Sentences with phrase «lds church leadership»

The proclamation features words set forth by LDS Church leadership in 1995, highlighting family and gender responsibilities.

Twice a year, members of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints convene for a general conference during which the LDS Church leadership addresses the Mormon faithful.

In mid-August he was selected, or called (as Mormons say) by local church officials to serve in an LDS Church leadership position in San Francisco.

In Seattle, Washington, and Oakland, California, gay men have reportedly served in LDS Church leadership roles, Peggy Fletcher Stack wrote in her piece about Mayne in The Salt Lake Tribune.

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I can see why the leadership of the LDs Church wants to cut these people off.

But then again, it wasn't until the 1970s (I think) that AfricanAmericans and / or people of color were permitted to hold offical leadership roles in the LDS church.

Jessica: I can't believe you missed this; the LDS church believe black people are a cursed people and would not allow them into church leadership until around the the mid 70's.

In fact Gen. Bruce Carlson was a four - star general at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, and now is in the upper leadership in the LDS (Mormon) church.

Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.

The LDS leadership seem to teach that THEY are the law the church is to live by.

The issue is the LDS Church's position on equal partnership in marriage, not how it decides its leadership.