LDS Church Leaders and Aging
Historian Greg Prince discusses the LDS Church's aging top leadership, including leadership succession and the advantages and disadvantages of having aging church leaders.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only major Western religious tradition in the US with a service-until-death policy for its top leader, making aging authorities almost inevitable.
- President Dallin H. Oaks, 93, became the 18th prophet-president, succeeding Russell M. Nelson.
- Oaks will be expected to serve until the end of his life, as Nelson and 16 others did before him.
Leadership succession has evolved throughout Latter-day Saint history.
Author's summary: LDS Church faces challenges with aging leaders.
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