Linda L. Booth is a former apostle in the

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beginning March 31, 1998. Along with Gail E. Mengel, Booth was one of the first two women apostles in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church)."RLDS Church calls 2 women to serve among 12 apostles"
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'', 1998-03-21. In 2013, Booth became the first woman to be the church's president of the Council of Twelve. The RLDS Church was renamed Community of Christ in 2001.

Biography

Booth is a native of Independence, Missouri and is a graduate of the University of Kansas."Biographical Sketch: Linda L. Booth"
cofchrist.org, accessed 2012-05-18. She was the founding editor of ''Kansas City Parent Magazine'' and the editor of ''Olathe Life Newspaper'' in Olathe, Kansas. Prior to becoming an RLDS Church apostle, Booth had been a pastor of the RLDS Church congregation in Olathe, Kansas, and later a counselor to the president of a high priests

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. Immediately prior to her ordination as an apostle, she had been the assistant director of communications for the RLDS Church. Along with Gail E. Mengel, Booth was selected by RLDS

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W. Grant McMurray W. Grant McMurray (born July 12, 1947) was Prophet-President of Community of Christ from 1996 until 2004. He was the first non-descendant of Joseph Smith to head the church, and under his administration, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of ...

to be an apostle and was ordained on March 31, 1998. As of 2012, Booth was the secretary to the Council of Twelve and oversaw missionary work in the church's Southern USA Mission Field. In 2013, she became the first woman elected to serve as president of the Council of Twelve.Kelly Evanson
"Woman elected to serve as president of Council of Twelve Apostles"
, '' The Examiner'' (Independence, Missouri), 2013-04-20.

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