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John M. Madsen
Second Quorum of the Seventy
June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06) – April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05)
End reasonTransferred to First Quorum of the Seventy
First Quorum of the Seventy
April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05) – October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03)
End reasonGranted general authority emeritus status
Emeritus General Authority
October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03)
Personal details
BornJohn Max Madsen
(1939-04-24) April 24, 1939 (age 85)
Washington, D.C., United States

John Max Madsen (born April 24, 1939) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1992.

Madsen was born in Washington, D.C. His family lived in Beltsville, Maryland until Madsen was six when his father took a position at Utah State University. From 1950 to 1953, Madsen's father, Louis L. Madsen, was president of Utah State. He then moved his family to Pullman, Washington where he took a position as a dean at Washington State University. John Madsen served as an missionary from 1959 to 1961 in the LDS Church's North Central States Mission.

In 1963, Madsen married Diane Dursteler and they are the parents of six children.

Madsen received a bachelors degree in zoology, with a minor in chemistry, from Washington State University. One of Madsen's associates at Washington State was Gary J. Coleman, who Madsen baptized into the LDS Church. Coleman also later became a general authority.

Madsen had planned to go to dental school but instead became a seminary teacher and spent much of his career with the Church Educational System (CES). In 1968, Madsen was sent to England as the first seminary teacher to work there.[1] For a time, Madsen served as a CES coordinator in England.[2] He also served as an institute instructor and later as a religion professor at Brigham Young University (BYU). Madsen got both his master's and Ed.D. from BYU. Madsen was later an LDS Church employee, serving in the Melchizedek Priesthood Department and other administrative roles.

Prior to his call as a general authority, Madsen served in the LDS Church as a regional representative and as president of the England Southwest Mission (1970 to 1973). In 1992, Madsen became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In 1997 he was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy.

As a general authority, Madsen's assignments included serving as president of the church's Mexico North Area, and in the presidency of the North America West, North America Northwest, Philippines, and Australia/New Zealand areas.[3] He also served in the general presidency of the church's Young Men organization,[4] having also served as a member of the organization's general board earlier in his life.[5]

Madsen was designated as an emeritus general authority at the church's October 2009 general conference.

Notes

  1. ^ Trent Toone, "LDS Church History Symposium presenter tells of Global Pioneers in Church Education", Deseret News, March 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Anne C. Bradshaw, “Taking Root,” New Era, October 1988, p. 12.
  3. ^ “New Area Presidencies,” Ensign, August 1996, pp. 71–73.
  4. ^ “The Sustaining of Church Officers,” Ensign, November 2001, p. 21.
  5. ^ Gerry Avant, "Answered inner call: 'work with youth'", Church News, August 22, 1992. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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