Ed Jolley Pinegar (February 12, 1935 – August 18, 2020) was a Latter-day Saint author, educator and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His books include ''Look to the Temple'', ''Raising the Bar'', and several works dealing with the study of the Book of Mormon. Many of his books were written with LDS author Richard J. Allen. With

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, Pinegar is co-author of the book ''Leadership for Saints''.

Biography

Pinegar received a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) and a degree in

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from the University of Southern California. He married Patricia P. Pinegar, a former general president of the LDS Church's

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organization, and they are the parents of eight children. Pinegar served in the LDS Church as a bishop (twice), the first president of the BYU 20th

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from 1999 to 2004, a

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patriarch, on the general board of the church's

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, as president of the England London South Mission, and as president of the Provo Missionary Training Center (1988–1991). He has also been director of the Orem Institute of Religion, a religion professor at BYU, and a seminary teacher. Pinegar and his wife also served as

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in the

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Rochester Mission. From 2009 to 2012, Pinegar served as president of the

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.''Church News'', June 6, 2009.

References

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