Gary J. Coleman

Gary Jerome Coleman (born 1941) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1992.

Coleman was born in Wenatchee, Washington. He was raised a Roman Catholic in the Diocese of Spokane. While a student at Washington State University, he was introduced to LDS Church by John M. Madsen and Judith Renee England. Coleman was baptized into the LDS Church by Dickson and then married England. [Gary J. Coleman and John M. Madsen, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=f6d13bc909592110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1 “New Religion, New Life,”] "Ensign", June 2007, pp. 60–63.]

After graduating from Washington State, Coleman went on the receive master's and doctorate degrees from Brigham Young University.

Prior to his call as a general authority, Coleman was an instructor in the Church Educational System. At the time of his call as a general authority he was the assistant director of the Institute of Religion in Ogden, Utah adjacent to Weber State University.

Coleman has served as a bishop in the church as well as a counselor to both stake and mission presidents. He also served as president of the California Arcadia Mission.

Coleman was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1992 and as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1997.

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References

*"Deseret Morning News Church Almanac", 2008 edition, p. 43
* [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=fea694bf3938b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder Gary J. Coleman Of the Seventy,”] "Ensign", Aug. 1992, p. 76

External links

* [http://gapages.com/colemgj1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Gary J. Coleman]