David Frewin Evans has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2005.
Background
Evans was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He grew up in Los Angeles, California, where his father David C. Evans worked for Bendix Corporation. His mother, Joy F. Evans, was as a counselor to Barbara W. Winder in the general presidency of the church"s Relief Society from 1984 to 1990.
Education
Brigham Young University. University of Utah.
Career
After his mission, he received a bachelor"s degree in community health education from the University of Utah and a juris doctorate from Brigham Young University. Evans married Mary Dee Shepherd in 1973 and they are the parents of eight children. From 1998 to 2001, Evans was president of the church"s Japan Nagoya Mission.
In 2002, Evans became the president of the Salt Lake University 4th Stake, a stake for married students of the University of Utah living off-campus.
In August 2004, it was decided these individuals should attend the regular geographical wards in which they resided and the stake was disbanded. As a general authority, he has served as a counselor and as president of the Asia North Area, Assistant Executive Director in the church"s Priesthood and Missionary departments, and from 2011 to 2015 as Executive Director of the Missionary Department.
Membership
He then worked as a member of the Salt Lake City law firm of Durham, Jones and Pinegar. Evans then became president of the Salt Lake Emigration Stake, a position he remained in until his call as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy at the church"s April 2005 General Conference.