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Submitted on July 23, 2013. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/featured/black-in-latin-america-full-episode-brazil-a-racial-paradise/224/. Weeds, she told him, were plants growing where they werent wanted., His queerness, the opposite of his religious ethnicity, was something I was born with but not into, Gong says in an LGBTQ Affirmation conference speech, I had to discover it, like a secret birthright.. His fear was that people would politicize me and my dad. Lost touch so you can imagine my surprise to see his pic on BCC. I personally am not concerned about quota filling in the Quorum. STE 1058, Provo, UT 84601, Elder Gerrit W. Gong, wife to keynote RootsTech Family Discovery Day. I also suspect that some of these people are forgetting that the world is not lacking in socially conservative Hispanics or Asian Americans. Loursat wrote: I dont expect that these men will be cultural or political reformers.. Bright colors and vivid images filled the once-blank cinder block wall of the soup kitchen in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia. His family relationships clarified, my friend said, "I feel free, at peace. Elder Gong isnt part-anything. Elder Gong, a newly called member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, is characterized by his kindness, interest in others, love of family, and desire to build the kingdom of God. Factor does not mean negative or positive it just is. I have had a testimony of the Church and gospel since I was very young, said Elder Gong. The Gongs were married in 1980, not long after the lifting of the race-based priesthood and temple ban in 1978. You were referring to citizenship and location of childhood ambient culture. Benson, although its not incorrect to say the manuals (Kimball) advise caution, they go a little further than that in recommending/expressing preference for racially homogenous marriages. And that, I believe, is a blessing for all concerned. Since there is a sub thread discussion about race here, Ill just highlight this very good and enlightening piece by PBS from a few years ago about race in Brazil. And Fred, it is interesting to me your physiological response to their call. Sane liberals in the church dont have any illusions about their influence.). All three parts of Gongs identity have shaped him, including heroic tales of service and sacrifice, and are worth celebrating. Gong is married to Susan Lindsay, a daughter of Richard P. Lindsay. Family history also encourages us to preserve our own experiences . Love you. Additional instruction will be provided by Area Presidencies. . Mormons across the globe cheered the /">appointment in March of two apostles who seemed to represent the faith's growing diversity</a> Gerrit W. Gong, a Chinese-American, and Ulisses Soares . (If they are, it will be a pleasant surprise.) The apostle choices here should be celebrated and I would say without much qualification for progressive mormons. Elder Gong was on my list of best case scenarios. Shes everything one would hope for someone in that role. Thanks, New Iconoclast. However Im not excited about the call because of his increasing the racial diversity in the Quorum of the Twelve (which he doesnt) but rather because he brings a -cultural- diversity that is very welcomed. they wondered. Arent we missing that All are alike unto God? :) Hope all is well. 1. * I can attest that there are challenges inherent in my interracial + intercultural marriage, but there are challenges in every marriage. Good going church! church instruction manuals for institute and youth. Mikayla Thatcher is here with Beehive Girl to tell you that it was amazing beyond your wildest dreams. Review of "We Each Have a Story" by Apostle Gerrit W. Gong. Thanks all for the kind answers to my post. I was worried that it would be deletedinstead I have been encouraged to look at it in new ways that I hadnt considered. Donate to the newsroom now. [7], Gong graduated from Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California, in 1971. >:(. Until very recently, church instruction manuals for institute and youthsuggested caution against interracial marriages. [17] Prior to joining the BYU administration, the Gongs had spent most of their married life in Maryland and Virginia. Elder Gerrit W. Gong, newly sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Sister Susan Gong, in Salt Lake City. I can also attest that there are benefits inherent in my interracial + intercultural marriage. Youve given me something to ponder this afternoon. Discover Gerrit W. Gong's Wiki Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Did the Utah Legislature do enough to save the Great Salt Lake? By Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted - Feb. 27, 2023 at 5:46 p.m. Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Sister Susan Gong will be the keynote speakers for Family Discovery Day at RootsTech on Saturday. Y Magazine is published four times a year by Brigham Young University for graduates and friends. As of June 2018, he was serving as chair of the church's Scriptures Committee (which, among other things, oversees the translation of the scriptures) and as a member of the Leadership and Training Committee, the Priesthood and Family Executive Council, and the Outreach Committee. If I were to see him on the street, I would definitely think, (sorry for the non-PC stereotype) white-guy. Because my story is happening publicly at the highest levels of the church, people ascribe extra meaning to it, he says in the interview, but from within the story, it feels like a typical narrative., The apostle and the queer son are just family, Gong repeats. Oh goodness. He encouraged listeners to connect with ancestors and descendants in uniting God's family. I have personally experienced stinging examples of this bias: confusion about our children, surprise about us being together, and even comments along the lines that I did it backwards by being a white woman married to my Korean-American husband. [22] While in the presidency of the Asia Area, Gong resided in Hong Kong but supervised the work of the LDS Church in all of continental East Asia except Korea, Taiwan, and all of Southeast Asia, except the Philippines and south Asia. INVITATION TO ACT: "We each have a story. Happening March 4, Family Discovery Day is free online and in-person. Elder Gerrit W. Gong and his wife, Sister Susan Lindsay Gong. [35] The church later announced that Gong, whose wife has ties to Taylorsville, Utah, would preside at the October 2020 groundbreaking for the temple in that city. Big smiles in the Hedgehog home. Representation matters! A lot of good viewpoints and thoughts. Two, he is interested in everything, which makes him a fascinating person to live with. Yes, I have the most beautiful grandchildren. I struggled to find meaning in the spiritual void left by having been a flower growing in the wrong place., He hated that God had been taken from me, he says. His first name is "Gerrit" and his last name is . In what way have you narrowed that definition that causes you to think you can exclude him from that? Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his wife, Susan, have rich family histories from Hawaii and Ireland. He and Ulisses Soares filled the vacancies created from the deaths of Thomas S. Monson and Robert D. He had a close almost familial relationship with de Jong and would refer to him as "Grandpa de Jong." (I should be really friendly to this guy, or I just want to spend a lot of time with that boy.), He didnt want to accept himself as gay, because the only queerness I had ever seen was bad the AIDS crisis, promiscuity, death. He seemed to remember a conversation with someone or something outside of himself that affirmed he was loved. Even at school, Gong, who easily passed as straight, grew increasingly silent, afraid of hugs and falling in love. A photo of my husband and me should immediately clarify why this is a point of particular personal significance to me: Jusok and Cynthia Lee engagement photo (La Jolla, CA, 2000). 2003 Apr 1;101(7):2850-7. However, I think that making leadership more diverse is almost certain to be a liberalizing influence over the long term. In doing so, he gave himself the chance to extend grace to his past selves. Latter-day Saint apostle Gerrit W. Gong speaks to members of the media in Salt Lake City in June 2018. One is Jacob Hamblin, often nicknamed Buckskin Apostle, though he was not actually part of the Twelve. Although the family had provided the sketch, paint, and brushes, something had shifted. Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Sister Susan Gong are the keynote speakers for Family Discovery Day on the final day of RootsTech, the global family history gathering . Gerrit W. Gong was born on 23 December, 1953 in Redwood City, California, United States, is a Leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, first leader of Asian descent. No accent here! The hard thing for ALL of us is to cope with (possibly) inspired decisions that conflict with our own political and philosophical intuitions. Here in China, members of our small LDS ex-pat branch are thrilled at Elder Gongs call to the Quorum of the Twelve. Leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, first leader of Asian descent. My white cousin married a Korean woman and lived in Korea for several years. I have five other children that have married Caucasians as well. Once ordained they joined the growing circle of priesthood power.. Born in Redwood City, California, to Walter A. and Jean C. Gong, Elder Gong comes to the apostleship with a background rich in education and experience. His mother met the missionaries as a teenager in Honolulu, Hawaii. I argued my doubts to a standstill and reclaimed my beliefs from where they lay.. After the meeting we entered a large room, where on chairs on three sides of the room priesthood leaders were ordained one by one, recalled Sister Gong. Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Sister Susan Gong will be the keynote speakers for Family Discovery Day on the final day of RootsTech, the global family history gathering taking place virtually and in person March 2-4, 2023. Sister Gong is a compulsive gardener who loves to cook and bring people together. She has authored Chinese language childrens readers and was the first coordinator for Utahs Chinese language dual-immersion program. You may know that the LDS Young Womans program was way cooler in the early 20th century than it has been during the lifetime of anyone alive today. I confess Im a bit surprised that the OP is so vehemently opposed to suggestions of caution when approaching an interracial marriage. [9][10], In 1985, Gong became a special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State. I seriously doubt President Nelson was pandering to progressive Mormons. Below are three statements Elder Gong made about stories and some ideas about how you can rediscover your own. Although the family had provided the sketch, paint and brushes, something had shifted. All quotes by Gerrit W. Gong and in blue (unless otherwise noted). Thoughts of not having that became unbearable, he says, and so he repressed them. "Ours is a worldwide Church. Fairbanks. The three-day gathering (March 2 to 4, 2023) will feature several . Though Gongs relationship with his parents got off to a rocky start after he came out not for lack of love or rejection but for miscommunication they are now as close as ever and talk almost every week. Whether or not Brazilians are Latinos is complicated. Elder and Sister Gong's presentation will be broadcast on Saturday, March 4 . [26], In May 2019, Gong and his wife accompanied Russell M. Nelson and his wife on a ministry tour to the Pacific region. There was almost no better realistic possibility than these two picks. The Q15 are smart men, and they have an intellectual understanding of the churchs diversity, but culturally they are almost all the same: old white men from the Mormon Belt. But sucking it out by reducing the surface pressure below 14.7 psi wont accomplish much. Download Photo. Come join us on an international journey of connection and belonging at @Rootstech Family Discovery Day any time March 4 after 1:30 p.m. (MST). I love the more visible presence of minorities. The OPs own experience of external challenges is evidence enough that race is a factor to consider! the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emigrated from China in the late 19th century, Center for Strategic and International Studies, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, Church Board of Education and Boards of Trustees, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Mormon church names new seventies, Primary presidency", "Elder Gerrit W. 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Elder Gong said everywhere they go, people relate to Sister Gong. I never thought of myself as nonwhite but as ethnically ambiguous, Gong says in an interview. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Elder Gong loves learning and spending time with family. My family name.. [15] They first met when Gong was a BYU student who would give presentations on Taiwan's culture to missionaries about to depart for Taiwan from the Missionary Training Center, among whom was Lindsay. Its not a Chinese, Mormon or academic dinner-table topic. They will speak at Family . Family Discovery Day is a free event and will begin Saturday, March 4 at 1:30 PM, MDT. Elder and Sister Gong said it was wonderful to join members from across the world for general conference, to sustain President Russell M. Nelson and the First Presidency, and to witness continuing revelation bless the members of the Church in all their many circumstances. Citation (Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Meet Elder Gerrit W. Gong: "Unfailingly Kind" Family Man. Please come find your family, all your generations, and bring them home.". His known family tree is extensive (bless the tradition of Chinese family genealogy record-keeping) and is 100% Chinese. Having crushes on boys in elementary school. #progress. One day, during Gongs freshman year at Brigham Young University, he tried to take his life. There are over a billion Chinese citizens, and we non-Chinese are forbididen by law from discussing religion with them. However, much discussion among leading historians of Mormonism has so far failed to turn up any examples of an interracial marriage in the Twelve. On Buzzlearn.com, Gerrit is listed as a successful leader who was born in the year of 1953. I also know that its possible to find joy and peace in the church even when we find ourselves with a minority opinion. I think generational biases are difficult to overcome when seeking the Lords will on things great and small. And I pray that we will live lives of goodness to honor their memories and to show thanks for the gift of life they have given to us, said Susan Gong. Christ Church, Oxford; Edit. [31][32][33][34], In early 2020, the church announced that Gong would preside at the November dedication of the Winnipeg Manitoba Temple, originally set to occur in mid-November. The church desperately needed someone who represented Latin and