D. Todd Christofferson

D. Todd Christofferson



Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05)


LDS Church Apostle
April 10, 2008 (2008-04-10)
Reason	Death of Gordon B. Hinckley; reorganization of First Presidency


Presidency of the Seventy
August 15, 1998 (1998-08-15) – April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05)
End reason	Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles


First Quorum of the Seventy
April 3, 1993 (1993-04-03) – April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05)
End reason	Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles


Personal details
Born	David Todd Christofferson (1945-01-24) January 24, 1945 American Fork, Utah, United States
Education	Brigham Young University Duke Law School (J.D.)
Spouse(s)	Katherine Jacob (1968–present)
Children	5

David Todd Christofferson (born January 24, 1945) is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority of the church since 1993. Currently, he is the eleventh most senior apostle in the church.^[1]

Early life

Christofferson was born in American Fork, Utah, and raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah; Lindon, Utah; and Somerset, New Jersey. As a young man, he served as a LDS Church missionary in Argentina. His mission president during his period of service was Richard G. Scott, who would already be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve when Christofferson was called to the same quorum. After his mission, he earned a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.^[2]

Christofferson began his law career as a law clerk to Judge John J. Sirica during the Watergate hearings.^[3]

After his work as a judicial clerk, Christofferson was an active member of the US military and then in the reserves for eight years.^[4]

Career and family

As a lawyer, Christofferson worked in Washington, D.C.; Nashville, Tennessee; Herndon, Virginia; and Charlotte, North Carolina.^[5] Christofferson was the associate general counsel for NationsBank in Charlotte and was the volunteer chairman of Affordable Housing of Nashville, Tennessee.^[6]

Christofferson clerked for Judge John J. Sirica during the Watergate trials. Together they were the first outside the White House to hear the Nixon White House tapes. "Judge Sirica and I were shocked as we heard Nixon calmly ask" how much money it would take to keep the Watergate burglars quiet, Christofferson said in a June 2017 address to faculty and students at Christ Church College in Oxford, England. "The judge and I couldn’t believe, didn’t want to believe what we were hearing ... He passed me a note suggesting we rewind the tape and listen again. Up to this point we both still hoped that the president was not really involved, but this was indisputable."^[7]

Christofferson married Katherine Jacob in the Salt Lake Temple on May 28, 1968.^[2] They are the parents of five children.^[5]

LDS Church service

Prior to becoming a general authority, Christofferson served in the LDS Church as a bishop, stake president, and regional representative.^[5] At the church's April 1993 general conference, Christofferson was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.^[8] In August 1998, Christofferson became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy.^[9]

As a seventy, Christofferson served as the executive director of the church's Family and Church History Department. While in this position he was involved in negotiations with Jewish leaders on policies on temple work for Holocaust victims, which concluded with the church stating that its members should only do such temple work for family members. He also was in charge of the department when the church completed the Freedman's Savings Bank Records project.^[3]

On April 5, 2008, during the solemn assembly session of the church's general conference when Thomas S. Monson was sustained as church president, Christofferson was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.^[10] As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Christofferson is regarded by church membership as a prophet, seer, and revelator.

Works

Articles

Christofferson, D. Todd (May 2011), "'As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten'", Ensign
—— (April 2011), "To Always Remember Him", Ensign
—— (November 2010), "Reflections on a Consecrated Life", Ensign
—— (October 2010), "How Can I Make Daily Prayer More Meaningful?", New Era
—— (May 2010), "The Blessing of Scripture", Ensign
—— (November 2009), "Moral Discipline", Ensign
—— (August 2009), "Elder Neil L. Andersen: Man of Faith", Ensign
—— (June 2009), "Moral Agency", Ensign
—— (May 2009), "The Power of Covenants", Ensign
—— (March 2009), "Why Do We Baptize for the Dead?", New Era
—— (November 2008), "Come to Zion", Ensign
—— (May 2008), "Born Again", Ensign
—— (March 2008), "Becoming a Witness of Christ", Ensign
—— (November 2006), "Let Us Be Men", Ensign
—— (June 2006), "A Sense of the Sacred", Liahona
—— (February 2006), "Friend to Friend: Seeking Him in Prayer", The Friend
—— (January 2005), "Allegiance to God", Ensign
—— (May 2004), "When Thou Art Converted", Ensign
—— (Spring 2004), "Lest we forget: the meaning of Kirtland's history in the present", Journal of Mormon History, Mormon History Association, 30 (1): 104–119, OCLC 367833284
—— (November 2002), "That They May Be One in Us", Ensign
—— (June 2001), "Justification and Sanctification", Ensign
—— (January 2001), "The Redemption of the Dead and the Testimony of Jesus", Ensign
—— (November 1998), "The Priesthood Quorum", Ensign
—— (March 1995), "Friend to Friend", Ensign
—— (May 1993), "I Know in Whom I Have Trusted", Ensign
——; Naftali, Timothy J. (15 July 2008), An Oral History Interview with Elder D. Todd Christofferson (PDF), The Richard Nixon Oral History Project

