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The current baby boomer generation in power in general has never received or even conceived of the notion to seek out the counsel of a leader who is not a caucaision. This is a condition of North American culture and not merely church culture. |
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The Lord qualifies whom he calls -numbers are ultimately a non factor. |
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What percentage of HS football players have gone on to play in the NFL? What percentage of college football players have gone on to play in the NFL? What percentage of EQP have gone on to be General Authorities? What percentage of bishops have gone on to be General Authorities? What percentage of stake presidents have gone on to be General Authorities? The odds aren't that high. |
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Absolutely. And I love that a handful of them are African American. I hope to see more. But among the highest ranks of church leadership, the tally is at zero and, to my knowledge, has been since the church's founding.
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Lack of diversity is the result of a complex calculus, first, familiarity by the decision makers, second, numbers of qualified persons with appropriate experience, and third, societal racism which our Baby Boomer leaders need to be aware of and need to overcome.
What is a General Authority? Let's put it frankly in administrative terms. A Bishop counsels the youth and members. A state president trains bishops. A mission president trains missionaries. A temple president trains missionaries. A General Authority trains stake presidents to be stake presidents, mission presidents to be mission presidents, patriarchs to be patriarchs, and temple presidents to be temple presidents. Without that reservoir of experience, it's unlikely that somebody will be called to be a leader. Well, most of the leaders are mostly familiar with those they've grown up with and so the vicious circle of inadequate representation continues. I'm convinced the Lord has prepared many persons who have never been called because leaders were not sufficiently familiar with those persons and their qualifications.
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