LDS Church leadership

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governing body of a religious organization religious leadership structure

LDS Church leadership refers to the senior governing authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including its prophets, apostles, and other high-ranking ecclesiastical leaders who direct the church’s doctrine and administration.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Latter-day Saint prophets	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body of a religious organization ⓘ religious leadership structure ⓘ
associatedWith	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
claimsAuthorityFrom	continuing revelation ⓘ priesthood keys ⓘ
communicatesThrough	First Presidency letters ⓘ general conference addresses ⓘ handbooks of instructions ⓘ official church statements ⓘ
coordinatesWith	local leaders such as stake presidents and bishops ⓘ
followsPrinciple	apostolic governance ⓘ prophetic succession ⓘ
governs	worldwide administration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
hasComponent	Area Presidencies NERFINISHED ⓘ First Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ General Auxiliary Presidencies NERFINISHED ⓘ Presiding Bishopric NERFINISHED ⓘ Quorum of the Twelve Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ Quorums of the Seventy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalOriginIn	leadership pattern established by Joseph Smith ⓘ
includesRole	Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ Area Seventy NERFINISHED ⓘ Counselor in the First Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric ⓘ General Authority Seventy NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ President of the Church NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ Presiding Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ Primary General President NERFINISHED ⓘ Relief Society General President NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunday School General President NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Men General President NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Women General President NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Church Administration Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Salt Lake Temple (historically for some councils) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Church Office Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesWithin	hierarchical priesthood structure ⓘ
oversees	church curriculum and teaching materials ⓘ doctrinal direction of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ ecclesiastical discipline at the general church level ⓘ global missionary work of the church ⓘ organizational structure of stakes and missions ⓘ temple policies and administration ⓘ welfare and humanitarian programs of the church ⓘ
recognizedByMembersAs	prophets, seers, and revelators (for First Presidency and Twelve) ⓘ
refersTo	senior governing authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
selectedBy	internal church procedures and apostolic seniority ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Franklin D. Richards → affiliation → LDS Church leadership ⓘ

Zion and gathering of Israel → taughtBy → LDS Church leadership ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latter-day Saint prophets