All Talks by Elder Gerrit W. Gong

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Elder Gerrit W. Gong was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, 2018. He had served as a General Authority Seventy from April 3, 2010 until the time of his call to the Twelve. He was named a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on October 6, 2015. From 2011 to 2015, Elder Gong was a member of the Asia Area Presidency, headquartered in Hong Kong, and concluded that service as the Area President.

Elder Gong received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian and university studies from Brigham Young University in 1977. In 1979, he received a Master of Philosophy degree and in 1981 a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In 1985 he served as special assistant to the undersecretary of state at the U.S. State Department and in 1987 as special assistant to the U.S. ambassador in Beijing, China. From 1989 he served in several positions at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He was assistant to the president for planning and assessment at Brigham Young University until April 2010.

Elder Gong has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Taiwan Taipei Mission, high councilor, high priests group leader, stake Sunday School president, seminary teacher, bishop, stake mission president, stake president and Area Seventy.

Gerrit Walter Gong was born in Redwood City, California on December 23, 1953. He married Susan Lindsay in January 1980. They are the parents of four children and three grandchildren. (from the website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Contents

• General conference – 2010 – present
• Worldwide Devotionals – 2021 – present
• BYU – 2007 – present
• BYU–Idaho – 2006 – present
• BYU–Hawaii – 2013 – present
• Ensign College – 2019 – present
• Other – 2018 – present

General conference

• Temple Mirrors of Eternity: A Testimony of Family . October 2010, Saturday afternoon session
• Always Remember Him . April 2016, Sunday afternoon session
• Christ the Lord Is Risen Today . April 2018, Sunday afternoon session
• Our Campfire of Faith . October 2018, Saturday afternoon session
• Good Shepherd, Lamb of God . April 2019, Sunday afternoon session
• October 2019, Sunday morning session
• Covenant Belonging October 2019, Sunday morning session
• Hosanna and Hallelujah—The Living Jesus Christ: The Heart of Restoration and Easter April 2020, Saturday evening session
• All Nations, Kindreds, and Tongues – October 2020, Saturday afternoon session
• Room in the Inn – April 2021, Saturday morning session
• Trust Again – October 2021, Sunday afternoon session
• We Each Have a Story – April 2022, Saturday afternoon session
• Happy and Forever – October 2022, Sunday morning session
• Ministering – April 2023, Saturday morning session

worldwide devotionals

• S&I Worldwide Devotional – January 2021

BYU

• Live Right Now . March 20, 2007
• We Seek After These Things . October 16, 2018
• A Firm Foundation April 22, 2021

BYU–Idaho

• Holding On and Letting Go . December 12, 2006
• Things Expedient to Understand – October 20, 2020

BYU–Hawaii

• Be Not Afraid, Only Believe . September 24, 2013

Ensign College

• All Edified of All . February 26, 2019

Other

• Strengthen One Another in the Lord (PDF) . May 4, 2018 at BYU Women’s Conference
• Face to Face – November 17, 2019