Brad Wilcox
Brad Wilcox is an American educator, author, and international speaker. He was sustained as Second Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2020. On April 1, 2023, he was released and then sustained as First Counselor in the Young Men General Presidency.
Bradley Ray Wilcox was born December 25, 1959. He grew up in Provo, Utah, but spent some of his adolescence in Ethiopia. He also lived in Chile where he served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as president of the Chile Santiago East mission from 2003 to 2006. He and his wife and children lived in New Zealand when he directed a Study Abroad Program for Brigham Young University.
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ he has served as a member of the general board of the Sunday School and a counselor in the presidency of a BYU stake.
Wilcox earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in 1985. He also earned a PhD from the University of Wyoming. He taught sixth grade in Provo, Utah, and wa a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at BYU. He is currently a professor in BYU’s Department of Ancient Scripture.
He is also a prominent speaker at BYU Campus Education Week, BYU Women’s Conference, and Especially for Youth programs. He served as a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America. He spoke at an international youth conference in Sweden in July 2014.
Wilcox has written several books, including The Continuous Atonement, The Continuous Conversion, The 7-Day Christian: How Living Your Beliefs Every Day Can Change the World, Growing Up: Gospel Answers About Maturation and Sex, and Raising Ourselves to the Bar. A versatile author, he has also written two children's books (Hip, Hip Hooray for Annie McRae and There’s Always a Way, Annie McRae), and articles on how to encourage children to read.
Wilcox and his wife, Debi, are the parents of four children.
Wilcox and Milton Camargo, of the Sunday School General Presidency, embarked on a four-country ministry of Central Africa in September 2022. They are providing leadership training, strengthening the missionaries, and providing support to members and their families. The leaders are accompanied in their ministry by members of the Africa Central Area Presidency.
“The purpose of our coming to Africa is first to represent the Saviour and share His love with all the members and the leaders here,” Brother Camargo told Africa Newsroom. “Second, it is to help the members see how truly blessed they are to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Third, to help them learn about, and live, the gospel of Jesus Christ in their homes and families.” The leaders began their tour with a leader training session in Nairobi, Kenya.
The visit to Ethiopia has special significance to Brother Wilcox, who lived in the country as a young child. “Coming to this area is like coming home,” he commented after arriving. “I am from Africa, I don’t look like it, but I grew up here, in Ethiopia. I left when I was seven years old, and so I say, ‘Jambo!’”[1]
"Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness," October 2021 General Conference talk
