Hugh W. Pinnock
Hugh W. Pinnock | |
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First Quorum of the Seventy | |
October 1, 1977 | – December 16, 2000|
Called by | Spencer W. Kimball |
Presidency of the Seventy | |
October 4, 1986 | – October 1, 1989|
Called by | Ezra Taft Benson |
End reason | Honorably released |
Personal details | |
Born | Hugh Wallace Pinnock January 15, 1934 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
Died | December 16, 2000 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | (aged 66)
Hugh Wallace Pinnock (January 15, 1934 – December 16, 2000) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1977 until his death.
Early life
Pinnock was born in
LDS Church service
Prior to his call to the
When Pinnock was called as the Sunday School General President in 1979 he became the first person since David O. McKay in 1934 to serve simultaneously as a general authority and as president of the church's Sunday School. He served as Sunday School General President from 1979 to 1986 and from 1989 to 1992. He is the only person to have served two nonconsecutive terms in that assignment.
Pinnock served in the
Pinnock helped arrange a $185,000 loan for document forger Mark Hofmann.[4] When Hoffman was charged with murdering two people Pinnock paid the loan back himself.[1]
Publications
- Finding Biblical Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon (1999)
See also
References
- ^ Robert I. Eaton and Henry J. Eyring. I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013, p. 151
- ^ List of Significant Sigs Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, sigmachi.org.
- ^ "Elder Hugh Pinnock dies at 66". Deseret News. 8 December 2000. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "LDS Church Leader Pinnock Dies", The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 December 2000. Retrieved on 20 March 2020.
- ^ R. Scott Lloyd, "Elder Pinnock praised as a man of service", Church News, 2000-12-23.
- ^ "Elder Hugh W. Pinnock Dies", Ensign, February 2001.
See also
- "Elder Hugh W. Pinnock of the First Quorum of the Seventy", Ensign, November 1977
- "Elder Hugh W. Pinnock of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy", Ensign, November 1986