President Dallin H. Oaks and the Law of Witnesses | Elder Neil L. Andersen | February 2026

President Dallin H. Oaks and the Law of Witnesses | Elder Neil L. Andersen | February 2026

From Devotionals and Speeches by BYU-Idaho

February 22, 2026

About this episode

Elder Neil L. Andersen delivers a devotional address discussing his experiences and teachings as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

This Devotional address with Elder Neil L. Andersen was delivered on Sunday, February 22 at 5:00 PM MST in the BYU-Idaho I-Center. Elder Andersen was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 4, 2009. Neil L. Andersen was born in Logan, Utah, and raised in Pocatello, Idaho. He graduated from Brigham Young University, where he was a Hinckley Scholar, and earned a masters of business administration from Harvard University. After completing his education, he settled in Tampa, Florida, where his business interests included advertising, real estate development and health care. Elder Andersen and his wife, Kathy Williams Andersen, are the parents of four children. Prior to his call as a general authority, Elder Andersen served as a mission president in the France Bordeaux Mission and as president of the Tampa Florida Stake. He was serving as the senior member of the Presidency of the Seventy prior to his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve. He was named a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 1993, at age 41. Elder Andersen previously led the work of the Church in southern Brazil and, again as a member of an area presidency, oversaw the Church in western Europe…

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Organizations: BYU-Idaho

Books & works: The Testaments: Of One Fold and One Shepherd

Places: Logan, Utah, Pocatello, Idaho, Tampa, Florida

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