 From 2003 to 2007, Bateman was a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy.He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from January 1, 1996, until May 1, 2003, and was the church's twelfth presiding bishop in 1994 and 1995.In 2003 and 2004, Bateman was the general president of the church's Sunday School organization.