.GordonMonson: This lifelong Latter-day Saint has 20 ideas for things he would change about the church, on the Word of Wisdom, tithing, full-time missions, how female members are treated, and more.
Yeah, this would cost the church a stack of cash, reducing its financials considerably. But with modern economics being what they are for most hardworking members everywhere, the strain and stress put upon believers who just want a certain quality of life would be lowered.
Sending young people on an extended unpaid, nonvacation to a place not of their choice is an intense deal, almost always, particularly when it includes landing in some foreign country, speaking a different language, surrounded by strangers, living in a jungle hut, eating different foods, often being under the supervision of other young people who may or may not know what they’re doing when it comes to helping one another, giving proper advice and guidance, and enforcing mission rules.
10. Eliminate the stigma for those who do not serve missions, those who go on missions but later are not deemed worthy, and those whoWent to a church service the other day where a young man was speaking at the pulpit who had started out on a mission, but months in had guilty feelings about certain things he had done before leaving, was sent home for six months to “repent” and was now about to head back out to finish his service.
It would be a good idea to extinguish negative feelings, as well as feelings of inferiority or superiority for having done this or that or not having done this or that. A Relief Society choir from stakes in Summit and Wasatch counties performs at the General Women's Session of the 187th Semiannual General Conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Salt Lake City, Saturday Sept. 23, 2017.
Make sure that’s a reality, that they not only are fully aware of that, but make sure they know God is fully aware of it, too. Do not just pat them on the head and sweetly smile at them.
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