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"We are a family church:" Dallin H. Oaks addresses Latter-day Saints members in first General Conference since Russell M. Nelson's death
Expected to become the 18th prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the coming days, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Dallin H. Oaks offered a particular message to church members at general conference on Sunday: “We are a family church.” Oaks’ counsel came at a tempestuous time for church members, in the wake of President Russell M. Nelson’s death Sept. 27 and a mass shooting at a Latter-day Saint chapel in Michigan that killed four church members. His words focused on the simplistic nature of the church’s teaching — that family is ...
