Gerald N. Lund | |
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Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
April 6, 2002 | – October 4, 2008|
Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
End reason | Honorably released |
Personal details | |
Born | Gerald Niels Lund September 12, 1939 Fountain Green, Utah, United States |
Gerald Niels Lund (born September 12, 1939) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2002 to 2008. During his tenure, he lived in Solihull, England for 3 years. He currently lives in Bountiful, Utah and serves in Salt Lake City. Lund was released as a member of the church's Second Quorum of the Seventy on October 4, 2008.
Lund is also a popular LDS fiction writer, having written the The Work and the Glory series as well as the Kingdom and the Crown series among other books. He has also written several theological non-fiction works for Latter-Day Saints, including, Hearing the Voice of the Lord: Principles and Patterns of Personal Revelation (2008) and The Coming of the Lord (reprint 2005). Lund and his wife have seven children, 28 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Lund has also written poems that his wife, Lynn, has set to music.