| Jeffrey R. Holland | |
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 Jeffrey R. Holland, while commissioner of the Church Educational System (1977) |
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| June 23, 1994 – incumbent | |
| Called by | Howard W. Hunter |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| June 23, 1994 – incumbent | |
| Called by | Howard W. Hunter |
| Reason | Death of Ezra Taft Benson; reorganization of First Presidency |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 1, 1989 – June 23, 1994 | |
| Called by | Ezra Taft Benson |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| 9th President of Brigham Young University | |
| In office | |
| 1980 – 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Dallin H. Oaks |
| Succeeded by | Rex E. Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeffrey Roy Holland December 3, 1940 St. George, Utah, United States |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (B.A., M.A.) Yale University (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Spouse | Patricia Terry (1963–present) |
| Children | Matthew Scott (b. 1966) Mary Alice (b. 1969) David (b. 1973) |
Jeffrey Roy Holland (born December 3, 1940) is an American educator and religious leader. He served as the ninth President of Brigham Young University and is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Holland is accepted by the LDS Church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the ninth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church.
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Early life and education [edit]
Holland was born in St. George, Utah. His father, Frank D. Holland, was a convert to the LDS Church while his mother, Alice, came from a long line of Latter-day Saints.[1] As a young man, Holland served a mission to England; his mission president was Marion D. Hanks, a general authority of the church. He and Quentin L. Cook were missionary companions.[2]
Holland graduated from Dixie High School. He helped the Flyers capture state high school championships in football and basketball.[1] He began his college education at Dixie College before his mission. After returning from his mission, he served as co-captain of the Dixie basketball team.[3] In 2011, the school broke ground for the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons Building, a $48 million, five-story building that honors both Holland and the school's 2011 centennial.[4]
Holland then transferred to Brigham Young University where he graduated with a BA in English. He received an MA in Religious Education from BYU, while also teaching religion classes part-time.[1] After earning his master's degree, Holland became an Institute of Religion teacher in Hayward, California. He next served as an institute director in Seattle, Washington. While in Seattle, Holland served as bishop of a single adult ward. Holland attended Yale University and earned a second master's degree, this time in American Studies, and later a Ph.D in the same subject.[5] At Yale, Holland studied with American literary scholar and critic R. W. B. Lewis and authored a dissertation on the religious sense of Mark Twain.[6] While in Connecticut, Holland served as a counselor in the presidency of the Hartford Connecticut Stake,[1] which had been organized in 1966.
Leadership at BYU and the Church Educational System [edit]
Holland served as an institute director in Salt Lake City after getting his Ph.D. He then served as director of the Melchizedek Priesthood MIA.[3] In 1974, Holland was appointed Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University; during this period of time, he was the youngest dean at BYU. He went from that position to being the eleventh commissioner of the Church Educational System, a position he held from 1976 to 1980. He was then appointed president of BYU, as the successor to Dallin H. Oaks. The most notable achievement of his presidency was the founding of the BYU Jerusalem Center. He also led a $100,000,000 fundraising campaign.[1] During his presidency, Holland renamed the BYU Center for International Studies the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and re-emphasized its role at BYU.[7]
As president of BYU, Holland also sought to encourage academic excellence in an atmosphere of faith. Like future BYU president, Cecil O. Samuelson, Holland emphasized that BYU could not do everything, but would seek excellence in what it did choose to do.[8]
Holland served as the president of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities (AAPICU) and as a member of the NCAA's president's committee. He also received the "Torch of Light" award from the Anti-defamation League.[9]
LDS Church leadership [edit]
Holland was called as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 1, 1989, bringing an end to his term as president of Brigham Young University.[10] As a member of the Seventy, Holland was a counselor in the general presidency of the church's Young Men organization from 1989 to 1990. Prior to his call as a general authority, Holland served as a bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, and regional representative.[10]
Holland was ordained an apostle of the LDS Church on June 23, 1994 by Howard W. Hunter,[11] following the death of church president Ezra Taft Benson, and was sustained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 1, 1994.
