Background
Christensen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Sheron Glen Christensen and Colleen Cloward.
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Craig Cloward Christensen
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University of Washington. Brigham Young University.
Career
The family moved to Concord, California, when Christensen was 11 years old. They are the parents of four children. After graduating with a degree in accounting from Brigham Young University in 1979, Christensen worked for an accounting firm in California for two years and then attended the University of Washington where he received an Master of Business Administration. Christensen subsequently moved his family back to Utah, where he bought his first company in 1990.
He worked as a real estate developer and franchised automobile dealer.
He also taught business and religion classes at Brigham Young University. He served as president of the Mexico Mexico City East Mission from 1995 to 1998. As a general authority, he has served as president of the church"s Mexico South Area (2003-2007) and in the Priesthood Department, including as Executive Director (2010-2012).
Membership
He was called as a general authority on October 5, 2002, serving as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy until being transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy in April 2008. Christensen became a member of the church"s seven-man Presidency of the Seventy on August 1, 2012.
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Republican