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Article: Pres. Hinckley seen as 'father of LDS Church in the Orient'
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2008
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President Gordon B. Hinckley's ties to the LDS Church in Asia
were so strong that one scholar has called him "the father of the
church in the Orient."
His work with church members abroad began decades ago. As an
assistant to the Twelve, then later as a member of the Quorum of the
Twelve, President Hinckley received responsibility for the church in
overseas areas.
One of then-Elder Hinckley's first assignments as an assistant to
the Twelve was to work with President Henry D. Moyle in dividing the
missions of the world into areas under the direction of the members
of the Twelve.
This was a prelude to his next assignment: overseeing the work in
Asia. Over the next eight years in the '60s, he ...