Holland lived in Santiago and served as president of the church's Chile Area from 2002 to 2004.[12][13]
In church general conferences in the fall of 2007 and spring of 2008, Holland gave sermons that directly answered accusations that Latter-day Saints are not within the accepted realm of Christianity. At the spring 2009 general conference, Holland gave a sermon about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the importance of Christ's statement, "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me". This talk was later reformatted with music and put on an LDS Church website, where by August 2009 it had been viewed well over 500,000 times.[14]
As of 2012, Holland is the member of the Twelve with responsibility for the affairs of the LDS Church in Africa. In early 2012 he went to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana to meet with members and missionaries. He also met with the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Samuel Sam-Sumana.[15]
Family [edit]
Holland and his wife, the former Patricia Terry, were married on June 7, 1963 in the St. George Temple. They are the parents of three children. Matthew S. Holland, a son, was appointed in 2009 as president of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. A younger son, David F. Holland, is a professor at Harvard Divinity School.
Works [edit]
- Books
- Holland, Jeffrey R. (2011), Created for greater things, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-1-60641-940-3, OCLC 671541156
- —— (2008), Broken Things to Mend, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-1-60641-024-0, OCLC 231745598
- —— (2006) [1997], Christ and the New Covenant, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-1-59038-613-2, OCLC 163198993
- ——; Tanner, Susan W (2006), Modesty, Makeovers, and the Pursuit of Physical Beauty: What Mothers and Daughters Need to Know, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-1-59038-603-3, OCLC 63692649
- —— (2003), Trusting Jesus, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-1-59038-155-7, OCLC 51389056
- —— (2001), Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-1-57345-859-7, OCLC 45446206
- —— (2000), Shepherds Why This Jubilee, Eagle Gate, ISBN 978-1-57345-863-4, OCLC 44468883
- ——; Holland, Patricia T (1989), On Earth As It Is In Heaven, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-0-87579-186-9, OCLC 20133634
- —— (1985), However Long & Hard the Road, Deseret Book, ISBN 978-0-87747-625-2, OCLC 12161981
- Articles
- Holland, Jeffrey R. (July 2011), "Faith to Answer the Call", Ensign
- —— (May 2011), "An Ensign to the Nations", Ensign
- —— (March 2011), "Charity Never Faileth: A Discussion on Relief Society", Ensign
- —— (November 2010), "Because of Your Faith", Ensign
- —— (May 2010), "Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul", Ensign
- —— (January 2010), "The Best Is Yet to Be", Ensign
- —— (January 2010), "We Want the Best for You", New Era
- —— (November 2009), "Safety for the Soul", Ensign
- —— (September 2009), "Lessons from Liberty Jail", Ensign
- —— (May 2009), "None Were with Him", Ensign
- —— (November 2008), "The Ministry of Angels", Ensign
- —— (June 2008), "President Thomas S. Monson: In the Footsteps of the Master", Liahona
- —— (May 2008), "My Words ... Never Cease", Ensign
- —— (April 2008), "Elder Quentin L. Cook: A Willing Heart and Mind", Ensign
- —— (March 2008), "The Atonement of Jesus Christ", Ensign
- —— (November 2007), "The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent", Ensign
- —— (October 2007), "Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts Unceasingly", New Era
- —— (October 2007), "Helping Those Who Struggle with Same-Gender Attraction", Ensign
- —— (July 2007), "This, the Greatest of All Dispensations", Ensign
- —— (June 2007), "Teaching and Learning in the Church", Ensign
- —— (May 2007), "The Tongue of Angels", Ensign
- —— (November 2006), "Prophets in the Land Again", Ensign
- —— (October 2006), "What I Wish Every New Member Knew—and Every Longtime Member Remembered", Ensign
- —— (May 2006), "Broken Things to Mend", Ensign
- —— (November 2005), "To Young Women", Ensign
- —— (May 2005), "Our Most Distinguishing Feature", Ensign
