The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released the following statement today about the health of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland released from hospital, returns home to recuperate After an extended hospital stay, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is now recuperating at home. Elder Holland […]
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Sister Patricia Terry Holland Passes Away
Patricia Terry Holland, the wife of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a former counselor in the Young Women General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away peacefully on July 20, 2023, after a brief hospitalization. She was 81. Born Feb. 16, 1942, in […]
Church provides update on Elder Holland’s health
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on Thursday, April 6, that Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will take two months off to focus on his health. Elder Holland is also struggling with a kidney disease and receiving dialysis, according to the statement. Elder Holland missed all […]
Refugees Meet with Elder and Sister Holland in Germany
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles continued his work with refugees in Hannover, Germany. “I’m moved to tears by their faith and by the goodness of these German Saints who’ve taken [refugees] into their homes and clothed them and fed them and given them a new opportunity,” the Apostle said as […]
How Elder Holland sees the gospel as a maypole
For Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, the gospel of Jesus Christ is like a maypole — a long pole with colorful ribbon used in folk festivals. Dancers braid the maypole by winding the ribbon around the pole. “Did you ever braid a maypole when you were a little kid?” questioned Elder Holland of the Quorum of the […]
Three Latter-day Saint Apostles Begin Visit to Great Britain
Three members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are ministering throughout Great Britain this week. President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, along with Elders Jeffrey R. Holland and Quentin L. Cook, are meeting with missionaries and members of […]
Two Most Important Paragraphs from Elder Holland’s Recent Address At Brigham Young University
The main theme of Elder Holland’s much-referenced talk given at Brigham Young University was an invitation for faculty, staff, and the administration at BYU to show empathy to everyone, while still being devoted to doctrine. Yet some have taken his recent talk to be divisive. They lament that Elder Holland is no longer an “amiable” […]
Elder Holland Advises Us to not ‘take’ institute but let institute ‘take’ you
Speaking to young adults from Newcastle to Novosibirsk and from Copenhagen to Cape Town, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland began his message by clarifying that his purpose was not to “recruit” them to attend institute. “You don’t exist so institute can become a successful Church program,” said Elder Holland. “No, it’s […]