Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

In Mormonism, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies of church hierarchy in many Latter Day Saint denominations. Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are considered apostles, with a special calling to be evangelical ambassadors and witnesses to Jesus Christ.

Council of Twelve Apostles in the Community of Christ

In the Community of Christ, the second largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement, this body is named the "Council of Twelve Apostles." As in the early Latter Day Saint church (prior to the Apostles' change in responsibilities and the ensuing succession crisis), the Council is responsible primarily for the church's missionary work. Each of the apostles is called to serve as a "special missionary witness" for the gospel, and each oversees one the church's Mission Fields. Also in keeping with the practices of the early church, the Community of Christ's apostles are a separate body from its First Presidency; it is the second of three Presidencies of the Church (the third being the Quorums of Seventy).

Related Topics:
Community of Christ - Latter Day Saint movement - Succession crisis - First Presidency

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The Community of Christ has ordained women to the priesthood since 1985, and the church maintains that it has always ordained persons of African heritage. Presently, the Council contains four female apostles and one native African.

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Current members

The current members of the Council and the Mission Fields and other assignments they oversee, are as follows:

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• James E. Slauter ? President, Council of Twelve (2005-Present), Director of Field Ministries, Young Adult and Campus Ministries(1996)
• Linda L. Booth ? Secretary, Council of Twelve, Southern USA Mission Field; Church Planting Ministries, Contemporary Christian Ministries(1998)
• David R. Brock ? Pacific Mission Field; Hispanic American Ministries; Native American Ministries (1992)
• Bunda C. Chibwe ? Africa Mission Field(2000)
• Stassi D. Cramm ? Michigan USA Mission Field, Aferican-American Ministries, Director of Mission Support Ministries(2005)
• Mary Jacks Dynes ? Canada/North Central (USA) Mission Field;(2002)
• Ronald D. Harmon Jr. ? East central USA Mission Field, Director of Leadership Development Ministries, Spectacular and IYF, Urban Ministries(2005)
• John P. Kirkpatrick ? Asia Mission Field, Director of WorldService Corps (1988)
• Dale E. Luffman ? Central USA Mission Field, Singles Ministries; Theological Education Ministries(1994)
• Rick W. Maupin? latin American/Caribbean Mission Field(2005)
• Susan D. Skoor ? Western USA Mission Field(2005)
• Leonard M. Young ? North Atlantic (Europe/USA) Mission Field(2000)

1844 to present

This is a list of the members of the Council in the Community of Christ ordained after 1844. The dates are the years they served as a member of the Council of Twelve.

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• Jason W. Briggs (1853?1886)
• Zenas H. Gurley, Sr. (1853?1871)
• Henry Harrison Deam (1853?1854)
• Reuben Newkirk (1853?1873)
• John Cunningham (1853?1855)
• George White (1853?1863)
• Daniel B. Rasey (1853?1873)
• Samuel Powers (1855?1873)
• David Newkirk (1855?1865)
• William W. Blair (1858?1873)
• John Shippy (1860?1868)
• James Blakeslee (1860?1866)
• Edmund C. Briggs (1860?1902)
• Josiah Ells (1865?1885)
• Charles Derry (1865?1870)
• William H. Kelley (1873?1913)
• Thomas Wood Smith (1873?1894)
• James Caffall (1873?1902)
• John H. Lake (1873?1902)
• Alexander Hale Smith (1873?1897)
• Zenas H. Gurley, Jr. (1873?1886)
• Joseph R. Lambert (1873?1902)
• James W. Gillen (1887?1900)
• Heman C. Smith (1888?1909)
• Joseph Luff (1887?1909)
• Gomer T. Griffiths (1887?1922)
• Isaac N. White (1897?1913)
• John W. Wight (1897?1913)
• Richard C. Evans (1897?1902)
• Peter Andersen (1901?1920)
• Frederick A. Smith (1902?1913)
• Francis Sheehy (1902?1920)
• Ulysses W. Greene (1902?1922)
• Cornelius A. Butterworth (1902?1922)
• John W. Rushton (1902?1947)
• James F. Curtis (1909?1938)
• Robert C. Russell (1909?1922)
• James E. Kelley (1913?1917)
• William Murray Aylor (1913?1922)
• Paul M. Hanson (1913?1958)
• James A. Gillen (1913?1934)
• Thomas W. Williams (1920?1925)
• Myron A. McConley (1920?1948)
• Clyde F. Ellis (1922?1945)
• John F. Garver (1922?1946)
• Daniel T. Williams (1922?1958)
• F. Henry Edwards (1922?1946)
• Edmund J. Gleazer (1922?1958)
• Roy S. Budd (1922?1936)
• George G. Lewis (1932?1948)
• George C. Mesley (1938?1954)
• Arthur Alma Oakman (1938?1964)
• Charles R. Hield (1938?1964)
• Blair D. Jensen (1946?1966)
• Roscoe E. Davey (1947?1964)
• Maurice L. Draper (1947?1958)
• W. Wallace Smith (1947?1950)
• Percy E. Farrow (1948?1966)
• Reed M. Holmes (1948?1974)
• Donald O. Chesworth (1950?1972)
• Donald Victor Lents (1954?1980)
• Charles D. Neff (1958?1984)
• Clifford A. Cole (1958?1980)
• Cecil R. Ettinger (1960?1974)
• Duane E. Couey (1960?1966)
• Russell F. Ralston (1964?1976)
• William E. Timms (1964?1978)
• Earl T. Higdon (1966?1974)
• Alan D. Tyree (1966?1982)
• Aleah G. Koury (1966?1980)
• Howard S. Sheehy. Jr. (1968?1978)
• John C. Stuart (1972?1982)
• William T. Higdon (1974?2005)
• Lloyd B. Hurshman (1974?1988)
• Paul W. Booth (1974?1992)
• Eugene C. Austin (1976?1994)
• Roy H. Schaefer (1978?1988)
• Phillip M. Caswell (1978?2000)
• Kisuke Sekine (1980?1994)
• Everett S. Graffeo (1980?1994)
• Kenneth N. Robinson (1980?1996)
• Joe A. Serig (1982?2005)
• James C. Cable (1982?1996)
• Geoffrey F. Spencer (1984?1994)
• A. Alex Kahtava (1988?2002)
• John P. Kirkpatrick (1988?present)
• David R. Brock (1992?present)
• Stephen M. Veazey (1992?2005)
• Lawrence W. Tyree (1992?2002)
• Danny E. Belrose (1994?2000)
• Dale E. Luffman (1994?present)
• Kenneth L. McLaughlin (1994?2005)
• Peter A. Judd (1996?2000)
• James E. Slauter (1996?present)
• Gail E. Mengel (1998?2005)
• Linda L. Booth (1998?present)
• Leonard M. Young (2000?present)
• Bunda C. Chibwe (2000?present)
• Mary Jacks Dynes (2002?present)
• David D. Schaal (2002?2005)
• Ronald D. Harmon, Jr. (2005?present)
• Rick W. Maupin (2005?present)
• Susan D. Skoor (2005?present)