LDS Church Announces New Prophet and 1st Presidency - Dallin Oaks, Henry Eyring, Todd Christofferson | Ep. 2071
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
Today, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new Prophet and First Presidency. Following the passing of President Russell M. Nelson, senior apostle Dallin H. Oaks has been called as the next Prophet and President of the Church, with Henry B. Eyring and D. Todd Christofferson as his counselors.
In this livestream reaction episode, we discuss the LDS system of prophetic succession (seniority-based), why these counselors choices are both expected AND surprising, who might fill the new vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the health and age concerns surrounding the new leadership, and reactions to the official Church livestream, press conference and speeches given. We also explore the broader implications of the Church –including generational leadership, LGBTQ issues, and possible future apostolic calls.
Join us as we watch and react live to the LDS announcement of the new First Presidency.
The original broadcast can be viewed here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast. I'm your host, John DeLinn. |
| 0:05.0 | It is October 14th, 2025. It's 1259, and the Mormon Church is about to announce a new prophet and a new first presidency. |
| 0:19.7 | And what we want to do is we want to go ahead and live stream it and allow y'all a chance |
| 0:26.7 | to comment on it, uh, |
| 0:29.2 | and we hope to provide some sort of commentary. |
| 0:35.9 | So, um, |
| 0:39.0 | yeah, for those of you who don't know while we're waiting for it to begin, |
| 0:42.4 | the Russell and Nelson recently passed away |
| 0:45.9 | as the president and prophet |
| 0:48.6 | of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:51.5 | He was beloved by many. |
| 0:53.1 | He served for many years. |
| 0:56.1 | And as is customary, within a week or two or so of the passing of the prophet, |
| 1:04.6 | the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces the new prophet president |
| 1:10.2 | and a new first presidency. I'm anticipating |
| 1:13.5 | that Iring will be kept in the first presidency and that Elder Bednar will be added as a new |
| 1:21.8 | member of the first presidency, but we'll see. And it's starting now. So what we want to do is welcome you all. And also, |
| 1:31.3 | I'm going to be sharing people's commentary. I'm Elder Gary E. Stevenson. And after the |
| 1:37.8 | announcement, we'll be sharing some reactions. And have been asked to conduct this afternoon's announcement. |
| 1:47.0 | We welcome you from the conference center in Salt Lake City, Utah on this memorable occasion |
| 1:53.0 | of the presentation of a new first presidency. |
| 1:57.0 | With the passing of our beloved prophet, Russell M. Nelson on September 27, 2025, the first presidency was dissolved. |
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