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Speaking Tuesday at a devotional during Brigham Young University’s Education Week, Elder Neil L. Andersen spoke about the Church’s commitment to education, the lifelong process of “educating of our righteous desires,” and the foundational role of temple covenants.
The Value of Education
Elder Andersen, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told a crowded Marriott Center audience on August 20, 2024, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints values education.”
He said the Church’s commitment to a university education is apparent in its support of:
- Three BYU universities and Ensign College, with more than 75,000 enrolled students.
- BYU–Pathway, with more than 66,000 enrolled students across the world.
- 6,000 professional university and Pathway instructors.
- More than 700,000 enrolled students in the Church seminary and institute program plus 3,000 instructors and 60,000 volunteer teachers and missionaries.
- More than a billion dollars for the support of education each year.
“Our education allows us to think more deeply, to better understand the world in which we live, and to greatly improve our work opportunities,” he said.
The devotional coincided with BYU Education Week, August 19–23, an annual five-day conference in Provo, Utah, offering close to 1,000 classes for youth and adults on a variety of topics.
Educating Righteous Desires
Referencing this year’s Education Week theme from Romans Chapter 12: “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,” Elder Andersen focused on “one of the deepest parts of renewal … the refining, purifying and educating of our already righteous desires. … Not the learning of a skill, not information inserted into the mind — the education of our desires.”
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