Kenneth N. Robinson was a member of the

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of the

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from 1996 to 2007. Robinson was also an

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and a member of the

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of the church from 1980 to 1996. Robinson, a native of

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia,Steve Brisendine
"Community of Christ posed to break gender barrier"

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, 2007-03-02. became a counselor to

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 ...

, the seventh

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of the

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(RLDS Church), in 1996. (The RLDS Church changed its name to Community of Christ in 2001). Robinson had been an apostle of the church since 1980. When McMurray resigned in 2005, Robinson and fellow counselor

Peter A. Judd Peter A. Judd was a member of the First Presidency of the Community of Christ from 2000 to 2005. Judd was also an apostle and a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles of the church from 1996 to 2000. Judd, a native of Enfield, England, became a ...

led the church until Stephen M. Veazey was selected as the new president. Veazey selected Robinson and David D. Schaal as his counselors in the First Presidency. Robinson retired from his position in the First Presidency in 2007 and was ordained to the priesthood office of

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."Official Minutes of Business Session"
, Community of Christ World Conference 2007, 2007-03-27. He was ordained to this office and replaced in the First Presidency by

Becky L. Savage Becky Lee Savage is an American leader in Community of Christ. She was a counselor to Stephen M. Veazey in the First Presidency of the church from 2007 to 2016. Savage was the first female member of the First Presidency in the history of Commun ...

, who became the first female member of the First Presidency in church history. Upon Robinson's retirement, Veazey acknowledged Robinson as having been a "driving force behind the church's expansion outside North America".

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