In a recent article highlighting Mitt Romney’s charitable giving, the New York Times shared a graph that outlines the amount of giving major religions in America contribute. The LDS, or Mormon Church’s members give nearly twice as much as the denomonation in the number two spot. Here’s the breakdown of the average percentage of giving per [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Mormons Give most to Charity out of All American Religions
Posted in Finances the Lord's Way, Tithing on February 25, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Ways to Measure if you have Charity (Christ’s Love)
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Love on February 18, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Last week’s article was about how to develop Charity (which we identified is the pure love of Christ) in one’s life. This week, I thought it would be appropriate to share how you can measure the extent that you have Christ’s love in your heart. These suggestions were given by members of our Stake Presidency [...]
10 Ways to Devlop Charity (Pure Love) in Ones’ Life
Posted in Book of Mormon, Love on February 11, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Mormon churches meet in congregations organized geographically called “wards”. 8-10 wards combine to make a “stake”. Every six months the LDS, or Mormon Church organizes a meeting where the stake called “Stake Conference”. At the stake conference, leaders of the stake (the Stake Presidency, organized by a president and 2 counselors) addresses the congregation on matters they feel [...]
A Night with Two Gay Mormon Elders
Posted in Homosexuality on February 4, 2012 | 13 Comments »
Over the course of the last few years, I’ve heard conservatives within the LDS and without the LDS church openly denouce homosexual relationships. As most of us also know, the LDS or Mormon church has taken a political stance to openly support groups in favor of not legalizing gay marriage alongside the Catholic and other [...]
