04-04-2007, 05:52 PM | #31 | |
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P.S. That doesn't mean that I think that being a stake president in and of itself qualifies someone as being ready to serve as a General Authority. |
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04-04-2007, 05:57 PM | #32 | |
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There is continual interaction with Area Presidencies, and regular interaction with presidencies of the Seventy as well as the Twelve. I was surprised how many of the Church Hierarchy my dad knew from his time serving as Stake President in Saudi Arabia (is that far enough off the beaten path for you?). Elder Nelson Elder Packer Elder Oaks Elder Asay Elder Ringger Elder Neuenschwander Elder Didier etc. A humble, righteous stalwart Stake President serving in Ghana isn't flying under the radar like some of you seem to think. Last edited by Indy Coug; 04-04-2007 at 05:59 PM. |
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04-04-2007, 05:58 PM | #33 | |
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Care to show me your statistics that suggest that there aren't enough African Americans with experience to get even one single full time GA? |
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04-04-2007, 06:00 PM | #34 | |
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Like I said earlier, in 10 to 15 years this argument is going to be completely moot, so the real issue now is that some people are just impatient. |
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04-04-2007, 06:06 PM | #36 | |
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If there are several African Americans serving as stake presidents, I would suggest there are several with a lot of church leadership experience (which you seem to believe to be a prerequisite for service as a GA, though I don't know where you get that idea from). The fact that they may know GAs through some contact in those positions is hardly the same as knowing them on a daily personal level. Making a trip to Ghana once a year for stake conference (with rotating officials making that trip) isn't exactly going to foster a close kinship in most instances. Certainly not as close as a person who interacts frequently with a GA. |
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There is irrefutable evidence that the VAST MAJORITY of current General Authorities have served previously as 1. Bishop 2. Stake President and often as 3. Mission President So even though it isn't explicitly church policy, it's more or less the de facto order of things. |
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Are Area Presidencies not comprised of General Authorities? |
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04-04-2007, 06:09 PM | #39 | |
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I think in your efforts to apologize for the absence of any African Americans in church leadership, you are going around in circles. |
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Yes, they are technically GAs, but not on the same level as someone in the First Quorum or the 12.
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