__NOTOC__ Glenn Leroy Pace ( – ) was a general authority of

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(LDS Church) from 1985 until his death. As a general authority, he served as a counselor in the presiding bishopric and also in the

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. In 2010, he was designated an

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general authority.

Early life and education

Pace was born to Kenneth LeRoy Pace and his wife, the former Elizabeth Anna Wilde, in Provo, Utah, where he was also raised. In the early 1960s, he served as an

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in the

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region of the United States. Pace received

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and

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degrees in accounting from

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Employment

Pace worked for two "big eight" financial firms and as a CFO of a land development firm. In 1980 he decided to take a job working full-time for the LDS Church so he could focus more on spiritual matters. That same year he quickly moved from a low level accountant position to welfare services manager. Among other assignments while in this position Pace accompanied

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on a trip to

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in early 1985 to determine what assistance the church could provide in providing

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relief.

LDS Church service

Pace served in the LDS Church as an elders

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president, counselor in a

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, and stake clerk. In 1985, when

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became the church's presiding bishop, Pace was appointed as his second counselor. One role he had in this position was doing an initial search into allegations of ritualized abuse committed by Church members (see

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). In 1992, Pace was released from the Presiding Bishopric and became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. That same year he served as the first

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of the church's

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North Mission, while also serving in the First Quorum of Seventy. In 1997 and 1998, he was a member of the general presidency of the church's

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and from 2001 to 2003 he was in the general presidency of the

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. Pace was released and designated an emeritus general authority at the church's October 2010 general conference.

Personal life

Pace married Jolene Clayson in the

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in 1963 and they had six children. He died on May 16, 2017, in

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, at age 77.

Books

Pace has written three books: * ''Spiritual Plateaus'' (

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, 1991), about three plateaus Latter-day Saints face: testimony, sanctification, and spiritual graduate school. * ''Spiritual Revival'' (Deseret Book, 1993). * ''Safe Journey: An African Adventure'' (Shadow Mountain, 2003), about his various journeys in

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, many of which were connected with the operations of the

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Notes

External links

Glenn L. Pace Official profile
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