Called by Gordon B. Hinckley Children 4 Spouse(s) Debora Bliss Jones | Called by Thomas S. Monson Called by Thomas S. Monson Name Craig Christensen | |
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End reason Transferred to First Quorum of the Seventy Full Name Craig Cloward Christensen Born March 18, 1956 (age 68)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ( 1956-03-18 ) Education University of Washington, Brigham Young University | ||
Elder craig c christensen an unspeakable gift from god 182nd semiannual lds general conference
Craig Cloward Christensen (born March 18, 1956) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2002 and a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy since August 2012.
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- Elder craig c christensen an unspeakable gift from god 182nd semiannual lds general conference
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Elder craig c christensen
Biography
Christensen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Sheron Glen Christensen and Colleen Cloward. The family moved to Concord, California, when Christensen was 11 years old. He was an All-American football player in high school and went on to play center for Brigham Young University (BYU) — playing both before and after his two-year service in the Chile Santiago South Mission of the LDS Church, where William R. Bradford, of the First Quorum of the Seventy, was his mission president.
Christensen was engaged to Debora Bliss Jones three weeks after returning from his mission in 1977, and the couple was married in the Salt Lake Temple three months later. They are the parents of four children.
After graduating with a degree in accounting from BYU in 1979, Christensen worked for an accounting firm in California for two years and then attended the University of Washington where he received an MBA. Christensen subsequently moved his family back to Utah, where he bought his first company in 1990. He worked as a real estate developer and franchised automobile dealer. He also taught business and religion classes at BYU.
In the LDS Church, Christensen has served as a high councilor, bishop, temple ordinance worker, counselor in a MTC branch presidency, and area seventy. He served as president of the Mexico Mexico City East Mission from 1995 to 1998. He was called as a general authority on October 5, 2002, serving as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy until being transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 2008. As a general authority, he has served as president of the church's Mexico South Area (2003–07) and in the Priesthood Department, including as Executive Director (2010–12). Christensen became a member of the church's seven-man Presidency of the Seventy on August 1, 2012.
