| L. Aldin Porter | |
|---|---|
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 4, 1987 – April 1, 1989 | |
| End reason | Transferred to the Second Quorum of the Seventy |
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 1, 1989 – April 6, 1992 | |
| End reason | Transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 6, 1992 – October 6, 2001 | |
| End reason | Granted general authority emeritus status |
| Presidency of the Seventy | |
| August 15, 1992 – August 15, 2001 | |
| End reason | Honorably released |
| Emeritus General Authority | |
| October 6, 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lloyd Aldin Porter June 30, 1931 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
Lloyd Aldin Porter (born June 30, 1931) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1987.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a general authority is a member of the highest levels of leadership in the church who has administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church. A general authority's jurisdiction is church-wide, in contrast to the responsibilities of a local authority or an area authority, which relate to a particular area, unit, or department of the church. As a group, the general authorities are often referred to as "the Brethren". As of October 2017, there are 109 general authorities.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian, Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide. According to the church, it has over 16 million members and 67,000 full-time volunteer missionaries. In 2012, the National Council of Churches ranked the church as the fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States, with over 6.5 million members reported by the church, as of January 2018. It is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith during the period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.
Porter was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho. From 1950 to 1952, he served as a missionary in the church's West Central States Mission. [1]
Utah is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest by area, 31st-most-populous, and 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Utah has a population of more than 3 million according to the Census estimate for July 1, 2016. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which contains approximately 2.5 million people; and Washington County in Southern Utah, with over 160,000 residents. Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast.
Idaho Falls is the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, and the state's largest city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 56,813, with a metro population of 133,265.
Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints —widely known as Mormon missionaries—are volunteer representatives of the LDS Church who engage variously in proselytizing, church service, humanitarian aid, and community service. Mormon missionaries may serve on a full- or part-time basis, depending on the assignment, and are organized geographically into missions. The mission assignment could be to any one of the 421 missions organized worldwide.
Porter worked with J. Richard Clarke in the insurance business, eventually replacing him as head of the Boise, Idaho agency. Porter later served as a counselor in the Boise Idaho Temple presidency. He also served as a stake patriarch in Meridian, Idaho. In 1986, he became president of the church's Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission. [2]
John Richard Clarke has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1976. He has been a member of the church's presiding bishopric and a member of the Presidency of the Seventy.
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss.
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, the population of Boise at the 2010 Census was 205,671, the 99th largest in the United States. Its estimated population in 2016 was 223,154.
Porter's term as mission president was cut short when he was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1987. He was among those noted to serve for a period of five years. In April 1989, when the Second Quorum of the Seventy was created to include those designated for that specific term of service, Porter was transferred to that quorum. In April 1992, he was transferred back to the First Quorum of the Seventy, such that it was then anticipated he would then serve until approximately the age of 70, when quorum members were typically designated as emeritus general authorities. He served as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy from 1992 until 2001; he was the senior member of the presidency beginning in 1996. In 2001, he was released and designated as an emeritus general authority. [2] Porter's service as a general authority included service as executive director of the church's Missionary Department and as a member of the Church Boards of Trustees/Education. From 2002 to 2005, Porter served as president of the Salt Lake Temple. [3]
Emeritus, in its current usage, is an adjective used to designate a retired professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, or other person.
The Church Educational System (CES) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non–Latter-day Saint elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students and adult learners. Approximately 700,000 individuals were enrolled in CES programs in 143 countries in 2011. CES courses of study are separate and distinct from religious instruction provided through wards. Kim B. Clark, a member of the First Quorum of Seventy, has been the CES Commissioner since August 1, 2015.
Temple president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A temple president's primary responsibility is to supervise the affairs of an LDS temple in both an administrative and spiritual capacity.
Porter and his wife, Shirley, are the parents of six children. [4]
