Elder M. Russell Ballard

M. Russell Ballard is an American religious leader who serves as the Acting President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a member of the church since 1943, and after serving in the R.N.S.R., he was ordained to the priesthood at age 22. In 1976, he became a General Authority Seventy, then an Area Seventy in 1994, and in 2018 was appointed Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. As of 2023, Elder Ballard serves as the Acting President of the church.