Elder Dale G. Renlund was sustained on Oct. 3, 2015, as one in all three new members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles named throughout October 2015 basic convention. He was born on Nov. 13, 1952, in Salt Lake City and raised in Finland, Sweden and Utah, later returning to Sweden as a young full-time missionary.
He married Ruth Lybbert in 1977 within the Salt Lake Temple. They are the dad and mom of 1 daughter. Prior to being referred to as as an Apostle, Elder Renlund served within the Africa Southeast Area presidency, was a General Authority Seventy and an Area Seventy.
Elder Renlund acquired bachelor’s and medical levels from the University of Utah, with additional coaching at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a professor of medication on the University of Utah and the medical director of the Utah Transplantation Affiliated Hospitals Cardiac Transplant Program.
In honor of his birthday, listed here are 9 quotes from Elder Renlund up to now 12 months.
1. Jesus Christ is the mark and the treasure
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, speaks through the Sunday afternoon session of the 193rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 1, 2023.
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“He is our Savior and Redeemer, the ‘mark’ to whom we should look, and our greatest treasure. … As you come to Him, you will be rewarded with strength to face life’s challenges, courage to do what is right, and the ability to fulfill your mission in mortality.”
— “Jesus Christ is the Treasure,” October 2023 basic convention
2. Observation and motive work synergistically with religion
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles demonstrates a precept with Melanie Soares and Ethan Brown as he speaks at BYU Education Week in Provo, Utah, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
“When we start with an inclination to believe, observation leads to faith. As faith grows, reason facilitates the transformation of faith into revelatory knowledge, and revelatory knowledge produces added faith.”
— BYU Education Week handle, Aug. 22, 2023
3. Focus on the Savior
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles greets individuals in a devotional to members of the Bacoor, San Gabriel and Las Piñas stakes throughout his ministry within the Philippines in June 2023.
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“We don’t have to do everything, but we can do something to help somebody through the covenant path. Let us love them, share the gospel of Jesus Christ with them and invite them to make sacred covenants.”
— Ministry within the Philippines, June 2023
4. A stethoscope and the Holy Ghost
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks on the Seminar for New Mission Leaders on the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, June 24, 2023.
Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
“Just as physicians need to use a stethoscope competently to help their patients, we need to competently seek and rely on the Holy Ghost for ourselves and for those we are called to teach.”
— Seminar for New Mission Leaders, June 24, 2023
5. ‘Jesus loves you’
“As we think about what our Savior did for us during the week preceding Easter, I invite each of you to fill your souls with the knowledge that Jesus loves you, He has confidence in you, and you can have confidence in Him.”
— This Week on Social, April 9, 2023
6. The covenant path
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks through the Saturday afternoon session of the 193rd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 1, 2023.
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“As you walk the covenant path, from baptism to the temple and throughout life, I promise you power to go against the natural worldly flow — power to learn, power to repent and be sanctified, and power to find hope, comfort and even joy as you face life’s challenges. I promise you and your family protection against the influence of the adversary, especially when you make the temple a major focus in your life.”
— “Accessing God’s Power through Covenants,” April 2023 basic convention
7. Everyone can do one thing
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles greets Latter-day Saints in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, throughout a ministry project in February 2023.
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“Nobody in this Church needs to do everything, but everyone who is willing can do something. The Lord will take all who are willing and make them able to do His work.”
— Ministry in Central America, February 2023
8. Treasure the scriptures
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles greets attendees previous to a devotional on the Tempe Arizona Institute of Religion on Jan. 29, 2023, in Temple, Arizona.
“We so easily and flippantly say, ‘These are just Sunday School kind of answers — that you read the scriptures to solve every problem.’ It doesn’t solve every problem, but to get out from under that condemnation, we treasure these scriptures that people have given their lives for that people have done all they could to make it possible for us to have in our pocket. And as we live by them and as we study them, that is how God reveals to us.”
— Tempe Arizona Institute of Religion devotional, Jan. 29, 2023
9. The energy from covenants
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assists Thiago Dourado, 10, in placing mortar into the cornerstone on the Brazil Belem Temple dedication on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
“The Amazon River has no choice but to yield to heavenly power. But we do have a choice. We receive power only if we bind ourselves to God by sacred covenants.”
— Belém Brazil Temple dedication, Nov. 20, 2023
