Finding the Savior in the Proclamation | Elder & Sister Gilbert | September 2025

23/09/2025
Finding the Savior in the Proclamation | Elder & Sister Gilbert | September 2025

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Episode Synopsis

This Devotional address with Elder Clark G. and Sister Christine C. Gilbert was delivered on Tuesday, September 23, at 11:30 AM MST in the BYU-Idaho I-Center. Elder Clark G. Gilbert was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 3, 2021. He currently serves as the Commissioner of the Church Educational System. At the time of his call, he had been serving as an Area Seventy in the Utah Area.

Elder Gilbert has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Japan Kobe Mission, elders quorum president, counselor in a stake presidency, and bishop.

Elder Gilbert received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Brigham Young University, a master’s degree in Asian studies from Stanford University, and a doctorate from Harvard University. He worked as a professor of entrepreneurial management at Harvard University. He was later the chief executive officer of the Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media. In 2015 he became president of BYU–Idaho and was subsequently appointed as the inaugural president of BYU–Pathway Worldwide in 2017.

Sister Christine C. Gilbert graduated from BYU in Family Science and taught elementary school before becoming a full-time homemaker. Sister Gilbert has served in multiple ecclesiastical roles, including Stake Young Women President, Primary President, early morning Seminary Teacher, and Sunday School Instructor. Sister Gilbert has a love for learning and a passion for her family, and a commitment to the gospel.

Elder and Sister Gilbert were married in 1994. They are the parents of eight children and the proud and delighted grandparents of one.

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