Relief Society General President

Sister Linda K. Burton

Linda K. Burton, 16th General President of the Relief Society, shared, “In the dedicatory prayer of the Kirtland Temple, the Prophet Joseph Smith used a phrase I have long loved. In Doctrine and Covenants 109:15 we read, ‘And that they may grow up in thee.’ What can we do to prepare our families to ‘grow up in the Lord’ in order that they and we might better claim the blessings associated with temple worship?

Sister Burton has served as a former member of the Primary and Relief Society general boards. She has also served as a seminary teacher and has had various callings in Primary, Young Women, Sunday School, and Relief Society. She accompanied her husband while he served as president of the Korea Seoul West Mission from 2007 to 2010 and, as mentioned earlier, accompanied her family when her father served as president of the New Zealand South Mission.