About Jeffrey R. Holland
Jeffrey Holland served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University. He was acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from November 15, 2023 until September 27, 2025, when the First Presidency ended after the death of church president Russell M. Nelson. He then became president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 14, 2025, serving until his own death.
![“We believe in a God who is engaged in our lives, who is not silent, nor absent, nor, as Elijah said of the god of the priests of Baal, is He "[on] a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be [awakened]" (1 Kings 18:27). In this Church, even our young Primary children recite, "We believe…” quote by Jeffrey R. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7f2/jeffrey-r-holland-1190_faith_we-believe-in-a-god-who-is-engaged-in-ou_1918234.png)
