June 10, 2015, he addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords at the UK Parliament. In 2016, Holland was keynote speaker at the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) Duty to God breakfast, as part of his assignment as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' chief representative to the BSA. Since January 2018, among his other assignments, Holland has served on the Church Board of Education and Boards of Trustees, where he also serves as chairman of the Executive Committee. In November 2018, Holland spoke at a major inter-religious conference at Oxford University. During the same trip, Holland met with Theresa May, Prime Minister of Great Britain. This may have been the first official meeting of an LDS Church apostle and a British Prime Minister. In January 2019, Holland presided at the groundbreaking for the church's Urdaneta Philippines Temple. He also spoke at a multi-stake conference in the Philippines that week. In 2020, as chairman of the executive committee of the BYU-Hawaii board of trustees, he announced the appointment of John S. K. Kauwe III as the institution's new president. In August 2021, Holland spoke at BYU's annual conference for faculty and staff and the speech sparked controversy within the LGBTQ+ community. In the address, Holland asked the faculty to defend the doctrine of the LDS Church, BYU's institutional sponsor with the use of metaphorical "musket fire." Family Holland and his wife, Patricia Terry, were married on June 7, 1963, in the St. George Temple. They are the parents of three children. Their oldest son, Matthew S. Holland, served as president of Utah Valley University from 2009 to 2018 and has been a general authority since April 2020. Their youngest son, David F. Holland, is a professor at Harvard Divinity School. Works Books Speeches — unofficial transcript Awards Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America (1955) Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the National Eagle Scout Association Torch of Liberty Award by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Washington County Exemplary Manhood Award (July 2013) See also Council on the Disposition of the Tithes References Further reading External links General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Holland on Special Witnesses of Christ 1940 births 20th-century Mormon missionaries American Latter Day Saint writers American Mormon missionaries in England Apostles (LDS Church) Brigham Young University alumni Church Educational System instructors Commissioners of