You must interview with the Bishop in your local area.
2007-11-19 02:24:02 · 18 answers · asked by jacobimmugatu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, I had heard the the Bishop's storehouse, and fast offering funds, are to help the poor and needy of the community, and not just members. The interview with the Bishop is to establish that you are genuinely poor and needy, and not about to sell all these free tins of fruit on EBay.
And it's not just food. I work for a charity, and my Bishop just asked whether the church can help out with our work. Apparently the area has a budget specifically for projects to benefit the community. He gave me a paper explaining what sort of projects they are looking for, and the number one requirement was that it "should benefit those NOT of our faith." My work is with alcoholics, and (among other things) the charity raises funds to pay for them to go through inpatient 12-step treatment. The amount the church is offering would pay for ten of them to do a course, which is fantastic. But no one - not even those benefitted - would know where the funds came from.
Sometimes I'm so proud to belong to Jesus Christ's true and restored church I could just burst. Isn't this just the epitome of the Gospel in action?
2007-11-19 10:37:25 · answer #1 · answered by sunnyannie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worst reason to leave the church would be that you were "tired of it"or "tired of living the way you were taught", those reasons would only be second to "someone offended you". I have though hard about this and I think a good reason would be that you find something better and leave, without hate or malice, a group of people that for the most part believe just what you did only a short time before. This kind of decision is very important and you wouldn't want to be hasty. I can also see moving far enough away from what the church teaches that it would not be a good fit anymore. I think a lot of prayer would be involved. BTW 7 of 9, my daughter had a beautiful, wonderful, spiritual patriarchal blessing that she(and I) will treasure forever, it is one of the too few spiritual experiences in my life that I hold dear to me and I'm sorry yours was not that way.
2016-04-04 22:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do give assistance to people in need. You are correct that they need to interview with the bishop though. It is all up to the bishop as to who and how they will help. Many times they will ask for some sort of service in return, come clean the church or work at the DI or the storehouse or something.
2007-11-19 03:16:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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News to me!
EDIT: Okay, I misread the question. Yes, we do try to help the needy. During times of disaster, we are mobilized to help the members of our communities as much as we can. There is a welfare program in place to help families who are in need. It is a short-term solution for aid and many members contribute by donating some cash once a month or by volunteering time and work at a local cannery. The church welfare program is principally for members of the LDS church, but right after Hurricane Katrina (for example) the Bishop's Storehouses were all opened to anyone who needed food.
2007-11-19 03:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by Fotomama 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So?
There are many churches (at least in Wisconsin) that will give food to anyone...if they live in the city/county of the church.
Generally you don't have to go as far as interviewing with a bishop, though..lol
2007-11-19 02:31:51 · answer #5 · answered by Star 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Almost everyone here sounds so anti-LDS. Isn't it a good thing to share food with people? They probably want to interview the person to determine need because of course humans do not pratice the art of deceit. Give it a rest, folks!!
2007-11-19 02:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by Glappy Lady 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So does the Catholic Church, Salvation Army, Let's Help, Rescue Mission, and many other small churches and organizations. It is not an exclusively LDS thing?
2007-11-19 02:32:18 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Nobody 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No they won't, as far as I knew Mormon welfare is for mormons and you had to be a tithing paying mormon before you got it. I got mormon welfare twice. Once to pay a heating bill and one time for food.
I think the mormons will come to disaster areas with food, because its a great evangelistic tool, but I have never heard of the church just giving food away, but I could be wrong.
2007-11-19 03:25:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
This isn't the news flash you were looking for. Plenty of people know.
2007-11-19 08:55:25 · answer #9 · answered by Fishgutts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hm, I shall try and find a Mormon household next time I'm on the other side of town and hungry, instead of stopping by a McDonald's.
2007-11-19 02:29:07 · answer #10 · answered by Kemp the Mad African 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