- —— (March 2005), "Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf: On to New Horizons", Ensign
- —— (November 2004), "Prophets, Seers, and Revelators", Ensign
- —— (August 2004), "Remember How You Felt", New Era
- —— (May 2004), "Abide in Me", Ensign
- —— (November 2003), "The Grandeur of God", Ensign
- —— (October 2003), "How Do I Love Thee?", New Era
- —— (May 2003), "A Prayer for the Children", Ensign
- —— (January 2003), "Teaching, Preaching, Healing", Ensign
- —— (November 2002), "Called to Serve", Ensign
- —— (May 2002), "The Other Prodigal", Ensign
- —— (November 2001), "Like a Watered Garden", Ensign
- —— (May 2001), "Witnesses unto Me", Ensign
- —— (March 2001), "Missionary Work and the Atonement", Ensign
- —— (November 2000), "Sanctify Yourselves", Ensign
- —— (May 2000), "As Doves to Our Windows", Ensign
- —— (March 2000), "Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence", Ensign
- —— (November 1999), "An High Priest of Good Things to Come", Ensign
- —— (May 1999), "The Hands of the Fathers", Ensign
- —— (November 1998), "Personal Purity", Ensign
- —— (June 1998), "Real Friendship", New Era
- —— (May 1998), "A Teacher Come from God", Ensign
- —— (April 1998), "Come unto Me", Ensign
- —— (November 1997), "He Hath Filled the Hungry with Good Things", Ensign
- —— (May 1997), "Because She Is a Mother", Ensign
- —— (November 1996), "The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom", Ensign
- —— (August 1996), "Friend to Friend: Fear not, little children", The Friend
- —— (May 1996), "A Handful of Meal and a Little Oil", Ensign
- —— (January 1996), "For a Wise Purpose", Ensign
- —— (November 1995), "This Do in Remembrance of Me", Ensign
- —— (June 1995), "True or False", New Era
- —— (June 1995), "President Gordon B. Hinckley: Stalwart and Brave He Stands", Ensign
- —— (May 1995), "Our Priesthood Legacy", Ensign
- —— (November 1994), "Miracles of the Restoration", Ensign
- —— (September 1994), "President Thomas S. Monson: Finishing the Course, Keeping the Faith", Ensign
- —— (November 1993), "Look to God and Live", Ensign
- —— (November 1992), "New Frontiers for New Pioneers", New Era
- —— (November 1989), "He Loved Them unto the End", Ensign
- —— (August 1986), "I Stand All Amazed", Ensign
- —— (February 1986), "President Thomas S. Monson: Man of Action, Man of Faith, Always 'on the Lord’s Errand'", Ensign
- —— (August 1985), "A Robe, a Ring, and a Fatted Calf", Ensign
- —— (February 1984), "The Inconvenient Messiah", Ensign
- —— (September 1983), "However Long and Hard the Road", New Era
- —— (July 1983), "Lift Up Your Eyes", Ensign
- —— (May 1983), "Within the Clasp of Your Arms", Ensign
- —— (October 1980), "For Times of Trouble", New Era
- —— (April 1980), "Friend to Friend: The Cactus, the Cross, and Easter", The Friend
- —— (April 1980), "Belonging: A View of Membership", Ensign
- —— (September 1978), "Friend to Friend: Do You Think I Can Fit into Your Seat?", The Friend
- —— (April 1978), "Mormon: The Man and the Book, Part 2", Ensign
- —— (March 1978), "Mormon: The Man and the Book, Part 1", Ensign
- —— (December 1977), "Maybe Christmas Doesn’t Come from a Store", Ensign
- —— (March 1977), "Alma, Son of Alma", Ensign
- —— (September 1976), "Daddy, Donna, and Nephi", Ensign
- —— (June 1976), "A Promised Land", Ensign
- —— (September 1975), "The Lengthening Shadow of Peter", Ensign
- —— (September 1974), "Whom Say Ye That I Am?", Ensign
- Speeches
- Holland, Jeffrey R. (13 January 2009), "Remember Lot's Wife", BYU Devotional, Marriott Center, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (7 September 2008), "Lessons from Liberty Jail", CES Fireside for Young Adults, BYU, Provo, Utah
- ——; Holland, Patricia T (4 May 2007), "What Time Is This?", BYU Women's Conference
- —— (12 September 2004), "Terror, Triumph, and a Wedding Feast", CES Fireside for Young Adults
- —— (28 October 2000), "The Miracle of a Mission", Missionary Training Center, Provo, Utah — unofficial transcript
- —— (15 February 2000), "How Do I Love Thee?", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (2 March 1999), "Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (1 December 1998), "Christmas Comfort", Ricks College Devotional, Rexburg, Idaho
