John M. Madsen

Who is John M. Madsen?

John Max Madsen is a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a general authority since 1992.

Madsen had planned to go to dental school but instead became a seminary teacher and spent much of his career with the Church Educational System. In 1968, Madsen was sent to England as the first seminary teacher to work there. For a time, Madsen served as a CES coordinator in England. He also served as an institute instructor and later as a religion professor at Brigham Young University. Madsen got both his master's and Ed.D. from BYU. Madsen was later an LDS Church employee, serving in the Melchizedek Priesthood Department and other administrative roles. He was among the contributors to the 1992 Encyclopedia of Mormonism.

Prior to his call as a general authority, Madsen served in the LDS Church as a regional representative and as president of the England Southwest Mission. He also served as a member of the Young Men General Board and as a stake mission president. In 1992, Madsen became a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. In 1997 he was transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy.