Timothy L. Farnes

Timothy L. Farnes was called to serve as the Young Men General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was sustained on April 5, 2025, and will begin serving on August 1, 2025. He currently serves as an Area Seventy in the Utah Area.

The Young Men organization promotes faith, growth, and development in young men through Sunday instruction, weekday service and activities, and annual camps and conferences. The Young Men General Presidency, which directs this organization for the whole Church, consists of a president and two counselors. These three men are responsible for supporting young men ages 12 to 18 in the Church.

Farnes is a self-employed investor and advisor. His previous Church assignments include mission president, stake president, stake presidency counselor, high councilor, bishop, young single adult (YSA) bishop, and bishopric counselor.

Farnes was born June 29, 1969, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Gary William and Mary Ellen Farnes. As a young child, his family moved to Utah, where he grew up. He is the oldest of seven children.

He served in the Brazil Porto Alegre Mission. He studied economics at Brigham Young University and later began multiple companies, including Medsource Direct and Aspire, and the humanitarian nonprofit World Joy.

He and his wife, Linsey, have five children and live in Bountiful, Utah. President and Sister Farnes served as mission leaders in the Brazil São Paulo North Mission from 2014 to 2017.[1]