Setting apart
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Setting apart is a ritual or
calling
or responsibility in the church.
Once a person has accepted the responsibility of holding a church calling and has been
Generally, only
general authorities and local leaders of stakes, wards, missions, districts, and branches may set apart a member to serve in a position.[2]
When a person is released from serving in a calling, there is no ordinance comparable to setting apart that is used to signify the end of a person's service.
A setting apart is different from a priesthood ordination. A person is ordained to a specific priesthood office, such as
auxiliary organization presidency (such as the Relief Society or Sunday School). A bishop must be ordained to the priesthood offices of high priest and bishop and is then set apart as the bishop of a specific ward. A stake patriarch
is ordained to the priesthood office of patriarch and is then set apart as the patriarch of a specific stake.
Notes
- Church Handbook of Instructions, Book 1: Stake Presidencies and Bishoprics (Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church) p. 47.
- Church Handbook of Instructions, Book 1: Stake Presidencies and Bishoprics (Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church) pp. 47–58.
References
- Church Handbook of Instructions, vol. Handbook 2: Administering the Church, Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church, 2017
- "19.4 Callings in the Church", Handbook 2: Administering the Church, LDS Church, 2017
- Johnson, Kenneth (June 2010), "Called and Set Apart to Serve", Ensign, LDS Church
- "Setting Apart", Guide to the Scriptures, LDS Church
- "Setting Apart", Original Publication, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Brigham Young University, June 1992 – via EOM Online, BYU Harold B. Lee Library
- Thompson, Dennis L. (June 1992), "Setting Apart", Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Brigham Young University
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