Joe J. Christensen

Joe Junior Christensen (born 1929-07-21 in Banida, Idaho) was the president of Ricks College from 1985 to 1989 and has been a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1989. He was also president of the San Diego California Temple from 1999 to 2002.

Christensen served as an officer in the United States Air Force. [cite web | title = "The Presidents and First Ladies of Ricks College" | publisher = BYU-Idaho | url = http://www.lib.byui.edu/exhibits/Presidents/christensen.html | accessdate = 2007-07-02] during the Korean War, from 1953 to 1955. [Freeman, Robert C. and Wright, Dennis A. "Saints at War: Korea and Vietnam". Covenant Communications, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2003.] He received a bachelors degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from Washington State University.

He was associate commissioner of the Church Educational System from 1970 to 1985, interrupted by a four-year term as president of the LDS Church's Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. In 1985, Christensen became president of Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho.

In 1989, Christensen was called as a general authority in LDS Church, where he served in the Presidency of the Seventy. ["Joe J. (Junior) Christensen". http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/chrisjj1.htm. Accessed 28 July 2007.] He was given general authority emeritus status in 1999.

Speeches

* [http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=7704 "Resolutions"]
* [http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=363&tid=7 "Powerful Truths That Make a Difference in Our Lives"]
* [http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=123 "On Making Revelation a Personal Reality"]
* [http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1662 "The Responsibility of Our Heritage"]

References

External links

* [http://gapages.com/chrisjj1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Joe J. Christensen]