We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've made a lot of friends.

Currently he is the sixth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church. He did anyway and incurred a huge loss "without doubt the darkest period" of his business career. As a young man he served as a missionary in England from 1948 to 1950.

Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. He was called to serve in the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1985.