original_query: Who is Bruce R. McConkie and what role did he have in the LDS Church?
query: Who is Bruce R. McConkie and what role did he have in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
answer: Bruce R. McConkie was an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  He delivered a televised sermon at BYU that was interpreted by some as an attack on George Wendell Pace's book, resulting in controversy.