Elder Quentin L. Cook was sustained in October as a member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve.

The Logan native, who worked as an attorney and business executive in California before being called as a church general authority more than a decade ago, had been serving in the Presidency of the Seventy since August, as well as executive director of the church's Missionary Department.

Elder Cook filled the vacancy in the quorum left by now-President Eyring.

8. Ukraine temple

Growth of the Church in Eastern Europe reached a major milestone when ground was broken for the Kiev Ukraine Temple on June 23, the first temple to be built in any country of the former Soviet Union.

About 100 invited members and guests gathered in a chapel built on the five-hectare temple site. Elder Paul B. Pieper of the Seventy and president of the Europe East Area presided over the ceremony.

9. Million missionaries

In June, the church announced that its one-millionth missionary had entered the Missionary Training Center to begin missionary service.

Nearly 400,000, or 40 percent, of all missionaries called to serve since 1830 have entered the mission field since President Hinckley became church president in 1995.

More than 50,000 missionaries are serving in 145 nations, speaking 164 languages

10. Book of Mormon

News of a one-word change in the introduction to a 2006 edition of the Book of Mormon reignited discussion among some Latter-day Saints in November 2007 about the historicity of the descendants of those chronicled in its pages.

Past editions say all of the people chronicled in the book "were destroyed, except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians." The new introduction reads much the same but says the Lamanites "are among the ancestors of the American Indians."

The change "takes into account details of Book of Mormon demography, which are not known," according to church spokesman Mark Tuttle. "The change will be included in the next edition of the Book of Mormon printed by the church."

Also

• SHARPTON: The Rev. Al Sharpton found "common ground" with LDS Church leaders during a visit to Salt Lake City in May. The Rev. Sharpton, a Pentecostal minister, had already apologized for an earlier comment suggesting Mormons don't believe in God. During his visit to Utah, he also attended a family home evening in Sandy.