LDS Church leadership

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governing body of a religious organization religious leadership structure

LDS Church leadership refers to the senior governing authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including its prophets, apostles, and other high-ranking ecclesiastical leaders who direct the church’s doctrine and administration.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
LDS Church leadership canonical	2
Latter-day Saint prophets	1
general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9334761 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: LDS Church leadership
Context triple: [Franklin D. Richards, affiliation, LDS Church leadership]

A. world church leadership of Community of Christ
The world church leadership of Community of Christ is the denomination’s highest governing body, providing global spiritual direction, administrative oversight, and policy guidance for the church.
B. Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a now-discontinued high ecclesiastical office responsible for giving patriarchal blessings and spiritual counsel to church members.
C. President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
The President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) is the founding prophetic and administrative leader of the early Latter Day Saint movement established by Joseph Smith in 1830.
D. LDS
LDS is the three-letter National Rail station code for Leeds railway station in West Yorkshire, England.
E. LDS
LDS is the vehicle registration code assigned to the Schönefeld area in Germany.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: LDS Church leadership
Target entity description: LDS Church leadership refers to the senior governing authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including its prophets, apostles, and other high-ranking ecclesiastical leaders who direct the church’s doctrine and administration.

A. world church leadership of Community of Christ
The world church leadership of Community of Christ is the denomination’s highest governing body, providing global spiritual direction, administrative oversight, and policy guidance for the church.
B. Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a now-discontinued high ecclesiastical office responsible for giving patriarchal blessings and spiritual counsel to church members.
C. President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
The President of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) is the founding prophetic and administrative leader of the early Latter Day Saint movement established by Joseph Smith in 1830.
D. LDS
LDS is the three-letter National Rail station code for Leeds railway station in West Yorkshire, England.
E. LDS
LDS is the vehicle registration code assigned to the Schönefeld area in Germany.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body of a religious organization ⓘ religious leadership structure ⓘ
associatedWith	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
basedIn	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Salt Lake City
claimsAuthorityFrom	continuing revelation ⓘ priesthood keys ⓘ
communicatesThrough	First Presidency letters ⓘ general conference addresses ⓘ handbooks of instructions ⓘ official church statements ⓘ
coordinatesWith	local leaders such as stake presidents and bishops ⓘ
followsPrinciple	apostolic governance ⓘ prophetic succession ⓘ
governs	worldwide administration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
hasComponent	Area Presidencies ⓘ First Presidency ⓘ General Auxiliary Presidencies ⓘ Presiding Bishopric ⓘ Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ linked to: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) Quorums of the Seventy ⓘ
hasHistoricalOriginIn	leadership pattern established by Joseph Smith ⓘ
includesRole	Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ Area Seventy ⓘ Counselor in the First Presidency ⓘ linked to: First Presidency Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric ⓘ General Authority Seventy ⓘ Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ President of the Church ⓘ linked to: First Presidency President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ⓘ linked to: Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Presiding Bishop ⓘ Primary General President ⓘ linked to: Primary General Presidency Relief Society General President ⓘ linked to: Relief Society Sunday School General President ⓘ Young Men General President ⓘ Young Women General President ⓘ
meetsIn	Church Administration Building ⓘ Salt Lake Temple (historically for some councils) ⓘ linked to: Salt Lake Temple The Church Office Building ⓘ linked to: Church Office Building
operatesWithin	hierarchical priesthood structure ⓘ
oversees	church curriculum and teaching materials ⓘ doctrinal direction of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ ecclesiastical discipline at the general church level ⓘ global missionary work of the church ⓘ organizational structure of stakes and missions ⓘ temple policies and administration ⓘ welfare and humanitarian programs of the church ⓘ
recognizedByMembersAs	prophets, seers, and revelators (for First Presidency and Twelve) ⓘ
refersTo	senior governing authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
selectedBy	internal church procedures and apostolic seniority ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Franklin D. Richards → affiliation → LDS Church leadership ⓘ

Zion and gathering of Israel → taughtBy → Latter-day Saint prophets ⓘ

linked to: LDS Church leadership

Mormon Corridor → colonizationDirectedBy → LDS Church leadership ⓘ

Board of Trustees of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → compositionIncludes → general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