New Area Seventies Sustained

Two new Area Seventies were sustained individually during a leadership training meeting held as part of general conference. Then all Area Seventies were sustained as a group during the Saturday afternoon session of general conference.

Elder Charden Ndinga, 41, of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, will serve in the Third Quorum of the Seventy (Africa Central, South, and West Areas). Elder Pedro E. Hernández, 51, of Punto Fijo, Venezuela, will serve in the Ninth Quorum of the Seventy (South America Northwest and South Areas).

Many additional Area Seventy releases were announced in July. Area Seventies are “especial witnesses” of Jesus Christ to the geographic areas in which they reside (see Doctrine and Covenants 27:12). They serve under the direction of the Presidency of the Seventy.

The leadership meeting was attended in person or virtually by some 300 General Authorities, General Officers, and Area Seventies.