This is the fifteenth in a series of caches named for and dedicated to the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This cache is named for the fifteenth president of the modern Church of Christ, Gordon B. Hinckley.
President of the Church from March 12, 1995 to January 27, 2008
Born in Salt Lake City on June 23, 1910, Gordon B. Hinckley was prepared from his youth to be a prophet. After graduating from the University of Utah, he was called to serve a mission to Great Britain. After he returned, he embarked on a lifetime of service for the Church. He was employed as the executive secretary of the Church Radio, Publicity, and Literature committee, before he was called to be an Apostle in 1961. He was later called to serve as a counselor to President Kimball, President Benson, and President Hunter.
After assuming the presidency of the Church on March 12, 1995, President Hinckley directed the most intense temple building program in the history of the Church in an effort to extend temple blessings to more members. He exhibited vitality and energy as he has traveled about the world meeting and speaking to members of the Church. Through television interviews and national press publications, he increased media attention and improved the public image of the Church. President Hinckley counseled Church members to fellowship new converts, befriend members of other faiths, live exemplary lives, and avoid the evils of the world. Gordon B. Hinckley died on January 27, 2008.
“We are sometimes told that we are not a biblical church. We are a biblical church. This wonderful testament of the Old World, this great and good Holy Bible is one of our standard works. We teach from it. We bear testimony of it. We read from it. It strengthens our testimony. And we add to that this great second witness, the Book of Mormon, the testament of the New World, for as the Bible says, "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall [all things] be established" (2 Cor. 13:1).”
Gordon B. Hinckley ( "Selections from Addresses of President Gordon B. Hinckley", Ensign, Mar. 2001, 64.)
CONGRATULATIONS TO HANS415 AND TWO LEFT KNEES FOR THE FTF!