Utah Area President Elder Kevin W. Pearson on the positive influence the area has on the global Church; featuring Sheri Dew as guest host
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🗓️ 19 April 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global Church headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. While the Utah Area is small in terms of geography, it is the Church’s largest in terms of membership, activity and influence. This episode of the Church News podcast features Elder Kevin W. Pearson, a General Authority Seventy and president of the Utah Area, to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of building the Church in this area of the world. Elder Pearson is joined by a special guest host, Sheri L. Dew, executive vice president and chief content officer of Deseret Management Corp. and a former member of the Relief Society general presidency.
The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.
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| 0:00.0 | Having a strong, faithful, energetic church in Utah is very important to the perception of the church, but also to the capacity of the church to continue to grow in every other part of the world. |
| 0:22.4 | There is an award in the world, much less in Utah, that represents what the church is on a global basis. |
| 0:30.9 | I think members of the church would be shocked if they could see the scope of the goodness of the Church of Jesus Christ |
| 0:41.4 | of Latter-day Saints in the world. |
| 0:43.3 | It's been an eye-opening experience for me, but the work that the church does, the scope |
| 0:49.3 | of what the restored gospel of Jesus Christ is and its influence on the world is almost incomprehensible. |
| 1:01.1 | I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the church news. Welcome to the church news podcast. |
| 1:06.2 | We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ |
| 1:11.4 | of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:17.6 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global church headquartered in Salt Lake |
| 1:22.2 | City, Utah. While the Utah area is small in terms of geography, it's the church's largest in terms of membership, |
| 1:29.3 | activity, and influence. Today on the Church News podcast, we are joined by the president of the Utah |
| 1:35.0 | area, Elder Kevin W. Pearson, to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of building |
| 1:41.0 | the church in Utah. Elder Pearson was sustained as a General Authority 70 in April 2008. |
| 1:47.0 | His calling and service have taken him around the world as president of the Washington-Tacoma Mission, |
| 1:53.0 | a counselor in the Europe East Area, president of the Pacific Area, assistant in the North America Southwest area, |
| 2:00.0 | and an assistant executive director of the |
| 2:03.0 | missionary department. Elder Pearson is joined today by special guest host Sherry L. Du, Executive |
| 2:08.9 | Vice President and Chief Content Officer of Deserent Management Corporation and a former member |
| 2:14.1 | of the Relief Society General Presidency. Welcome both of you to the Church News podcast, and we'll turn the microphone over to you. |
| 2:22.0 | Thank you, Sarah. It's wonderful to be here with you today, Elder Pearson. Thank you so much for |
| 2:27.4 | being willing to talk to us today. Happy to be here. As Sarah said in her introduction, you have served in several area presidencies. Europe East, you've |
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