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| − | '''Carl Bert Cook''' is a [[General Authority]] of [http:// | + | '''Carl Bert Cook''' is a [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and was sustained to the [[Presidency of the Seventy]] on March 31, 2018. He was sustained a member of the First Quorum of the [[Seventy]] on April 2, 2011, and had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy at the time of his call. |
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| + | On January 17, 2024, the First Presidency announced that Elder Cook was appointed Senior President of the Presidency of the Seventy, filling the vacancy when Elder [[Patrick Kearon]] was called to the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. | ||
He was born on October 15, 1957, in Ogden, Utah, and grew up in Plain City, Utah, raised by his mother. He served as a full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in Hamburg, Germany. He has also served as bishop, stake president, president of the New Zealand Auckland Mission (2005–2008), and Area Seventy. | He was born on October 15, 1957, in Ogden, Utah, and grew up in Plain City, Utah, raised by his mother. He served as a full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in Hamburg, Germany. He has also served as bishop, stake president, president of the New Zealand Auckland Mission (2005–2008), and Area Seventy. | ||
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Cook and his wife, Lynette, are the parents of five children. | Cook and his wife, Lynette, are the parents of five children. | ||
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| + | ===Elder Cook's General Conference Talks=== | ||
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| + | * [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/13cook?lang=eng "Just Keep Going—with Faith," April 2023] | ||
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| + | * [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/04/32cook?lang=eng "The Quorum: A Place of Belonging," April 2019] | ||
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| + | * [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2016/10/serve?lang=eng "Serve," October 2016] | ||
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| + | * [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2011/10/it-is-better-to-look-up?lang=eng "It Is Better to Look Up," October 2011] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:46, 7 April 2024
Carl Bert Cook is a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was sustained to the Presidency of the Seventy on March 31, 2018. He was sustained a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 2, 2011, and had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy at the time of his call.
On January 17, 2024, the First Presidency announced that Elder Cook was appointed Senior President of the Presidency of the Seventy, filling the vacancy when Elder Patrick Kearon was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
He was born on October 15, 1957, in Ogden, Utah, and grew up in Plain City, Utah, raised by his mother. He served as a full-time missionary in Hamburg, Germany. He has also served as bishop, stake president, president of the New Zealand Auckland Mission (2005–2008), and Area Seventy.
Cook earned his bachelor’s degree in business marketing from Weber State College and his MBA from Utah State University. He began his career with the Xerox Corporation and then moved into commercial real estate development as a partner with The Boyer Company.
Cook and his wife, Lynette, are the parents of five children.
