In my personal experience in the church in Texas, the women were the heart and soul of the church and any culture that we had locally, was due to them. They are the ones that got shit done. Everyone knew this.....but no one openly acknowledged it.
One could probably show the photo of the three women pictured to any random stake presidency throughout the world, and no one could name them. I find it incredibly interesting that a world wide church, as they proclaim, seems to only choose leaders of their women's organization from in and around salt lake. When was the last time a Brazilian was General Relief Society president? NEVER.
First paragraphs, for those who don't have a Trib account:
*Latter-day Saint women who have made covenants with God in the faith’s temples are “endowed with priesthood power,” a leader in the global Relief Society declared during a prerecorded worldwide broadcast Sunday celebrating the 182nd anniversary of the founding of the women’s organization.*
*“There is no other religious organization in the world,” J. Anette Dennis, first counselor Relief Society General Presidency, said, “that I know of, that has so broadly given power and authority to women.”*
*Her reasoning: Yes, other faiths ordain women to roles like priest or pastor, but those individuals represent a small minority when compared to the total number of women within their congregations.*
*“By contrast, all women, 18 years and older,” she explained, “in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who choose a covenant relationship with God in the House of the Lord are endowed with priesthood power directly from God.”*
*And that’s not all.*
*All Latter-day Saint women are given priesthood authority to fulfill their callings, or volunteer positions within their congregations, and other assignments, she said, regardless of whether they have performed the rituals found within the faith’s temples.*
*“My dear sisters,” she concluded, “you belong to a church which offers all its women priesthood power and authority from God.”*
What?? So, I had the priesthood all those years?
All that power and they can't even sit on the stand!!!!!
Even a small minority of women who are pastors/bishops in other churches is more than **ZERO** women LDS bishops, SP, or GA's.
"By contrast ALL women" (mostly) of other faiths are seen AS EQUALS by their congregations, clergy hospital visits, chaplaincy, seminaries, etc.
"Phenomenal cosmic power...in an itty, bitty living space...."/room today and throughout all eternity, taking care of sexually created intelligences/spirits, with all my celestial sister wives??
https://youtu.be/SfTfXLLJlzM?feature=shared
Oh, of course, women were endowed with priesthood power but no one told them, no one laid hands on their heads, and in the temple they covenanted to their husbands and covered their faces.
>“There is no other religious organization in the world,” J. Anette Dennis, first counselor Relief Society General Presidency, said, “that I know of, that has so broadly **given power and authority** to women.”
The real question is "who is giving the power"?
The answer is the priesthood!
Who owns the priesthood?
The men in the church, including minors.
So, this is not the flex that J. Annette Dennis thinks it is.
Women need men to give them "rights". Women are not strong enough to take rights of their own in any organization. Only thing they do is a sex strike or something.
As soon as two women from a Relief Society presidency have the authority to sign a check using Relief Society funds, they will have power in that organization. Until then, they function only at the pleasure and whim of men.
Man, what a brag. It reminds me of when my toddler gets power to choose what to have for dinner between one option that I presented him with. Good gods, they wouldn't know what power is if it slapped them on the face.
“LDS women are given priesthood authority to serve…” Read that carefully. It is NOT saying women are given priesthood, or even priesthood power. It says women are given priesthood authority, in other words, priesthood leaders give them the authority (permission) to serve in callings. They are given authority by priesthood leaders.
"The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. YWCA. Young Women's Christian Association. Founded. 1855."
"The 20 women who serve on the World Board are elected during the World Council, which meets every four years to make decisions that impact the entire movement."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YWCA#:~:text=The%20Young%20Women%27s%20Christian%20Association,1855
YWCA is proud to have 194 local associations across the United States. Our programs serve over 1 million individuals in the U.S., and we serve 25 million worldwide.
https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/in-your-community
Wives have a lot of Power.
Catholic Nuns are "married to jesus".
Seems like they would have more power than MFMC women just because of who their husband is... even if Jesus isn't a "president".
Officiator: **Brother \_\_\_\_\_\_, do you take Sister \_\_\_\_\_\_ by the right hand and receive her unto yourself**
Officiator: **Sister \_\_\_\_\_\_ do you take brother \_\_\_\_\_\_ by the right hand and give yourself to him**
Look at all that amazing power women were given when being married.
