Background
Stevenson was born in Ogden, Utah, and was raised primarily in the state"s Cache Valley area.
Stevenson was born in Ogden, Utah, and was raised primarily in the state"s Cache Valley area.
After this, he attended the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University where he met his wife, the former Lesa Jean Higley.
Stevenson was appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 2015. Stevenson is currently the fourteenth most senior apostle in the ranks of the church. He served previously as the church"s Presiding Bishop and was the fourteenth man to serve in that position.
He has been a general authority of the church since 2008.
Prior to his call as a general authority, Stevenson worked as the chief operating officer of ICON Health & Fitness. He has also served on the Marriott School of Management National Advisory Council and the Utah State University Foundation Board.
He served as president of the Japan Nagoya Mission from 2004 to 2007. During his time in the Seventy, Stevenson served both as a counselor and as president of the church"s Asia North Area.
On March 31, 2012, he was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and sustained as the church"s Presiding Bishop.
Stevenson was released as presiding bishop six days after he was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve and was succeeded by Gérald Caussé. As an apostle, he is accepted by the church as a prophet, secretary and revelator. He was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve along with Ronald A. Rasband and Dale G. Renlund, filling vacancies created by the 2015 deaths of L. Tom Perry, Boyd K. Packer and Richard G. Scott.
This was the first time since 1906 that three new apostles were sustained.
In October 2015, he was sustained as an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve. They are the 98th, 99th and 100th members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the church"s history.