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Mormon Stories Podcast

484: Christine Jeppsen Clark, Daughter of General Authority Malcolm Jeppsen Part 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2014

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Christine Jeppsen Clark is a mother of six, a former Mormon Tabernacle Choir member, a Ph.D. graduate student focusing on dementia, and a dear personal friend. She is also the daughter of the late Elder Malcolm S. Jeppsen: former LDS General Authority, personal physician and best friend to Elder Boyd K. Packer, and a GA who was directly involved in the excommunication of Avraham Gileadi (one of the September Six). In this multi-part episode with Christine we discuss: What it was like to grow up in the 1950s and 1960s in Salt Lake City as a very orthodox, devout member of a somewhat elite LDS family? What it was like to grow up the daughter of an LDS General Authority, who was both a physician to, and best friends with Elder Boyd K. Packer? Elder Jeppsen’s personal and direct involvement in the excommunication of Avraham Giliadi -- one of the September Six. How such an orthodox, committed LDS family including Christine (the daughter of a General Authority), her husband David Clark (former bishop of eight years, recent Stake Presidency member) and four of her six children could ultimately decide to leave the LDS Church, and What it’s like to leave the LDS Church as a grandparent in your 50s and 60s.

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Hello and welcome to part two of our interview with Christine Jepsen Clark, daughter of Malcolm

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Jepsen, General authority and best friends with Boykay Packer.

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In part one, we talked a lot about Christine's Pioneer ancestry.

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We talked about her dad, her dad's early friendship with Boykay Packer.

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We talked about the culture of the 50s and 60s, not just in the church, but just broadly

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about the roles of men and women and how that played out in Christine's early family

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experiences.

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Now, we're going to dive more into Christine's own story.

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I guess where it picks up, I think Christine, is that you were a little girl with lots of

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