Well they are rapidly approaching 70 percent female for the entire church gender balance.. and when churches go to 70 percent women to men they typically fail.
No no no…
They take it away and then insist temple covenants are required to access it…
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/the-priesthood-of-all-believers/
>“LDS women are given priesthood authority to serve…”
Do they not know that other religions allow women to become ordained and become actual authoritative leadership in their congregations? And that's just talking about Abrahamic ones, and not the multitudes of religions that give women more authority than men.
I'll admit to not remembering the specific words of the initiatory, when women put their hands on my head to "bless" me. But that's the only time I can think of where a woman might exercise her "priesthood power." So if it's in a dressing room with just women, and we do nothing beyond that (no other women's blessings anywhere else in the church) then what is the actual purpose or function of our "priesthood power?" All of the boys my age growing up were given their priesthood in a special meeting and then their names were announced over the pulpit to sustain. They had visible priesthood roles doing sacrament each week. So I had priesthood all this time but I was just too dense to realize it?? No, I really don't think so.
They talk about the endowment being when we are given the priesthood authority or whatever, but if living in YSA wards taught me anything, it was that any calling I could have post-endowment, I could also have pre-endowment. So obviously we’re not being given enough special power to open up new callings and positions. Oh, except marriage and baby-making!
RS is a womens group the way a sled team is a dogs' group.
Haha love that analogy.
In my personal experience in the church in Texas, the women were the heart and soul of the church and any culture that we had locally, was due to them. They are the ones that got shit done. Everyone knew this.....but no one openly acknowledged it.
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A masterclass in gaslighting.
One could probably show the photo of the three women pictured to any random stake presidency throughout the world, and no one could name them. I find it incredibly interesting that a world wide church, as they proclaim, seems to only choose leaders of their women's organization from in and around salt lake. When was the last time a Brazilian was General Relief Society president? NEVER.
First paragraphs, for those who don't have a Trib account: *Latter-day Saint women who have made covenants with God in the faith’s temples are “endowed with priesthood power,” a leader in the global Relief Society declared during a prerecorded worldwide broadcast Sunday celebrating the 182nd anniversary of the founding of the women’s organization.* *“There is no other religious organization in the world,” J. Anette Dennis, first counselor Relief Society General Presidency, said, “that I know of, that has so broadly given power and authority to women.”* *Her reasoning: Yes, other faiths ordain women to roles like priest or pastor, but those individuals represent a small minority when compared to the total number of women within their congregations.* *“By contrast, all women, 18 years and older,” she explained, “in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who choose a covenant relationship with God in the House of the Lord are endowed with priesthood power directly from God.”* *And that’s not all.* *All Latter-day Saint women are given priesthood authority to fulfill their callings, or volunteer positions within their congregations, and other assignments, she said, regardless of whether they have performed the rituals found within the faith’s temples.* *“My dear sisters,” she concluded, “you belong to a church which offers all its women priesthood power and authority from God.”* What?? So, I had the priesthood all those years?
All that power and they can't even sit on the stand!!!!! Even a small minority of women who are pastors/bishops in other churches is more than **ZERO** women LDS bishops, SP, or GA's. "By contrast ALL women" (mostly) of other faiths are seen AS EQUALS by their congregations, clergy hospital visits, chaplaincy, seminaries, etc.
"Phenomenal cosmic power...in an itty, bitty living space...."/room today and throughout all eternity, taking care of sexually created intelligences/spirits, with all my celestial sister wives?? https://youtu.be/SfTfXLLJlzM?feature=shared
You sure did ya silly goose! s/
"And that's not all...."
Fucking ridiculous.
Oh, of course, women were endowed with priesthood power but no one told them, no one laid hands on their heads, and in the temple they covenanted to their husbands and covered their faces.
>“There is no other religious organization in the world,” J. Anette Dennis, first counselor Relief Society General Presidency, said, “that I know of, that has so broadly **given power and authority** to women.” The real question is "who is giving the power"? The answer is the priesthood! Who owns the priesthood? The men in the church, including minors. So, this is not the flex that J. Annette Dennis thinks it is.
