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MikeWaters · 01-08-2008, 09:57 PM

As I think about this, the main reason it does not and probably cannot happen in the LDS church, is because of lay clergy.

Running these kinds of things, and sustaining them, takes committed professionals and professional clergy.

Imagine the handoffs that would be required from bishop to bishop, stake president to stake president. Imagine being called to run such an effort. It would be more intensive than being a Seventy.

That's why we cut checks, make shipments, clean yards, make casseroles. As an organization, we are not built to make any sort of sustained charitable effort. We are best off, I suppose, cutting checks to churches who do the Lord's work.

01-08-2008, 09:57 PM	#11
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	As I think about this, the main reason it does not and probably cannot happen in the LDS church, is because of lay clergy. Running these kinds of things, and sustaining them, takes committed professionals and professional clergy. Imagine the handoffs that would be required from bishop to bishop, stake president to stake president. Imagine being called to run such an effort. It would be more intensive than being a Seventy. That's why we cut checks, make shipments, clean yards, make casseroles. As an organization, we are not built to make any sort of sustained charitable effort. We are best off, I suppose, cutting checks to churches who do the Lord's work.