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Apostles

“Guess Who!” (Sept. 2016 Friend)
Match the pictures of prophets and apostles today with their childhood pictures.
“How Are Prophets Called?” (Apr. 2016 Friend)
A description of how a prophet is called.
“What Do Apostles Do?” (Apr. 2016 Liahona and Friend)
Elder David A. Bednar tells how Apostles travel around the world to visit people. Includes a short biography about Elder Bednar.
“Prophets and Apostles” (October 2019 Friend)
A coloring page of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
“Special Witness Cards”
Pictures and facts about each member of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Videos: Meet the Apostles
Short biographical videos about members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

For messages from the Apostles, please visit the “Special Witness” category page. To read about the ministry of the modern Apostles, visit the “Apostles around the World” category.

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Church news and events year in review for 2016

Temple news

• Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided at the Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo Temple groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Feb. 12.

• On Saturday, Feb. 20, members across Colombia participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Barranquilla Colombia Temple 50 years after the country was dedicated for preaching of the gospel.

• In the wake of the worst tropical storm to ever make landfall in Fiji, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, rededicated the Suva Fiji Temple on Sunday, Feb. 21.

• The Provo City Center Temple, the 150th operating temple in the Church and the second in Provo, Utah, was dedicated on March 20, salvaged from the ashes and scorched walls of the pioneer-era Provo Tabernacle as if to symbolize the spiritual rebirth and renewal that comes from receiving temple blessings and returning frequently.

• Four and a half years after President Thomas S. Monson announced during general conference that a temple would be built in Durban, South Africa, hundreds of local members and civic and Church leaders gathered to the site of the future temple for a groundbreaking ceremony on April 9.

• Close to 13,000 people toured the Sapporo J