Marcus B. Nash

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Marcus B. Nash
First Quorum of the Seventy
April 1, 2006 (2006-04-01)
Called by Gordon B. Hinckley
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BornMarcus Bell Nash
(1957-03-26) March 26, 1957 (age 61)
Seattle, Washington, United States

Marcus Bell Nash (born March 26, 1957) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2006.

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 nontrinitarian Christian restorationist church

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.

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Biography

Nash grew up in the Seattle area and was raised as a Latter-day Saint. As a young man, he served as a missionary in the church's El Salvador San Salvador Mission. In 1979, he married Shelley Hatch in the Salt Lake Temple. They knew each other growing up, having lived in the same neighborhood since Nash was about eight years old. They are the parents of five children.

Missionary (LDS Church) Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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El Salvador country in Central America

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2016, the country had a population of approximately 6.34 million.

San Salvador National capital in San Salvador Department, El Salvador

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Nash worked on the construction of the Seattle Washington Temple during the summer of 1979. He received a bachelor's degree in international relations and a law degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Since then, he has been an attorney and partner in the law firm of Stafford, Fray, Cooper.

Seattle Washington Temple Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bellevue, Washington.

The Seattle Washington Temple is the 21st constructed and 19th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Bellevue, Washington, it was the first to be built in the state of Washington.. The temple has a modern single-spire design. Due to its proximity to the Bellevue Airfield, the proposed height of the spire was reduced, and a red strobe warning light was installed at the base of the angel Moroni statue. In 1983, the Bellevue Airfield closed, and the light was shut off.

Bachelors degree Undergraduate academic degree

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Brigham Young University private research university located in Provo, Utah, United States

Brigham Young University is a private, non-profit research university in Provo, Utah, United States owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and run under the auspices of its Church Educational System. The university is classified among "Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity" with "more selective, lower transfer-in" admissions. The university's primary emphasis is on undergraduate education in 179 majors, but it also has 62 master's and 26 doctoral degree programs. The university also administers two satellite campuses, one in Jerusalem and one in Salt Lake City, while its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsors sister schools in Hawaii and Idaho.

In the LDS Church, Nash has served as a bishop, elders quorum president, president of the Lynnwood Washington Stake (1991 [1] to 2001 [2] ) and as an area seventy (2001 to 2006).

Bishop is the highest priesthood office of the Aaronic priesthood in the Latter Day Saint movement. It is almost always held by one who already holds the Melchizedek priesthood office of high priest. The Latter Day Saint concept of the office differs significantly from the role of bishops in other Christian denominations, being in some respects more analogous to a pastor or parish priest. Each bishop serves with two counselors, which together form a bishopric.

Elder is a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood of denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In the Latter Day Saint movement, a quorum is a group of people ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and organized to act together as a body. The idea of a quorum was established by Joseph Smith early in the history of the movement, and during his lifetime it has included several church-wide quorums, including the First Presidency, the Presiding High Council, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Anointed Quorum, and the Quorum of the Seventy, as well as numerous local quorums for each congregation. The Council of Fifty, or General Council, was not part of the church, but a quorum-like body designed as a forerunner to establishing a theocratic government.

In April 2006, Nash became a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Nash served first as a counselor and then as president of the church's South America West Area. He also served as president of the South America Northwest Area. Beginning in 2011, he assists in administration of the North America Northeast Area and as Assistant Executive Director of the Church History Department.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ New stake presidencies, Church News , 23 March 1991.
  2. ↑ New stake presidencies, Church News , 24 March 2001.
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