Care (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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The support ( English Ministering ) is a program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints , where members of the church are visited in her home and be taught there. Before April 1, 2018, this program was also called home teaching .

The program was also called "visiting teaching" when conducted by Relief Society members . The two programs that existed before that were designed to provide the families with additional spiritual guidance in their own home. The current merged program places more emphasis on service than on teaching. It places more value on ways in which the assigned member can be helped and friendship can be shown to him.

history

The home teaching program was introduced to the Church by Harold B. Lee . This program was part of the priesthood and began on January 1, 1964. Before that, ward teachers were assigned similar responsibilities. The committee's brief was to simplify the Church's curriculum. However, Lee used this for further changes. Three days before Lee delivered his address to general conference presenting the home teaching program, Henry D. Moyle warned him at a First Presidency meeting that he had exceeded his limits in relieving the Presiding Bishopric for duties who were responsible for them. Although the President of the Church, David O. McKay , likely approved of Moyle, he didn't stop Lee.

In May 1963 a committee was established to conduct the home teaching program, which visited the communities and promoted the program. Marion G. Romney became chairman . Thomas S. Monson was a member of the committee for five months before becoming an apostle.

During the General Conference of April 2018 was Russell M. Nelson is known which are connected to the programs of the Home and visiting teaching and the common name of the service received.

Mission and responsibility

The elders of a ward decide which priesthood holders are responsible for and serve a family. These are usually two priesthood holders. A young man of low status in the priesthood and an experienced man who is on a quorum.

The Relief Society also provides members for this role. It is mostly an experienced woman and a young ladies organization woman. You take care of the women within a family.

Sometimes the priesthood and the Relief Society work together. They then sent a priesthood holder and his wife to a specific family. All commissions are approved by the bishop of the parish.

If the mission president allows, even the missionaries may be used for such duties.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ R. Wayne Boss: Encyclopedia of Mormonism . Daniel H. Ludlow edition. Macmillan , New York 1992, Home Teaching, pp. 654-55 ( byu.edu ).
  2. ↑ https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46291666&nid=148&title=home-visiting-teaching-to-be-retired-lds-church-announces
  3. ↑ https://www.lds.org/mycalling/ministering-faq?lang=eng
  4. ↑ Harold Lee: The Correlation Program . Conference Report, April 1963 ( byu.edu ).
  5. ^ Gregory Prince: David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism . 2005.
  6. ↑ Trent Toone: The legacy of home and visiting teaching . Deseret News. September 29, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

Further literature

English

  • Rex A. Anderson: A Documentary History of the Lord's Way of Watching Over the Church By the Priesthood Through the Ages . Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah August 1974 ( byu.edu ).
  • William G. Hartley: Ordained and Acting Teachers in the Lesser Priesthood, 1851-1883 . Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah 1976 ( byu.edu ).
  • William G. Hartley: Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History . Deseret Book, Salt Lake City 2000, pp. 508-09 .
  • Vernon L. Israelsen: 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 . Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah 1975.
  • Gary L. Phelps: Home Teaching — Attempts By the Latter-day Saints to Establish an Effective Program During the Nineteenth Century . Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah August 1975 ( byu.edu ).

German

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