Church Service
Within the LDS Church, Cook has served as a bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, president of the church's San Francisco California Stake, regional representative, and area seventy.
Cook was called as a general authority and member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 6, 1996, was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 5, 1998, and appointed a member of the Presidency of the Seventy on August 1, 2007. As a general authority, he served in the presidency in the church's Philippines Area, as president of the Pacific Islands and the North America Northwest areas, and as Executive Director of the Missionary Department.
On October 6, 2007, he was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, filling a vacancy created by the appointment of Henry B. Eyring to the First Presidency. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Cook is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator.
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