Ed Jolley Pinegar is a Latter-day Saint author, educator and leader. His books include Look to the Temple and Raising the Bar, and several works dealing with the study of the Book of Mormon

Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement that adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2600 BC to AD 421. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr...

. Many of his books were written with LDS author Richard J. Allen.

Biography

Pinegar received his bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 (BYU) and his degree in dentistry

Dentistry

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 from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

. His wife is Patricia P. Pinegar

Patricia P. Pinegar

Patricia Peterson Pinegar was the ninth general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1994 to 1999....

, a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Pinegar has served as president

Mission president

Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president presides over a mission and the missionaries serving in the mission...

 of the Provo

Provo, Utah

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 Missionary Training Center

Missionary Training Center

Missionary Training Centers are centers devoted to training missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The flagship MTC is located in Provo, Utah, USA, adjacent to the campus of Brigham Young University....

 (1988–1991), director of the Orem

Orem, Utah

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 Institute of Religion

Institute of Religion

Institutes of Religion provide religious educational classes for young single adult and university students who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

, a religion professor at BYU, an LDS Church stake patriarch, the first president of the BYU 20th Stake from 1999 to 2004. and as a LDS Church seminary teacher. Pinegar has also served on the general board of the LDS Church's Young Men organization

Young Men (organization)

The Young Men is a youth organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

, as a bishop (twice), and as the president of the England

England

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 London

London

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 South Mission

Mission (LDS Church)

A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...

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With Rodger Dean Duncan, Pinegar is co-author of the book Leadership for Saints.

As of 2007, Pinegar was serving as a missionary

Mormon missionary

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 in the New York

New York

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 Rochester

Rochester, New York

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 Mission, but has since returned home.

In 2009 Pinegar was called to serve as president of the Manti Utah Temple

Manti Utah Temple

The Manti Utah Temple is the fifth constructed temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Located in the city of Manti, Utah, it was the third LDS temple built west of the Mississippi River after the Mormons' great trek westward. The Manti Utah Temple (formerly the Manti Temple)...

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