Brent L. Top

Brent LaMar Top (born 1953) is a professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU).

Prior to joining the BYU faculty in 1987, Top was both a seminary and an institute instructor in the Church Educational System.

Among other callings in the LDS Church, Top has served as a bishop, member of a stake presidency, and as president of the Pleasant Grove Utah East Stake.

Top was president of the church's Illinois Peoria Mission from 2004 to 2007, and the president of the church’s Mormon Battalion Historic Sites in San Diego, California, from 2022 to 2024.

[citation needed] Top has written several books, including Ten Secrets Wise Parents Know: Tried and True Things You Can Do To Raise Faithful, Confident Responsible Children (written with Bruce A. Chadwick), When You Can't Do It Alone and Why Bad Things Happen to Good People.