Elder Patrick Kearon talks about how President Russell M. Nelson called him to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Church's newest apostle, Elder Patrick Kearon, is only a month and-a-half on the job and spoke with ABC4's Brian Carlson about what it's like taking on such a big responsibility.
Last week’s calling of Elder Patrick Kearon as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles elicited international attention, including queries about what it’s like to be called to the modern apostleship within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Since 1835, some 106 individuals have entered the apostleship. New apostles do not apply or campaign for positions, but are rather called by the most senior apostle — the church’s prophet-president — who seeks God’s will about who to select to fill vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
On Thursday morning, the 14 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles laid their hands on Elder Patrick Kearon’s head and ordained him the 15th. Then the newest apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints boarded a flight for Hawaii, where he delivered his first talk as an apostle early Friday morning to the fall graduating class of Brigham Young University-Hawaii in Laie. “As I prepared thoughts to share with you, of course I never imagined that I would be sharing them on the day when I would be named the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles,” he said.