Lynn A. Mickelsen
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Lynn Alvin Mickelsen has been a general authority
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1990.
Mickelsen was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho
. As a young man, he was a missionary
in the church's Central America
n Mission
when it spanned from Guatemala
to Panama
.
Mickelsen studied at Ricks College and Brigham Young University
(BYU). He graduated from BYU in 1966 with a degree in agricultural economics. After this, Mickelsen operated a potato
farm in Idaho and also was involved in shipping potatoes.
In the LDS Church, Mickelsen has been a bishop, stake president, regional representative of the Twelve
, and president
of the Colombia
Cali
Mission. In 1990, he became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. At the time of his call, he was serving as a temple
worker in the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
, assigned to work in Spanish
. In 1993, Mickelsen was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy.
Starting in 2004 Mickelsen worked with Jay E. Jensen
and Enrique Resek in supervising the preparation and publication of an LDS edition of the Bible
in Spanish, using as their base text the Reina-Valera Translation of the Bible.
General authority
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a general authority is a member of certain leadership organizations who are given administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church...
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1990.
Mickelsen was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
. As a young man, he was a missionary
Missionary (LDS Church)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full-time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010...
in the church's Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
n Mission
Mission (LDS Church)
A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...
when it spanned from Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
to Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
.
Mickelsen studied at Ricks College and Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU). He graduated from BYU in 1966 with a degree in agricultural economics. After this, Mickelsen operated a potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
farm in Idaho and also was involved in shipping potatoes.
In the LDS Church, Mickelsen has been a bishop, stake president, regional representative of the Twelve
Regional representative of the Twelve
Regional representative of the Twelve, commonly shorted to regional representative or regional rep, was a priesthood calling in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1968 and 1995...
, and president
Mission president
Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president presides over a mission and the missionaries serving in the mission...
of the Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
Cali
Santiago de Cali
Santiago de Cali , simply referred to as Cali, is a city in western Colombia and the capital of the Valle del Cauca Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country. It has one of the fastest growing economies and infrastructure in the country because...
Mission. In 1990, he became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. At the time of his call, he was serving as a temple
Temple (LDS Church)
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord, and they are considered by Church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. Upon completion, temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time...
worker in the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
The Idaho Falls Idaho Temple is the tenth constructed and eighth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Idaho Falls, Idaho it was the first LDS temple built in Idaho, and the first temple built with a modern single-spire design.The LDS temple...
, assigned to work in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. In 1993, Mickelsen was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy.
Starting in 2004 Mickelsen worked with Jay E. Jensen
Jay E. Jensen
Jay Edwin Jensen has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1992. On 1 August 2008, he became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of the church....
and Enrique Resek in supervising the preparation and publication of an LDS edition of the Bible
LDS edition of the Bible
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publishes editions of the Bible in English and Spanish that it encourages its members to use. The text of the LDS Church's English-language Bible is the Authorized King James Version and the church's Spanish-language Bible is a revised Reina-Valera...
in Spanish, using as their base text the Reina-Valera Translation of the Bible.