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Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles recently concluded a 10-day ministry in the Church’s Europe Central Area, speaking with civic and religious leaders in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan and meeting with Latter-day Saints in those two nations as well as in Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria. A highlight of the Oct. 22-31 ministry was Elder Stevenson participating in the 7th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, reported the Church’s Europe Newsroom. A video summary is also available on The Church of Jesus Christ Europe YouTube channel. He was accompanied by his wife, Sister Lesa Stevenson, and Elder Jack N. Gerard, a General Authority Seventy and president of the Europe Central Area, and his wife, Sister Claudette Gerard. Elder Benjamin M.Z. Tai of the Presidency of the Seventy and his wife, Sister Naomi Tai, joined the Stevensons and Gerards for the stops in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Austria.

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