Career
From 1977 to 1979 he was a missionary in the church"s South African Mission. Following his missionary service, Golden earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Africa. He graduated from the University of South Africa in Pretoria, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a post-graduate honors degree in international politics."
Golden married Diane Norma Hulbert in 1981 and they are the parents of four children.
Golden is an Afrikaner and is fluent in English and Afrikaans.
Though he had served previously as a stake president, in 1995, the Roodepoort South Africa Stake was created, with Golden serving as the first president He served in that capacity for three months, prior to his call as an area seventy.
Since becoming a general authority, Golden has served in the presidencies of the church"s Africa West and Africa Southeast areas.
