Kimball describes the 1978 revelation as the culmination of Spencer W. Kimball’s prolonged study, prayer, consultation, and efforts to prepare other leaders for change. His account places the the spiritual confirmation participants described alongside the challenges of global church growth and changing perceptions of the restriction, rather than treating revelation as an event without preparation.
- Edward L. Kimball, “Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood,” BYU Studies 47, no. 2 (2008): 4–78.
an urgent question, an intense consideration, a prayerfully formulated tentative answer, and a spiritual confirmation.