City of Solt Lake – Dalin E. Ox, a former judge in the Supreme Court of Utah, known for his legal sensitivity and Traditional condemnation of marriage Religious freedom is expected to be the next president of the Church of Jesus Christ for the last days and more than 17 million members all over the world.
The leadership of the leadership follows the last death President Russell M. Nelson It comes because many American Church members reeling from a killer The attack on the Michigan group And luxury An assassination in Utah The doctrine is widely known as the Mormon Church its headquarters.
OAKS is the tallest member of a group of Alawite leaders called the tenth of the nisaab. This makes him follow in the queue to be president under tradition Created more than a century to ensure smooth delivery and prevent any pressure internally or publicly. The official announcement is likely to come after Nelson’s funeral on October 7. It was 101 when he died on Saturday.
In 93, Oaks will be among the oldest presidents. He served seven of the nine past in the 1990s, including five of the current Ox era.
Iman gives priority to welcoming – especially in local churches on Sunday – last weekend was a shock of worship service in Michigan.
The services in the town of Grand Blanc had just begun when the previous naval infantry shocked his small truck in the church and started shooting. Four people died and eight were injured in an attack on Sunday, about 60 miles (96 km) north of Detroit. The attacker set fire before he was chased and killed in an exchange of fire with the police.
“We are looking for answers and understanding in the wake of shock, shock and sadness. We are grateful to all who communicate with service, prayers and support words during this difficult time.”
Oaks said that “the immortal teachings of Nelson” help people find comfort in suffering.
Uta is still reeling from September 10. Conservative activist Charlie Kerk in Utah Valley University. The alleged shooter arose, Tyler Robinson, as a member of the church.
Matthew Bowman, Professor of Clairemont University, Professor of Clairemont University, a professor of Clairemont University, a professor of Clairemont University, a specialist in religious history in the United States, said the violence may be a point of this week at the General Conference of the Church in Salt Lake City. Church leaders often deal with the main issues at this moment, while leaving some fields to about 100,000 participants and many viewers from a distance to explain the religious faith themselves.
Church policy only allows law enforcement employees to bring weapons and other fatal weapons on church property. It is unclear whether the new measures are coming.
A prominent voice for a long time in the church, Oaks joined the legal quorum for twelve in 1984 at the same time as Nelson.
When Nelson became president, Oaks raised the first presidency, the Supreme Government.
“I think Oaks had a somewhat strong hand in leadership through the presidency of Nelson,” said Bowman. “I think we will not see a very huge axis.”
Early of the Messenger, Oaks participated in a campaign on the right -wing extremism, which led to some expulsion. In 2020, he gave a speech on the belief in the elections without resorting to extremism or violence.
Bowman said that while Nelson focused on the global fingerprint of faith, including the selection of the Apostles with international and migratory backgrounds, it may re -focus on the United States and its policies.
With the death of Nelson, there is a vacant job in the twelve quorum that Ox will play as a president – church presidents can leave a mark. Bowman said that Clark Gilbert, who led efforts on the campus of Brigham Young University, owned by the Church to impose the branches of the university owned by the Church on the campus of the church to enforce the Orthodox Church in the Church, said Bowman.
Oaks were a driving force against gay marriage, and in supporting the education that homosexuality is a sin, creating anxiety and anxiety between believers who are gay, homosexual and transgender.
Often speeches that enhance the position of faith, including the intended meaning of “sex” in the church’s doctrine is “biological sex at birth”. Church policies were presented in 2024 Restricted Members who have moved physically or socially, such as changing their name or conscience.
Some people remember to monitor and gay university on gay students Breganham Young, while Ox was head of the school in the 1970s. A church spokesman admitted in 1979 that BYU security took out gay bars, but he said that Oaks had stopped this practice when he discovered this.
However, in recent years, Oaks have been part of some of the main moves of the church that indicates that it may not make the subject the focus of its administration, as experts say.
Ox was the closest Nelson adviser in 2019 when Nelson Eliminating politics That baptism is prohibited for gay parents and husbands of the same sex like sinners who are eligible. This step reflected a decision that was devastating and confusing the gay members and lesbians who were moved in the previous years by the Church leaders’ calls for more love and understanding of LGBTQ members.
“It will be unlikely to return, as you know, to that when one of the decision -makers was to remove this restriction,” said Paul Reef, the head of the Muremon Studies at the University of Utah.
Oaks also helped the Church beating a compromise in 2022, where the proposed faith proposed in federal legislation to protect gay marriages of the same sex as long as these laws did not violate religious freedom or compel faith to perform marriages of the same sex or give them the official church’s punishment.
Noah Hanson, who is gay and raised in religion, worries the rise of Oaks will lead to a wedge between gay and their religious family members. During the reign of Nelson, the Church has largely retracted the talk about homosexuality, Hanson said, giving his parents a space “to achieve little progress.”
“They started telling my husband that they love him,” said 27 -year -old Logan, Utah.
If Oaks is explicit about people LGBTQ+ as it was in the past, Hanson worries that progress will slip. He said that his parents repeat the church heads, who are considered prophets by the members, even if their policies are harmful to their children.
Hanson said: “If Dalin Oaks did not relieve his positions on how he only marries a man and a woman, or that anomaly is a sin, as if he was putting that hammer, I feel that this will destroy my relationship with my parents.”
It is known for dry speeches and speeches that appeal to the mind more than emotion, brings oaks the sensitivity of jurisprudence to his work. Bowman said Oaks said more accurate and attached, compared to Nelson’s passion, more accurate, more accurate and lawyer.
Patrick Mason, a president, though, suggested that he inspire him to adopt a more personal approach.
Masson said: “It is completely different to be the chief of the church and to realize that you are now supposed to be everything for all people inside the church.”
It was an explicit ox Maintaining civil public discourseAnd he urged people shortly before the 2024 presidential elections “avoid harsh and hate” and to be the peaceful makers in their societies.
Following a violent reaction against the opponent of the Church after celebrating the Covid-19 vaccines on social media, Nelson and Ox began talking more about the need for moderation and political dialogue and avoiding conspiracy and hatred theories.
“This is really, I think, Nelson disturbed, and I bother Oks,” Bowman said. “I think this has returned to the Ox radar, and that political extremism in the church is a problem. It may be, as I think because of his training and because of his background, perhaps he was more willing than Nelson to take concrete steps.”
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Grofer mentioned from Fort Collins, Colorado, and Mir from Nashville. AP Archivist Sarit Hand in New York City contributed to this report.
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