Daughters of God
Elder M. Russell Ballard was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 1985. Prior to that, he served in the First Quorum of the Seventy and in the presidency of that quorum. He has also served as president of the Canada Toronto Mission. Elder Ballard and his wife, Barbara Bowen Ballard, are the parents of seven children and grandparents of forty- three.