LDS Church announces new presidency with Dallin H. Oaks as 18th prophet

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Source: KUER Salt Lake City, UT/NPR

Published October 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM MDT
Updated October 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM MDT


Dallin H. Oaks is the new prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. No surprises there, as succession in leadership has long been determined by seniority, and Oaks was the church’s longest serving apostle. He assumed that role in 1984.

The two men chosen to join the First Presidency, however, said they were surprised. Henry B. Eyring is first councilor and D. Todd Christofferson is second councilor. Oaks said that he chose them after an “extended process of fasting and prayer.”

After the church’s announcement, Oaks said that Russell M. Nelson, who died last month of old age, was a “magnificent” prophet and that there is a lot of work to do to fulfill the hopes and directives he had for the church and its members. “There is much to be done, for our ministry is a ministry of all the children of God on the face of the earth,” Oaks said. “We pray for all.“

Matthew Bowman, religion and history professor at Claremont Graduate University, was also a little surprised at the choice of Christofferson. The First Presidency is often a training ground for future prophets, he said, but Bowman believes Christofferson is unlikely to rise that level because he’s older in age and lower in seniority.

Read more: https://www.kuer.org/race-religion-social-justice/2025-10-14/lds-church-announces-new-presidency-with-dallin-h-oaks-as-18th-prophet

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1. "Meet the new boss--same as the old boss..."

Another old white perv.......

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. New (well very old and decrepit, actually) looney

in charge of the asylum.

[murielm99]

3. Oh, leave them alone.

Let them believe whatever they want.

[maxsolomon]

6. Do you jump in to defend the Roman Catholic Church too?

Scientology?

The deeply misogynistic LDS is not above criticism or even disdain. Check out comment 5. Comment 2 is mild.

[Miguelito Loveless]

8. Perfectly willing to do that...

Trouble is, they don't feel the same way.

[2na fisherman]

4. A new Profit?

Tax the churches. No free ride for fleecing their flocks. For every sincerely benevolent man of god who calls himself a spiritual leader, there are thousands of others who are only in it for the money.

[SoFlaBro]

5. Another MAGA fuckwad at the helm of a pedophile and rapist based church. Piss on that fucking turd.

[nycbos]

7. Have you heard about the All American Prophet.

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I believe in 1978. God changed his mind about Black people.

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[travelingthrulife]

9. Stuck in the dark ages