Mista Russell Ballard

Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. (Oktoba 8, 1928 - Nuwamba 12, 2023) ɗan kasuwa ne kuma shugaban addini ɗan Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Riko na Ƙungiyar Manzanni Goma Sha Biyu na Cocin Yesu Kiristi na Waliyyai na Ƙarshe (Cocin LDS) daga 2018 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 2023.  Ya kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Manzanni Goma Sha Biyu ta cocin tun 1985. A matsayinsa na memba na Ƙungiyar Manzanni Goma Sha Biyu, membobin cocin sun karɓi Ballard a matsayin annabi, mai gani, da mai bayyanawa . A lokacin mutuwarsa, shi ne manzon da ya fi girma a cocin. 

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Ballard a birnin Salt Lake, Utah ga Melvin Russell Ballard da matarsa, Geraldine Smith.   A lokacin da yake matashi, Ballard ya yi aiki a matsayin mai wa'azi a Ingila daga 1948 zuwa 1950, a lokacin kuma ya kasance mai ba da shawara a shugabancin mishan. Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all ordained apostles (including the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See Succession to the presidency and . Ya haɗu da matarsa yayin da suke karatu a Jami'ar Utah . A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, Ballard ya yi aiki a wurare da yawa a Cocin LDS, ciki har da sau biyu a matsayin bishop.  A 1974, an kira Ballard a matsayin shugaban cocin Kanada Toronto Mission . Yayin da yake aiki a matsayin shugaban mishan a 1976, an kira shi zuwa ga Quorum na Farko na Saba'in ; ya kammala wa'adin shekaru uku a matsayin shugaban mishan a matsayin memba na saba'in.  Daga cikin sauran ayyukan da ya yi a matsayinsa na ɗan shekara saba'in, shi ne editan mujallun cocin daga farkon 1980 har zuwa ƙarshen 1984. Ya kasance memba na Shugabancin Saba'in daga 1980 har zuwa 1985. A matsayinsa na babban jami'i, Ballard shi ma shugaban Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na cocin ne kuma babban darektan sashen mishan na cocin. 

Ballard jikan manzanni Melvin J. Ballard da Hyrum M. Smith ne . Ta hanyar Hyrum M. Smith, Ballard ya fito ne daga zuriyar Hyrum Smith, ɗan'uwan wanda ya kafa cocin Joseph Smith . [1] Daga cikin sauran ayyukan da aka yi a matsayin manzo, Ballard ya kula da bikin cocin na bikin cika shekaru 100 na Pioneer Sesquicentennial a shekarar 1997.

Bayan mutuwar shugaban cocin Thomas S. Monson a watan Janairun 2018, an sake tsara shugabancin cocin na farko tare da Russell M. Nelson a matsayin shugaba. Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all ordained apostles (including the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See Succession to the presidency and . Nelson ya zaɓi Dallin H. Oaks, babban manzon cocin na gaba kuma sabon shugaban cocin, a matsayin Mashawarci na Farko a Shugabancin Farko. A matsayinsa na babban manzon cocin da ba ya cikin Shugabancin Farko, Ballard ya zama shugaban cocin na riƙo. Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all ordained apostles (including the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See Succession to the presidency and .

 Mutuwa 
A ƙarshen Oktoba 2023, an kwantar da Ballard a asibiti na ɗan lokaci saboda matsalolin numfashi. Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all ordained apostles (including the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See Succession to the presidency and . Ya mutu ƙasa da wata guda bayan haka a gidansa da ke Salt Lake City a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2023, yana da shekaru 95. 

 Ayyukan kasuwanci 
A fannin sana'a, Ballard ya shiga harkokin kasuwanci da dama, ciki har da harkokin motoci, gidaje, da kuma harkokin saka hannun jari. Shi ne babban mai sayar da motoci na mahaifinsa Nash lokacin da ya bar kamfanin a farkon shekarun 1950 don neman wasu harkokin kasuwanci. A shekarar 1956, Ballard ya dawo ya karɓi Kamfanin Ballard Motor daga mahaifinsa. A wannan lokacin, ya kuma yi aiki a Rundunar Sojojin Amurka, inda ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na Laftanar na Farko a shekarar 1957. 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928
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