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| Steven R. Bangerter | |
|---|---|
| General Authority Seventy | |
| May 31, 2018 | |
| Called by | Russell M. Nelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Steven R. Bangerter |
Steven R. Bangerter has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since March 31, 2018. [1]
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.
Bangerter received a bachelor's degree in religious studies from Arizona State University in 1989, and a [juris doctor]] from the Western State University College of Law in 1993. In 1993, he began his legal career with the Cooksey, Toolen, Gage, Duffy & Woog in Costa Mesa, California. After 10 years he became a managing partner for Bangerter Frazier & Graff, PC. The focus of his legal career was on representing churches and faith-based organizations.
A bachelor's degree or baccalaureate is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years. In some institutions and educational systems, some bachelor's degrees can only be taken as graduate or postgraduate degrees after a first degree has been completed. In countries with qualifications frameworks, bachelor's degrees are normally one of the major levels in the framework, although some qualifications titled bachelor's degrees may be at other levels and some qualifications with non-bachelor's titles may be classified as bachelor's degrees.
Arizona State University is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona.
Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and edge city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light manufacturing. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 United States Census.
Before becoming a lawyer, Bangerter was a radiation therapist.
Bangerter has served in numerous callings in the LDS Church, including as an area seventy in the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the church's Utah South Area.
An area is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions. These areas are the primary church administrative unit between individual stakes and the church as a whole.
