Follow the Prophets…on Google+ and Facebook and Twitter!

The first presidency and the quorum of the twelve apostles are now on Facebook. These are set up as business pages and you can go and like them just like you would like the mormon.org facebook page (which has 1.8 million likes now). The likes on pages like these are semi-equivalent to a follower on twitter. You can find all their facebook pages here:

First Presidency on Facebook:

1. President Thomas S. Monson
2. President Henry B. Eyring
3. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Quorum of the 12 Apostles on Facebook:

1. Elder Boyd K. Packer
2. Elder L. Tom Perry
3. Elder Russell M. Nelson
4. Elder Dallin H. Oaks
5. Elder M. Russell Ballard
6. Elder Richard G. Scott
7. Elder Robert D. Hales
8. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
9. Elder David A. Bednar
10. Elder Quentin L. Cook
11. Elder D. Todd Christofferson
12. Elder Neil L. Anderson

First Presidency on Google Plus.

And the First Presidency are on Google+ now as well. These are actual personal profiles. I have heard that it is strictly for Google Authorship markup purposes. Either way it is great that they are doing this. Whether for them to connect more personally to those who want to follow them, or to build the online presence of the Church, this is a great move in my opinion. Here are the profiles of the First Presidency on Google+

Thomas S. Monson

Henry B. Eyring

Dieter F. Ucthdorf

Even if this is just being used for Google Authorship markup, (to increase the rankings of lds.org and all the publications that are on there from general conference and other sources) this is a great move. Authorship definitely makes a difference for articles. This is a great thing for the Church to do. As I have stated in the last article about online missionary work, there is so much that can be done and so much potential on the internet to get more eyeballs on truth. This is most definitely one of them.

12 Apostles on Google+

1. President Boyd K. Packer
2. Elder L. Tom Perry
3. Elder Russell M. Nelson
4. Elder Dallin H. Oaks
5. Elder M. Russell Ballard
6. Elder Richard G. Scott
7. Elder Robert D. Hales
8. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
9. Elder David A. Bednar
10. Elder Quentin L. Cook
11. Elder D. Todd Christofferson
12. Elder Neil A. Andersen

Now they are also on Twitter (May 2014)

• President Thomas S. Monson: @ThomasSMonson2 (reserved but not active)
• President Eyring: @Henry_B_Eyring (reserved but not active)
• President Uchtdorf: @D_F_Uchtdorf (reserved but not active)
• President Packer: @Boyd_K_Packer (reserved but not active)
• L. Tom Perry: @L_Tom_Perry (reserved but not active)
• Russell M. Nelson: @RussellMNelson1 (reserved but not active)
• Dallin H. Oaks: @Dallin_H_Oaks (reserved but not active)
• M. Russell Ballard: @M_RBallard (active)
• Robert D. Hales: @Robert_D_Hales (reserved but not active))
• Jeffrey R. Holland: @J_R_Holland (active)
• Richard G. Scott: @Richard_G_Scott (reserved but not active)
• David A. Bednar: @David_A_Bednar (active)
• D. Todd Christofferson: @DTChristofferso (reserved but not active)
• Quentin L. Cook: @Quentin_L_Cook (reserved but not active)
• Neil L. Anderson: @Neil_L_Andersen (reserved but not active)

Now go follow the prophets!