Ben B. Banks

__NOTOC__Benjamin Berry Banks (born 1932-04-04) was a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1999 to 2002 and has been a general authority of the LDS Church since 1989. Banks has also been a president of the church's Jordan River Utah Temple.

Banks was born in Murray, Utah.

Among church positions Banks held prior to his call as a general authority was that of stake president ["Church News", 1999-04-20.] and bishop. From 1987 to 1989 he was president of the church's Scotland Edinburgh Mission.

On 1989-04-01, Banks was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy; he became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1992. Among other assignments while a general authority, Banks served for a time as Assistant Director of the church's Historical Department. ["Church News", 1998-04-19, p. Z05] He served as president of the Utah South Area of the church during the late 1990s. ["Church News", 1998-11-07, p. Z5] In 1997, Banks presided at the groundbreaking for the Monticello Utah Temple. ["Church News", 1997-11-22, p. Z3]

In 2002, Banks became an emeritus general authority and the president of the Jordan River Utah Temple. ["Church News", 2002-08-04, p. Z12] He continued in this position until 2005. ["Church News", 2005-08-20, p. Z13]

In September 2005 Banks was called to serve with his wife Susan as directors of Church Hosting. ["Church News", 2005-09-24, p. Z04] He was still serving as in this position in 2006. ["Church News", 2006-05-27, p. Z04]

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References

*"2008 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007), p. 89

External links

* [http://gapages.com/banksbb1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Ben B. Banks]