M. Russell Ballard
Melvin Russell Ballard, Jr. has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints since 1985. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Ballard is accepted by church members as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the fourth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church.
Ballard was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Melvin Russell Ballard Sr. and his wife, Geraldine Smith. As a young man, Ballard served as a missionary in England from 1948 to 1950. He met his wife while they were studying at the University of Utah. In 1974, Ballard was called as president of the churchs Canada Toronto Mission. While serving as a mission president, he was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976 he completed his threeyear term as mission president as a member of the Seventy.
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