C. Scott Grow

Cecil Scott Grow (born May 5, 1949) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2005.

Biography

Grow was born in Moscow, Idaho and grew up in Boise, Idaho. As a young man, he was an LDS Church missionary the Southeast Mexican Mission of the church.

After his mission, Grow received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and married Rhonda Lee Patten. They are the parents of eight children.

Grow was employed as an accountant. He worked for several accounting firms before he founded his own accounding partnership.

From 1988 to 1991, Grow was the president of the LDS Church's Uruguay Montevideo Mission. He was an area seventy from 1995 to 2005. In this position, he was in both the North America Northwest Area presidency and the Idaho Area presidency. For part of this time, he was the president of the Idaho Area, one of only two non-general authorities to have served as an area president, the other being Enrique R. Falabella.

In 2005, Grow became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. In 2008, Grow was the First Counselor in the Mexico Area presidency.

References

* [http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=78348fbe352fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1 “Elder C. Scott Grow Of the Seventy,”] "Liahona", May 2005, p. 122
* "Deseret Morning News 2008 Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2007) p. 45
* "Church News", April 30, 2005

External links

* [http://gapages.com/growcs1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: C. Scott Grow]