American religious leader
David Merrill McConkie (born October 13, 1948) is an American lawyer and was a member of the general presidency of the Sunday School of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2009 to 2014.
McConkie was raised in Bountiful, Utah . From 1969 to 1971 he was a missionary for the LDS Church in South Africa . He attended the University of Utah and earned a bachelor's degree in history and a Juris Doctor .
McConkie became a lawyer at the Salt Lake City firm of Kirton McConkie , the firm that represents the LDS Church in legal matters. (One of the founding partners of the firm was Oscar W. McConkie Jr. , who is a relative of David M. McConkie.)
In the LDS Church, McConkie has been a bishop and a stake president . At the April 2009 general conference of the LDS Church, McConkie was accepted as the first counselor to Russell T. Osguthorpe in the general presidency of the church's Sunday School .
McConkie and his wife are the parents of seven children.[ 1] He lives in North Salt Lake, Utah .
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General presidencies of the
Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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