Notes

↑ Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all 15 ordained apostles (including the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles). Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See Succession to the presidency and Heath, Steven H. (Summer 1987). "Notes on Apostolic Succession" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 20 (2): 44–56. .
1 2 Cook, Quentin L. (August 2008), "Elder D. Todd Christofferson: Prepared to Serve the Lord", Liahona: 8–13
1 2 Dethman, Leigh (2008-04-05), "Elder D. Todd Christofferson named new apostle; other leaders called", Deseret Morning News
↑ LDS bio of Christofferson
1 2 3 "Elder D. Todd Christofferson Of the Seventy", Ensign: 99, May 1993
↑ 2005 Deseret News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News, 2004) p. 29
↑ Deseret News, 15 June 2017 http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865683075/Mormon-apostle-at-Oxford-Lessons-learned-from-Watergate-scandal.html
↑ Monson, Thomas S. (May 1993), "The Sustaining of Church Officers", Ensign: 21
↑ "Three called to the Presidency of Seventy", Church News, 1998-08-29
↑ "First Presidency Sustained, New Apostle and Other Leaders Named", Newsroom, LDS Church, 5 April 2008

References

"Elder D. Todd Christofferson", Newsroom, LDS Church, 4 May 2011
"Q&A with Mormon Elder", Reuters, 2007-06-11 —Reuters interview with Christofferson

External links

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Preceded by Quentin L. Cook	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles April 5, 2008 –	Succeeded by Neil L. Andersen

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

J. Smith (1829–44)^[1]
Cowdery (1829–38)^[1]^[2]
Whitmer (1829–38)^[1]^[2]
Harris (unknown–1837)^[1]^[2]
Marsh (1835–39)^[2]
Patten (1835–38)
B. Young, Sr. (1835–77)
H.C. Kimball (1835–68)
Hyde (1835–78)
McLellin (1835–38)^[2]
P.P. Pratt (1835–57)
Luke Johnson (1835–37)^[3]
Wm. Smith (1835–45)^[2]
O. Pratt (1835–81)
Boynton (1835–37)^[2]
L.E. Johnson (1835–38)^[2]
Page (1838–46)^[2]
J. Taylor (1838–87)
W. Woodruff (1839–98)
G.A. Smith (1839–75)
W. Richards (1840–54)
Wight (1841–48)^[2]
H. Smith (1841–44)^[1]
A.M. Lyman (1842–67)^[4]
Benson (1846–69)
Rich (1849–83)
L. Snow (1849–1901)
E. Snow (1849–88)
F.D. Richards (1849–99)
J.M. Grant (1854–56)^[1]
Wells (1857–91)^[1]
J.W. Young (1855–1924)^[1]
G.Q. Cannon (1860–1901)
J.A. Young (1864–75)^[1]
B. Young Jr. (1864–1903)
J.F. Smith, Sr. (1866–1918)
Carrington (1870–85)^[2]
Thatcher (1879–1909)
F.M. Lyman (1880–1916)
J.H. Smith (1880–1911)
Teasdale (1882–1907)
H.J. Grant (1882–1945)
J.W. Taylor (1884–1911)^[2]
M.W. Merrill (1889–1906)
Lund (1889–1921)
A.H. Cannon (1889–96)
M.F. Cowley (1897–1911)^[5]
A.O. Woodruff (1897–1904)
Clawson (1898–1943)
Smoot (1900–41)
H.M. Smith (1901–18)
G.A. Smith (1903–51)
Penrose (1904–25)
G.F. Richards (1906–50)
Whitney (1906–31)
McKay (1906–70)
Ivins (1907–34)
J.F. Smith Jr. (1910–72)
Talmage (1911–33)
S.L. Richards (1917–59)
R.R. Lyman (1918–43)^[2]
M.J. Ballard (1919–39)
Widtsoe (1921–52)
J.F. Merrill (1931–52)
Callis (1933–47)
Clark (1934–61)
A.A. Hinckley (1934–36)
Bowen (1937–53)
S.Q. Cannon (1938–43)
Lee (1941–73)
S.W. Kimball (1943–85)
Benson (1943–94)
Petersen (1944–84)
M. Cowley (1945–53)
Moyle (1947–63)
Stapley (1950–78)
Romney (1951–88)
L. Richards (1952–83)
Bennion (1953–58)
Evans (1953–71)
Morris (1954–62)
Brown (1958–75)
Hunter (1959–95)
G.B. Hinckley (1961–2008)
Tanner (1962–82)
Monson (1963–)
Dyer (1967–77)^[1]
Packer (1970–2015)
Ashton (1971–94)
McConkie (1972–85)
Perry (1974–2015)
Haight (1976–2004)
Faust (1978–2007)
Maxwell (1981–2004)
Nelson (1984–)
Oaks (1984–)
M.R. Ballard (1985–)
Wirthlin (1986–2008)
Scott (1988–2015)
Hales (1994–)
Holland (1994–)
Eyring (1995–)
Uchtdorf (2004–)
Bednar (2004–)
Cook (2007–)
Christofferson (2008–)
Andersen (2009–)
Rasband (2015–)
Stevenson (2015–)
Renlund (2015–)

Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Term ended by excommunication. ↑ Term ended by resignation. ↑ Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated. ↑ Term ended by suspension of priesthood.

