First Presidency

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governing council leadership body religious organization office

The First Presidency is the highest governing council and chief leadership body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, typically composed of the church president and his counselors.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Presidency (LDS Church)	1
First Presidency (Latter Day Saint movement)	1
First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	1
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing council ⓘ leadership body ⓘ religious organization office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition	President of the Church and his counselors NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfEstablishment	1832 ⓘ
denomination	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrineStatus	presiding high council of the Church ⓘ
foundedIn	Kirtland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	administrative matters in the Church ⓘ doctrinal matters in the Church ⓘ policy decisions in the Church ⓘ
hasMemberRank	apostle ⓘ
hasPart	First Counselor in the First Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Church ⓘ Second Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	highest governing council ⓘ
influences	global policies of the Church ⓘ
issues	letters and directives to Church leaders ⓘ official statements and proclamations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leaderTitle	Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ President of the Church ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Salt Lake County NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetingPlace	Church Administration Building NERFINISHED ⓘ The Church Office Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	general authorities of the Church ⓘ
oversees	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ general auxiliary organizations of the Church ⓘ worldwide administration of the Church ⓘ
parentOrganization	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicAddressesVenue	general conference of the Church ⓘ
religion	Latter-day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	chief leadership body of the Church ⓘ ultimate decision-making council in the Church ⓘ
selectionProcess	President chooses counselors, subject to sustaining vote ⓘ
significantEvent	reorganization after the death of each Church president ⓘ
subsidiary	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
successionPrinciple	on death of the president, the First Presidency is dissolved ⓘ senior apostle typically becomes next president ⓘ
sustainedBy	general membership of the Church ⓘ
tradition	members are usually apostles ⓘ
typicalNumberOfMembers	3 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → governingBody → First Presidency ⓘ

Salt Lake Temple → governingBody → First Presidency ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference → keySpeaker → First Presidency ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints general conference → governedBy → First Presidency ⓘ

Hyrum Smith → memberOf → First Presidency ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Presidency (Latter Day Saint movement)

Church of the Latter Day Saints → hasLeaderTitle → First Presidency ⓘ

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) → subordinateTo → First Presidency ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Presidency (LDS Church)