George W. Pace

George W. Pace was a professor of religion at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, and a writer of books on religious subjects.

Pace beame notable when Bruce R. McConkie, an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), presented a sermon that was interpeted as an attack on Pace's book, "What It Means to Know Christ". Pace issued a formal apology in which he stated that his opinions had been misinterpreted, and he was glad that McConkie had clarified the issues. [ [http://mormonmission.blogspot.com/2008/01/boyd-k-packer-my-hero.html Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord: Boyd K. Packer My Hero ] ] [ [http://www.mormonwiki.org/Relationship_with_Jesus Relationship with Jesus - MormonWiki.org ] ] In his sermon, McConkie did not mention by name Pace's teaching. [ [http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no48.htm Salt Lake City messenger article] ]

In 1996, Pace came out with a revised version of the book titled, "Knowing Christ". [ [http://www.cedarfort.com/catalog/155517261x.html LDS Books: Knowing Christ ] ] Pace also compiled a book entitled "The Faith of Young Mormons". [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=617c5930f289b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 LDS.org - New Era Article - FYI: For Your Information ] ]

Pace was a professor who spent large amounts of time helping students and was nominated as professor of the century for BYU. [ [http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=1138 Professors of the Century, Part II ] ] For a time Pace served as a professor at the BYU Jerusalem Center. ["Church News", February 13, 1993]

Pace was one of the contributors of the article on the Doctrine and Covenants to the "Encyclopedia of Mormonism". [ [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai121.html FAIR Topical Guide: Doctrine & Covenants ] ]

In the LDS Church, Pace served in various callings including as a Sunday School teacher in the Oak Hills 5th Ward on the east side of Provo, Utah. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=91073219c786b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 LDS.org - Ensign Article - What It Means to Know Christ ] ]

Pace has also been a speaker at various addiction recovery programs. [http://deseretnews.com/cgi-bin/cqcgi_plus/@plus.env?CQ_SESSION_KEY=VPHUCCYBLCCG&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=2&CQ_TEXT_MAIN=YES]

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External Links

[http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=6077 BYU Devotional talk by Pace]