Presidents of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

First Seven Presidents of the Seventy / First Council of the Seventy

Aldrich (1835–37)
J. Young (1835–81)
Hancock (1835–82)
Rich (1835–37)
Coltrin (1835–37)
Sherman (1835–37)
Smith (1835–37)
Miles (1836–45)
Gould (1837)
Foster (1837–41)
Butterfield (1837–44)
Gee (1837–38)
Gaylord (1837–38)
Harriman (1838–91)
Pulsipher (1838–62)
Orton (1845)
Rockwood (1845–79)
Clapp (1845–59)
Grant (1845–54)
Eldredge (1854–88)
Gates (1860–92)
Van Cott (1862–83)
W.W. Taylor (1880–84)
Cannon (1882–89)
Lewis (1882)
S.B. Young (1882–1924)
Fjeldsted (1884–1905)
Morgan (1884–94)
Roberts (1888–1933)
Reynolds (1890–1909)
Kimball (1892–1938)
Wells (1893–1941)
Stevenson (1894–97)
McMurrin (1897–1932)
Hart (1906–34)
L.E. Young (1909–63)
Pratt (1925–31)
Ivins (1931–67)
Bennion (1933–45)
J.H. Taylor (1933–46)
Hardy (1934–45)
Evans (1938–53)
Kirkham (1941–58)
S.D. Young (1945–76)
Hunter (1945–75)
McConkie (1946–72)
Hanks (1953–68)
Tuttle (1958–76)
P.H. Dunn (1964–76)
Rector (1968–76)
L.C. Dunn (1968–76)
Pinegar (1972–76)
G.R. Cook (1975–76)

Presidency of the Seventy

Richards (1976–83)
Faust (1976–78)
Fyans (1976–85)
Tuttle (1976–80)
Maxwell (1976–81)
Hanks (1976–80)
P.H. Dunn (1976–80)
Bangerter (1978–80)
Asay (1980–86)
Ballard (1980–85)
Larsen (1980–93)
Derrick (1980–84)
Durham (1981–85)
Scott (1983–88)
Hanks (1984–92)
Bangerter (1985–89)
Goaslind (1985–87)
Backman (1985–92)
Wirthlin (1986)
Pinnock (1986–89)
Paramore (1987–93)
Clarke (1988–93)
Pinegar (1989–95)
Asay (1989–96)
Didier (1992–95)
Porter (1992–2001)
J.J. Christensen (1993–99)
Brough (1993–98)
Hansen (1993–98)
Hillam (1995–2000)
Goaslind (1995–98)
Tingey (1996–2008)
Christofferson (1998–2008)
M.K. Jensen (1998–2001)
Sorensen (1998–2005)
Banks (1999–2002)
Neuenschwander (2000–04)
Didier (2001–07)
Samuelson (2001–03)
Uchtdorf (2002–04)
Bateman (2003–07)
Groberg (2004–05)
Oaks (2004–07)
Andersen (2005–09)
Rasband (2005–15)
Q.L. Cook (2007)
Costa (2007–11)
Snow (2007–12)
González (2007–13)
Clayton (2008–)
J.E. Jensen (2008–12)
Hallstrom (2009–17)
Callister (2011–14)
Maynes (2012–17)
C.C. Christensen (2012–)
Soares (2013–)
Robbins (2014–)
Gong (2015–)
Uceda (2017–)
Kearon (2017–)

Official Church Historian and Recorder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Church Historian and Recorder
Church Historian and Recorder	Cowdery (1830–31, acting) Whitmer (1831–35) Cowdery (1835–37)
Church Historian^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Corrill (1838) Higbee (1838–40) Thompson (1840–41) Sloan (1841–42)
Church Recorder^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Robinson (1837–40) Higbee (1840–42)
Church Historian and Recorder	W. Richards (1842–54) G.A. Smith (1854–71) Carrington (1871–74) Pratt (1874–81) Woodruff (1881–83, acting) Woodruff (1883–89) F.D. Richards (1889–99) Jenson (1899–1900, acting) Jaques (1899–1900, acting) Lund (1900–21) J.F. Smith (1921–70) Hunter (1970–72) Arrington (1972–78)

Church Historical Department ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Church Historian	Arrington (1978–82) Durham (1982–85) Larsen (1985–97)
Executive director^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Carmack (1989–91) Dunn (1991–93) Nadauld (1993–96) Jensen (1996–98) Carmack (1998–99) Dunn (1999–2000) Christofferson (2000–04) Jensen (2004–05).

Church Historian and Recorder^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Church Historian and Recorder	Jensen (2005–12) Snow (2012–)

Notes

1 2 In 1837 the callings of Church Historian and Church Recorder were separated, but in 1842 these callings were again merged.
↑ Starting in 1978, the duties of Church Historians fell to the Executive director of the historical department.
↑ While Larsen was still technically Church Historian until 1997, others succeeded him as Executive Director of the Historical Department, and those men were sometimes referred to as the Official Church Historians.
↑ In 2005 the callings of Church Historian and Church Recorder was restored.

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