Teachings of the Living Prophets David Todd Christofferson

Born 24 January 1945 in American Fork, Utah At age 15 moved to New Jersey. Served mission to Argentina (His Mission President was Elder Richard G. Scott) Married Katherine Thelma Jacobs in the Salt Lake Temple on 28 May 1968. 4 sons and 1 daughter. He received his degree from BYU in English and International Relations. Assisted Judge Sirica throughout the Watergate proceedings.

Years later, a non-LDS attorney told a friend, “I’ve just come from the most inspiring Catholic funeral mass I have ever attended.” Turns out the funeral was for Judge Sirica, whose family had requested that Elder Christofferson speak at the funeral. In his funeral sermon, Elder Christofferson had simply taught the plan of salvation.

Law degree from Duke University. General counsel to Bank of America. Bishop, Stake President and Regional Representative. Called as a Seventy in 1993 and into the Presidency of the Seventy in 1998. Called as an Apostle in April 2008 upon the passing of President Hinckley.

Todd Christofferson participated in the Hill Cumorah Pageant Todd Christofferson participated in the Hill Cumorah Pageant. “One night after a performance, I went to the Sacred Grove alone. It was a beautiful summer evening…. I prayed very diligently for an hour, maybe more—and nothing happened.” After some time, he gave up and left. Disappointment consumed him. Why hadn’t Heavenly Father answered his prayer? About a month after the pageant, as he was reading the Book of Mormon at home in his bedroom, he received his answer. “Without my asking for it, the witness came. I received a very powerful spiritual confirmation—the kind that leaves no doubt—about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith.”

“Looking back on that experience, I realize that we can’t dictate to God when, where, or how He will speak to us. I’m glad that Heavenly Father didn’t respond to me that night in Palmyra. I might have thought that you have to be in a special place to get an answer to prayer or to gain a testimony. If Heavenly Father found me in Somerset, New Jersey, He can answer the prayers of anybody, anywhere in the world. He knows us intimately and can answer us whatever our place or circumstances.”

While at BYU, Elder Christofferson saw a pretty young woman on campus who caught his attention. Although he didn’t meet her then, he did remember her face and looked her up in the campus yearbook . Eventually, Todd arranged through a mutual friend to take Kathy Jacob on a date. In 1968 they were married in the Salt Lake Temple.

Who knows him? Met him? Associated with him?