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Highest office of the LDS church

This article is about Presidents of the LDS Church. For information about the position of President of the Church in the wider Latter Day Saint movement, see President of the Church.

The President of the Church is the highest office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was the office held by Joseph Smith, the church's founder. The church's president is its leader and the head of the First Presidency, its highest governing body. Latter-day Saints consider the president of the church to be a "prophet, seer, and revelator" and refer to him as "the Prophet", a title that was originally given to Smith. When the name of the president is used by adherents, it is usually prefaced by the title "President". Russell M. Nelson has been the president since January 14, 2018.

Latter-day Saints consider the church's president to be God's spokesman to the entire world and the highest priesth

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“Chapter 4: The Quorum of the First Presidency,” Teachings of the Living Prophets Student Manual (2010), 42–55

Introduction

On March 18, 1833, the First Presidency was formally organized with the Prophet Joseph Smith as President and Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams as counselors (see History of the Church, 1:334; see also D&C 81; 90, including section headings). Subsequent revelations gave further information concerning the First Presidency, which today functions as the Church’s highest priesthood quorum, with the “right to officiate in all the offices in the church” (D&C 107:9; see also D&C 124:126).

The Quorum of the First Presidency consists of the President and usually, but not always, two counselors. The counselors are most often, but not always, selected from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. These “three Presiding High Priests … form a quorum of the Presidency of the Church” (D&C 107:22). Upon them rests the responsibility of directing the king

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First Presidency

Highest governing body of the Latter Day Saint movement

For other uses, see Presidency (disambiguation).

Among many churches in the Latter Day Saint movement, the First Presidency (also known as the Quorum of the Presidency of the Church) is the highest presiding or governing body. Present-day denominations of the movement led bygd a First Presidency include the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Community of Christ, Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

When the Church of Christ was organized on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery led the church in their capacity as elders.^[1] Smith established the inaugural First Presidency on March 8, 1832, with the ordinations of Jesse Gause and Sidney Rigdon as his counselors.^[2] The term "first presidency," though used at least as early as 1834, did not become standard u