South American saints symbolically and with experience in the 12. Now as a newly sustained member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles he will share a different kind of light with Gods children throughout the world. Contributed BySarah Jane Weaver, Church News editor. Big smiles from this multiethnic family too. We feel the need to be compassionate to all. It takes strength to keep sustaining when one is ready for shifts and even sees wisdom in them, but they dont come. Did you hear Elder Oaks announce that 40% of.the GAs now have been born outside the US and then rattling off the countries? [36], During the church's general conference in October 2020, it was announced that Gong and his wife had been exposed to COVID-19, and that his address had been pre-recorded as he quarantined at home. Oh Lord, hasten the healing of our unbelief. But getting to this place of peace with his trifold identity, says Gong, an artificial intelligence engineer in Seattle, has required hard work. His father joined the Church after attending Stanford University, where his parents met and dated. In movies, gays were victims, targets for bullies, or the sassy friend.. Its just good to have people from outside of the Western US. And I suspect their international cred was perceived as a big plus, not a minus. To appreciate why this feels especially significant to me that we have not only an interracial couple, but specifically a Chinese-American man and a white woman, we have to have a frank talk about how racism in the United States manifests against Asians and Asian-Americans, specifically in regards to gender and sex. Hi Benson, we should definitely all come to the same interpretation of calling the view that a white woman marrying an Asian man is marrying down a white supremacist view. The churchs rhetoric against such marriages was very strong in the wake of the 1978 revelation, as if SWK wanted to communicate Hey, lets not go crazy with this thing. That attitude has slowly dissipated, but even now its not quite gone. Elder Gerrit W. Gong currently serves as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Looking back, Gong sees plenty of clues to his sexuality that he failed to recognize at the time: Staring at a male underwear mannequin when he was a child. (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) sltrib.com 1996-2023 The Salt Lake Tribune. [27][28][29][30], In November 2019, Gong presided over a worldwide broadcast that announced the LDS Church's new youth program. Bensen, recounting your personal experience with a few interracial marriages in [your] own family and supposing you can generalize from those experiences with those few particular people to arrive at broad statements about how race functions in marriage is, at the very least, a trifle naive. Its also more than a trifle condescending, considering that youre trying to correct someone who has actual first-hand experience of the potential issues youre describing. Elder Gerrit W. Gong was born on December 23, 1953, in California. Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Susan Gong, will attend. Im very comfortable standing by that statement. And hopefully those last few references to the evils of miscegenation can soon be purged. It will always be Top down, not bottom up. Those interested in participating in the conference can register online at https://rootstech.org. BTW, given that oil often is found in strange places, experience and comfort with a wide range of cultures is a pretty big advantage. The mural they created, which added light to the once colorless space, wasnt theirs. Having a few interracial marriages in my extended family, Ive seen positive and negative consequences. . Also, I suspect President Nelsons very special interest in China may have played a role in the case of Elder Gong. The choices you make will determine what happens in the "plot" of your life, and education can have a big impact. My wife is Japanese and Im Puerto Rican, whoop dee doo. Learn more about guidelines and necessary forms. I held my ground and I silenced their rage with my story as I spoke with my own voice. That was later postponed indefinitely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. He later served as a special assistant in the United States State Department, as well as special assistant to the ambassador at the United States Embassy in Beijing, China. The following is a summary of what he said. [4] He also held the Freeman Chair in China studies and was later the Asia Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Biography. The restored gospel is for every nation, kindred, and tongue. There are both benefits and penalties to being racially mixed. [1] [Updated x2] There were early, polygamous members of church leadership who had Native or indigenous wives. Elder Gongs parents, both professional teachers, collectively spent more than 70 years in the classroom. Gerrit was named after Gerrit de Jong because his mother had lived with de Jong and his family while she was a student at BYU. 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