David E. Sorensen

Who is David E. Sorensen?

David Eugene Sorenson has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1992. He served in the First and Second quorums of the Seventy and as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy.

Sorensen was born in Aurora, Sevier County, Utah. As a young man he served as a missionary in the Central Atlantic States Mission.

Sorensen spent his career as a business owner. He previously served in the LDS Church as a bishop, stake president, and as president of the Canada Halifax Mission.

Sorensen was called as a general authority and member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in June 1992. He was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 1995. Sorensen's assignments as a general authority included service as Executive Director of the church's Temple Department. He oversaw the construction of the new standardized temple announced by Gordon B. Hinckley in October 1997 and the construction program that saw the number of temples double from 1998 to 2000.

Sorensen also served as president of the church's North America West and Asia North areas as well as serving as a counselor in other area presidencies. From 1998 to 2005, Sorensen was a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy.