Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The Church runs so smoothly.

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints nobody earns money for performing in church responsibilities. Church responsibilities are delegated out to many people within the church and there are a wide variety of opportunities for members to serve and bless the lives of others.
Members of the church are organized into congregations that meet together frequently for spiritual and social enrichment. Large congregations are called wards and small congregations are called branches. A ward is presided over by a bishop, assisted by two counselors. A branch is presided over by a branch president, assisted by two counselors. Each person that serves in positions of church leadership works at a job during the week to support themselves financially and also pays tithing just like everyone else in the church. Local leaders serve without receiving payment of any kind.
One of my last church callings was to be a ward clerk. One of my responsibilities was to send all of the tithing that the members of my ward donated each week directly to Church Headquarters. Tithing funds are used to build up the Church throughout the world by doing the following; building and maintaining temples and meetinghouses, carrying the gospel to all the world, conducting temple and family history work, and many other worldwide activities. It is interesting to see how the Lords kingdom runs so smoothly. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the Lords kingdom that has been restored to the earth once again through living Prophets and Apostles who are called of God.

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