What Is the Order of Succession? Who Becomes the Next Prophet?
In a sacred meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Salt Lake Temple, the new President of the Church is called and unanimously sustained. This process takes place prayerfully, without pomp or posturing, through divine revelation. The newly chosen Prophet is invariably the senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. President Thomas S. Monson will be the next President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Once the Prophet is called and set apart as the President of the Church, he similarly calls his two counselors, who are ordained and set apart to their respective, sacred callings. This is the pattern which existed as the Savior organized His church and ordained his original apostles. There is no reservation in sustaining whom the Lord appoints as his modern mouthpiece, knowing that the leader so called has been foreordained by God, that is, identified and prepared in pre-mortal life, and brought forth to serve according to the process established by
