Can anyone tell me why the mormon church recently cut missionary funds?

Question

Expenses are always going up, but the mormon church just cut the amount of money the missionaries recieve.

Answer 1

I know the correct answer because my dad's a bishop and my grandfather is a stake president and we where talking about it at Sunday dinner but I don't think that I'm supposed to tell anyone. It's for a good reason- trust me.

Answer 2

I was a missionary in South Africa. No, I didn't teach about it. It was a former belief, and one founded on personal views rather than revelation. Teaching it would imply that the Church as a whole still accepts such beliefs and that they are an important part of the gospel, which it's not. Of course that's not to say I didn't prepare to teach it. If a question is asked, the person deserves an honest answer. The answer is fairly simple: we don't know. Christ's disciples were forbidden from teaching in Samaria, and we don't know why since many of the Samarians were ready to receive it. But when the order came to take the gospel to the whole world, His disciples did it. We don't know why blacks were forbidden from receiving the priesthood in the past. There were many occasions that made it clear Joseph Smith and the other leaders were not rascist. But that was then, and this is now, and the now is that any worthy man and woman may enter the temple.

Answer 3

Some missionaries were getting tons of money from family and friends, while others were getting pennies. The church is merely trying to even out the playing field. I don't think that any missionary is left to starve or without a place to live.

Answer 4

That's the digression of each individual mission president.

Missionaries all pay the same monthly amount no matter where they go. They receive a monthly allowance to pay for food and other necessities. Obviously this amount is different in Bolivia than it is in Tokyo.

Answer 5

So that the higher-ups can have nicer digs.

Red Panda is wrong: The missionaries still pay the same amount going in, they just don't get as much of it now on a monthly basis.

Answer 6

I don't know why they cut them, but this one is no big deal; the church has always expected missionaries to pay for most of the bills.

So is the church evil for making missionaries pay there own way? Not really, let me explain.

Sometimes God asks people to make sacrifices for him. Life is a test and no cake walk.

God asked the pioneers to cross the plans for the sake of Mormonism.

God asks us all to pay 10% of are income for the cause of Mormonism.

Young men are asked to sacrifice a lot of money and time for a mission.

And if it came down to it, God would expect us all to die as martyrs for the cause of Mormonism.

So you see, God sometimes asks us to sacrifice for his religion, and that’s o.k. nothing is wrong with sacrificing.

Why is there nothing wrong with sacrificing? For three reasons: 1. Life is a test and no cake walk. 2. Because we supposedly get blessed for it. 3. God commanded it, and we should obey God even if no blessings come.

So missionaries sacrifice (a test of faith) and get blessed, and the church now has more money to spend on buildings, charities, etc. Missionaries donate themselves to a good cause, and the church spends its resources on good causes.

Win-Win situation and two birds dead with one stone.

Just remember, if the Lord commands it, there is nothing wrong with sacrificing to do it. And there have been much more serious sacrifices’ asked of man before.

Answer 7

I had not heard of this, but I am sure there is a good explanation. Missionaries are not treated badly, and for the most part are some of the most well-fed people.

Answer 8

I was under the impression the missionaries worked out of their own pocket?

Answer 9

It is true that expenses keep going up. It cost me $10,000 for my two year mission and that was 7 years ago and in Vegas. It still costs $10,000 and I think it will always cost that much. But you must also realize that since the amount to go hasn't gone up, then the amount you receive will go down. Money just doesn't come out of thin air.

Answer 10

That is extremely sad. They have been cutting the funds so bad the missionaries can't even afford to wash their clothes.

Even though they are all in a cult, they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. I don't see how they are when multi-million dollar temples are being built, while the missionaries are lucky to eat once a day. Also the church holds their passport so they can't escape.