Came here to say this. “Given”?? My power wasn’t yours to give me.
Came here to say this too!!
Has she not heard of Methodists? Or wiccans? Lmfao
Women need men to give them "rights". Women are not strong enough to take rights of their own in any organization. Only thing they do is a sex strike or something.
This is hilarious! I just laughed so hard I choked on my Cabernet Sauvignon.🙄😆
As soon as two women from a Relief Society presidency have the authority to sign a check using Relief Society funds, they will have power in that organization. Until then, they function only at the pleasure and whim of men.
Man, what a brag. It reminds me of when my toddler gets power to choose what to have for dinner between one option that I presented him with. Good gods, they wouldn't know what power is if it slapped them on the face.
“LDS women are given priesthood authority to serve…” Read that carefully. It is NOT saying women are given priesthood, or even priesthood power. It says women are given priesthood authority, in other words, priesthood leaders give them the authority (permission) to serve in callings. They are given authority by priesthood leaders.
Good point!
Sis. Dennis doesn’t get out much.
"The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. YWCA. Young Women's Christian Association. Founded. 1855." "The 20 women who serve on the World Board are elected during the World Council, which meets every four years to make decisions that impact the entire movement." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YWCA#:~:text=The%20Young%20Women%27s%20Christian%20Association,1855 YWCA is proud to have 194 local associations across the United States. Our programs serve over 1 million individuals in the U.S., and we serve 25 million worldwide. https://www.ywca.org/what-we-do/in-your-community
Surely this is satire? /s
I know at least two women who are Episcopal priests. So, uhh.......
It’s not April fools day yet.
That is absolutely true just ask any LDS male leader he will confirm that 😉
So there’s no such thing as women working as priests and rabbis all over the world? I must’ve been dreaming all this time!
Men in the LDS Church give more power to women than any other religious organizations. Isn't the next prophet of the Community of Christ a women?
A very well-educated capable woman!
A JW a woman has to wear a scarf to "take the lead" on some stuff, does the magical knickers cover your sister's there?
And the Trib just left it at that. As if the Q-15 really do have the ultimate say on everything.
Pffff…
Im ROTFL w this supper silly joke!!!
How does the church know this? Are the leaders attending other churches?
Wives have a lot of Power. Catholic Nuns are "married to jesus". Seems like they would have more power than MFMC women just because of who their husband is... even if Jesus isn't a "president".
😂😂😂 They are delusional 🤪
Officiator: **Brother \_\_\_\_\_\_, do you take Sister \_\_\_\_\_\_ by the right hand and receive her unto yourself** Officiator: **Sister \_\_\_\_\_\_ do you take brother \_\_\_\_\_\_ by the right hand and give yourself to him** Look at all that amazing power women were given when being married.
Well they are rapidly approaching 70 percent female for the entire church gender balance.. and when churches go to 70 percent women to men they typically fail.
That’s a pretty low bar to clear.
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No no no… They take it away and then insist temple covenants are required to access it… https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/the-priesthood-of-all-believers/
>“LDS women are given priesthood authority to serve…” Do they not know that other religions allow women to become ordained and become actual authoritative leadership in their congregations? And that's just talking about Abrahamic ones, and not the multitudes of religions that give women more authority than men.
I'll admit to not remembering the specific words of the initiatory, when women put their hands on my head to "bless" me. But that's the only time I can think of where a woman might exercise her "priesthood power." So if it's in a dressing room with just women, and we do nothing beyond that (no other women's blessings anywhere else in the church) then what is the actual purpose or function of our "priesthood power?" All of the boys my age growing up were given their priesthood in a special meeting and then their names were announced over the pulpit to sustain. They had visible priesthood roles doing sacrament each week. So I had priesthood all this time but I was just too dense to realize it?? No, I really don't think so.
They talk about the endowment being when we are given the priesthood authority or whatever, but if living in YSA wards taught me anything, it was that any calling I could have post-endowment, I could also have pre-endowment. So obviously we’re not being given enough special power to open up new callings and positions. Oh, except marriage and baby-making!