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General Conference speaker · October 2017 to October 2023

Elder John C. Pingree Jr.

Of the Seventy

Elder John C. Pingree Jr. gave 2 General Conference talks from October 2017 to October 2023. The main topics of these talks are Ministering and Service and Prayer and Personal Revelation. The verse cited most often is 2 Nephi 26:24. Footnotes in 1 later talk by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 2 sketch notes of these talks.

All speakers2 sketch notes ↓
2talks since 2000
3kwords · about 21 minutes
36.5footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)
484different verses cited
1later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where Elder Pingree spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

Callings listed with these talks: Of the Seventy

02 · Topic fingerprint

What these talks are about

The main topic of each talk, shown as petals. Longer petals mean more talks. Gold petals are topics this speaker chooses at least 1.5 times as often as the average speaker.

Key phrases from these talks

I have a work for theeThe Lord needs youTruth is eternalsource of eternal truth

03 · The measuring stick

How these talks compare with every talk since 2000

The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,909 talks.

04 · The scripture shelf

Which scriptures these talks use

Share of all verse citations by volume of scripture, compared with every speaker. Counted once per talk from footnotes and links in the text.

Verses cited most

The number is how many of these talks cite the verse. Verses with their own page link to every conference talk that cites them.

Books cited most

Doctrine and Covenants
138
John
48
Moses
44
Alma
39
Matthew
37
1 Corinthians
25

06 · Who these talks quote

The voices in the footnotes

Leaders named in the footnotes, outside authors named in the text or footnotes, and the conference speakers whose talks are cited. Each counts talks, not mentions.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

The sketch notes

2 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

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Every talk

All 2 talks, newest first

Titles open the Weak Things sketch note. "Read" opens the official talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the source for every number on this page.

TalkConferenceMain topicWordsFootnotesCited bySource
Eternal Truth Oct 2023 Prayer and Personal Revelation 1618 63 1 Read ↗
“I Have a Work for Thee” Oct 2017 Ministering and Service 1843 10 0 Read ↗

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

  • Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
  • Coverage is April 2000 through April 2026: 1,909 talks by 370 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out. October 2026 joins once its text is posted.
  • Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
  • Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
  • Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.