- —— (2 March 1997), "Come Unto Me", CES Fireside for Young Adults
- —— (17 January 1989), "The Will of the Father in All Things", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (6 September 1988), "At Their Most Enlightened and Alert", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (15 September 1987), "Who We Are and What God Expects Us to Do", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (13 January 1987), "The Bitter Cup and the Bloody Baptism", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (9 September 1986), "Unless You're a Mormon", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (21 January 1986), "Oh Lord, Keep My Rudder True", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (10 September 1985), "Nailing Our Colors to the Mast", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (15 January 1985), "Some Things We Have Learned—Together", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (31 January 1984), "A Robe, a Ring, and a Fatted Calf", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (18 January 1983), "However Long and Hard the Road", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (25 August 1981), "That Our Children May Know", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (2 September 1980), "Are You True?", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
- —— (18 March 1980), "For Times of Trouble", BYU Devotional, BYU, Provo, Utah
See also [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ a b c d e Searle, Don L. (August 1995), "Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles", Liahona: 26
- ^ Holland, Jeffrey R. (April 2008), "Elder Quentin L. Cook: A Willing Heart and Mind", Ensign
- ^ a b Godfrey, Kenneth W. "Jeffrey R. Holland" in Garr, Arnold K., Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan (eds.). Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 2000) p. 506.
- ^ "Dixie State College Officially Breaks Ground for New Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons Building", Dixie Today (Dixie State College of Utah), 21 March 2011
- ^ Church Almanac. (2003). Deseret News: Salt Lake City.[page needed]
- ^ Holland, Jeffrey R. (1973). Mark Twain's Religious Sense: The Viable Years -- 1835-1883 (Ph.D. thesis). Yale University. OCLC 367235370.
- ^ Holland, Jeffrey R. (17 November 1983), The Mission of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
- ^ Jeffrey R. Holland, "Past Presidents", BYU Office of the President (Brigham Young University)
- ^ "Homecoming 2009", Dixie State Magazine (Dixie State College of Utah), Fall 2009: 8
- ^ a b 2006 Deseret News Church Almanac, p. 26
- ^ Church Educational System (2003). "Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles In the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times", Church History in the Fulness of Times (Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church) p. 660.
- ^ Two Apostles Will Serve Overseas, "News of the Church", Ensign, May 2002
- ^ "New area assignments: Service begins Aug. 15 for 30 area presidencies", Church News, June 14, 2003
- ^ Shill, Aaron (8 October 2009), "LDS Church using the Internet to its advantage", Deseret News
- ^ Holman, Marianne (February 23, 2012), "A bright future for members in African nations: Apostle visits, blesses countries in West Africa", Church News
Further reading [edit]
- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, "Official Biographies for leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", Newsroom (LDS Church)
- Jeffrey Holland, "Interviews", The Mormons, Frontline and American Experience (PBS), 2007
External links [edit]
- "General Authorities: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland", lds.org
- Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Jeffrey R. Holland
- Holland on Special Witnesses of Christ
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| Preceded by Dallin H. Oaks |
President of BYU 1980–1989 |
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| Preceded by Robert D. Hales |
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles June 23, 1994– |
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