Question about Bishops/EQP's/HP Group Leaders

[Tex]

Originally Posted by SoCalCoug

This is priceless. You're supposed to anticipate when the bishop, who has requested a recommendation, is going to go with someone else, so that you can be sure not to pray and receive a confirmation of the person you recommend? Or do you believe Mike was wrong to recommend someone prayerfully? Or was he supposed to just not receive an answer?

Do you really think through some of this stuff?

That's not what I said. Maybe you need to look up the definition of the word recommend.

[Hazzard]

Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

Personally, I've always thought the HPGL and EQP were toothless callings. In effect, they can't even make in-quorum (or in-group) callings without approval of the bishop. Although the classic problem of "responsibility without authority" isn't as bad for the EQP (because he holds priesthood keys), the HPGL is about as powerful in a ward as the Sunday School president.

Originally Posted by Archaea

The ward's keys are held by the Bishop but the stake's keys are held by the STake President.

The EQPs and HP Ls report officially to the Stake President but do not overstep the administrative control of the bishop's jurisdiction.

Wouldn't it make more sense to just have the EQP and HPGL report directly to the bishop, as the bishop is the presiding high priest of the ward anyway?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Hazzard

Wouldn't it make more sense to just have the EQP and HPGL report directly to the bishop, as the bishop is the presiding high priest of the ward anyway?

President is the one with the keys though. Bishop's presiding because the key holder is not there.

[FMCoug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Presiding is the one with the keys though. He's presiding because the key holder is not there.

Right. The EQP has keys and thus needs to report to the guy with the MP keys (Stake President). Why the HP is a "group" of the Stake HP Quorum vs. a quorum of its own is intersting though. The only thing I can think of for that is that HP Groups tend to be much less needy than EQ's.