Conference by the Numbers: April 2018

General Conference for April 2018 was exceptional for many reasons. A new president of the church was sustained in a solemn assembly, two new members of the Quorum of the Twelve were sustained, changes were announced to Melchizedek priesthood quorum organization, and home teaching and visiting teaching were retired and replaced with "ministering." Oh yeah, and seven new temples were announced, including one in India and one in Russia.

As you might imagine, most of the emphasized words in this conference related to these topics. If you're wondering how "small" made the list, read President Oaks' talk (Small and Simple Things). The increase in usage of the words "Nelson," "Russell," and "ministering" compared to past conferences was so large that I had to use a log scale to make sure everything fit on the same graph.

I also included a graph showing the apostles' age versus experience in the leading councils of the church (time since call to the Twelve). Notice the years of experience that were lost with the passing of President Monson.

For past "Conference by the Numbers" see the links at the bottom.

Past "Conference by the Numbers" blog posts:
October 2017
April 2017
October 2016
April 2016
October 2015
April 2015
October 2014