President of the Presidents of Seventy, and President of the High Priests Quorum.

* Richard Maynes, a member of the Quorum of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Six months later, he was ordained to the office of seventy and was called to serve in the Third Quorum of the Seventy.

However, no attempt was made to remove Abel's priesthood or drop him from the Third Quorum of the Seventy.

The President's other duties consist of presiding at and conducting weekly meetings of the Quorum in the Salt Lake Temple ; making decisions about the particular assignments to be made to the members of the Quorum ; speaking on behalf of the Quorum to members of the Church and the media ; and acting as a liaison in coordinating the work of the Quorum with the First Presidency, the Quorums of the Seventy, and the Presiding Bishopric.

Permanent positions are only held by apostles and the First Quorum of the Seventy.

Church policy decisions are made unanimously, with consultation among the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve, and where appropriate, the Seventy, each of which has its own responsibility.

In a speech given at BYU in 2010, Glenn L. Pace, a member of the LDS Church's First Quorum of the Seventy, said, “ Sisters, I testify that when you stand in front of your heavenly parents in those royal courts on high and look into Her eyes and behold Her countenance, any question you ever had about the role of women in the kingdom will evaporate into the rich celestial air, because at that moment you will see standing directly in front of you, your divine nature and destiny .”

While the Quorum of the Seventy had a building in Nauvoo in the 1840s, the Relief Society is the only auxiliary organization in the LDS Church today which has a completely separate facility.

Other officers of the church include the Quorum of Seventy Evangelists.

He was accepted by church membership as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on March 31, 2012.

Category: Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Historically, the First Quorum of the Seventy came into being in 1835 when seven men were set apart as the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy.

In 1975, under the direction of church president Spencer W. Kimball, the First Quorum of the Seventy was reconstituted.

The First Quorum was composed of the former members of the First Council of the Seventy as well as new individuals selected by Kimball.

In 1976, the First Council of the Seventy, the First Quorum of the Seventy, and the Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles were all merged into a new First Quorum of the Seventy under a seven-member Presidency of the Seventy.

Along with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Presiding Bishopric is a part of the Council on the Disposition of the Tithes, a quorum which oversees and authorizes the expenditure of all tithing funds.

Likewise, elders and all church officials ( including the Church Presidency and Quorum of Apostles ) are volunteers and receive no financial remuneration for their activities.

Section Five deals with procedure, providing that " Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ," although a small number may adjourn and compel the attendance of absent members.

In 1861, the Quorum Court made provisions for the construction of a brick courthouse and appointed Col. W. H. Halliburton commissioner to secure plans and bids for its construction.

Article I, Section 5, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution provides that " Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ..." Therefore in both the House of Representatives and the Senate a quorum is a simple majority of their respective members.

Any worthy high priest within the church may serve as a counselor in the First Presidency, though most of its members have been chosen from among the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

The Quorum of the Twelve, which may number greater than twelve with the returning members from the First Presidency, then becomes the presiding council of the church, with the senior apostle as its president.

Unlike The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Community of Christ, the Temple Lot church rejects the office of prophet or president, being led by its Quorum of Twelve Apostles instead.

Instead of a president-prophet, the Church of Christ is led by its Quorum of Twelve Apostles, with all members of that body being considered equal in precedence and authority.

On other occasions, the messenger indicated particular men to be ordained within the organization, including to its Quorum of Twelve Apostles.

He quickly announced that he had the right to lead the church as its " guardian " until proper proceedings could decide the next church president, and that the Quorum of the Twelve did not have the right to lead the church.

In contrast, the Quorum of Twelve Apostles has its own president and officers elected amongst themselves, independent of the general priesthood.

A Dissertation on the Faith and Doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ, a work approved by the church's Quorum of Twelve Apostles and endorsed by its ministers in a General Church Conference held in October 1985, states " We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

Named to the Quorum of the Twelve in October 1962, he was its second most junior member one year later when he was called into the First Presidency as second counselor to Church President David O. McKay.

In 1994, he was appointed by ecclesiastical authorities in the LDS Church to be a general authority of the church, serving in its Second Quorum of the Seventy until 2000.

On December 27, 1847, when Young organized a new First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve only had seven of its twelve members present to represent a council to decide the Presidency.

Thatcher remained supportive of the church after being removed from the Quorum, testifying on many occasions of the divinity of the work and the divinity of the calling of its leaders.

Originally, the Presiding High Council, under the direction of the First Presidency, was in a de facto supervisory role over the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which was a travelling high council with jurisdiction only outside of Zion or its stakes.

* 1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

On January 1, 2000, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles released a proclamation entitled " The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles ".

* 1835 – The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.

* August 8 – During a meeting held in Nauvoo, the Quorum of the Twelve, headed by Brigham Young, is chosen as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

David B. Haight, former member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was born in Oakley.

* George A. Smith ( 1817 – 1875 ), early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Since 1984, he has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Smoot was a prominent leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), serving as an apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is a priesthood calling in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

The First Presidency of Community of Christ differs from the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where the church president is always the senior-most member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ( of which there are usually 14 following the death of the Prophet ).

Today twelve men with this same divine calling and ordination constitute the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ( also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve Apostles, or simply the Twelve ) is one of the governing bodies in the church hierarchy.

Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are apostles, with the calling to be prophets, seers, and revelators, evangelical ambassadors, and special witnesses of Jesus Christ.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles claims a leadership role second only to that of the First Presidency.

* LDS Newsroom: Official biographies for leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: biographical sketches of current members of the Quorum

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, when a president of the church dies, the First Presidency is dissolved and the members of the First Presidency who were formerly members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles return as members of that quorum.

Similar to other denominations in the Latter-day Saint movement, in The Church of Jesus Christ ( Bickertonite ), the President of the General Church is also a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., a 24-year-old man, who in 1835 constituted the first Quorum of the Twelve Apostles with members ranging in age from 23 to 35.