Ministering
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Ministering is the term for
In areas with few church members, the local units are called
History
Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching programs
Home teaching had been introduced to the church by Harold B. Lee, as part of the priesthood correlation effort. The program took effect on January 1, 1964. It replaced the ward teachers, who had previously had similar responsibilities.[5]
The mandate of the correlation committee was to simplify the curriculum of the church, but Lee used it to implement wider changes. Just three days before Lee made his general conference address announcing the home teaching program, Henry D. Moyle objected to the change during a first presidency meeting on the grounds that the correlation committee was overstepping its bounds and taking responsibility away from the presiding bishop who supervised the ward teaching program. Even though Church President David O. McKay probably agreed with Moyle on this issue, he did not intercede to stop Lee.[6]
In May 1963, a home teaching committee was formed with the purpose of visiting stakes and promoting the home teaching program. The committee was chaired by Marion G. Romney. Thomas S. Monson was asked to be a member of the committee five months before his call as an apostle.[7]
Ministering program
During the church's April 2018 general conference, church president Russell M. Nelson announced the retirement of home teaching and visiting teaching and its replacement with "a newer, holier approach" called ministering.[8]
Ministering assignments and responsibilities
A ward's
The ward Relief Society leadership also assigns its members to companionships. These companionships, which may include youth from the ward's Young Women organization as junior companions, serve the needs of women and young women members of a family assigned them.
Sometimes the quorum and Relief Society leaders collaborate in order to create a companionship which consists of a Melchizedek priesthood holder and his wife. All assignments are approved by the bishop or the branch president.
With the approval of a mission president, full-time missionaries of the LDS Church may assist church members with these visits.
See also
References
- Macmillan. pp. 654–55.
- ^ "Gospel Topics: Home Teaching", churchofjesuschrist.org.
- ^ "LDS home, visiting teaching programs change; 7 new temples planned".
- ^ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- ^ Lee, Harold (April 1963). The Correlation Program. Conference Report. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Prince, Gregory; Wright, William (2005). David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism.
- ^ Toone, Trent (29 September 2014). "The legacy of home and visiting teaching". Deseret News. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Ministering" by Russell M. Nelson. April 2018. Accessed January 14, 2022.
Further reading
- Anderson, Rex A. (August 1974). "A Documentary History of the Lord's Way of Watching Over the Church By the Priesthood Through the Ages". Theses and Dissertations. Master's thesis. Provo, Utah: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University.
- Boss, R. Wayne (1992). "Home Teaching". In Macmillan. pp. 654–55.
- Hartley, William G. (Spring 1976). "Ordained and Acting Teachers in the Lesser Priesthood, 1851-1883". BYU Studies. 16 (3): 375–98.
- Hartley, William G. (2000). "Home Teaching". In Garr, Arnold K.; Cannon, Donald Q.; Cowan, Richard O. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. pp. 508–09.
- Israelsen, Vernon L. (1975). Changes in the Numbers and the Priesthood Affiliation of the Men Used as Ward Teachers in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1908-1922. Master's thesis. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University.
- Phelps, Gary L. (August 1975). "Home Teaching—Attempts By the Latter-day Saints to Establish an Effective Program During the Nineteenth Century". Theses and Dissertations. Master's thesis. Provo, Utah: Department of History, Brigham Young University.
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