https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mormon_Women%27s_Organization&feed=atom&action=history Mormon Women's Organization - Revision history 2024-03-29T12:41:10Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.29.1 https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mormon_Women%27s_Organization&diff=68458&oldid=prev Phicken at 21:12, 30 May 2022 2022-05-30T21:12:59Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:12, 30 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Mormon-aid-kits.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mormon Women Relief Society|left|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>Women work on a Humanitarian Aid Project]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Mormon-aid-kits.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mormon Women Relief Society|left|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>Women work on a Humanitarian Aid Project]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''[[Relief Society]], or the women’s organization''' of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], is one of the oldest and largest women’s organizations in the world.[http://mormon.org/faq/relief-society/] It was founded in 1847 under the leadership of [[Joseph Smith]], then prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a worldwide organization that has over 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories. &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''[[Relief Society]], or the women’s organization''' of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], is one of the oldest and largest women’s organizations in the world.[http://mormon.org/faq/relief-society/] It was founded in 1847 under the leadership of [[Joseph Smith]], then prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a worldwide organization that has over 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories. &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> </table> Phicken https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mormon_Women%27s_Organization&diff=68457&oldid=prev Phicken at 21:12, 30 May 2022 2022-05-30T21:12:41Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:12, 30 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Mormon-aid-kits.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mormon Women Relief Society|left|Mormon Women work on a Humanitarian Aid Project]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Mormon-aid-kits.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mormon Women Relief Society|left|Mormon Women work on a Humanitarian Aid Project]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Relief Society, or the women’s organization''' of [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</del>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del>], is one of the oldest and largest women’s organizations in the world.[http://mormon.org/faq/relief-society/] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>It was founded in 1847 under the leadership of [[Joseph Smith]], then prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>It is a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">world-wide </del>organization that has over 6 million members <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(Mormon women) </del>in over 170 countries and territories. &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Relief Society<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, or the women’s organization''' of [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http://comeuntochrist.org </ins>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], is one of the oldest and largest women’s organizations in the world.[http://mormon.org/faq/relief-society/] It was founded in 1847 under the leadership of [[Joseph Smith]], then prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">worldwide </ins>organization that has over 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories. &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The motto of [[Relief Society]] is “Charity never faileth.” It is a Christ-centered organization of a Christ-centered church. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>[[Julie B. Beck]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">15th </del>Relief Society general president said, “Through Relief Society we practice being disciples of Christ. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>We learn what he would have us learn, we do what he would have us do, and we become what He would have us become.”[http://lds.org/relief-society/daughters-in-my-kingdom?lang=eng] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>As a Christian women’s group, it focuses on both the individual woman and those in need of charity or acts of service.&#160; <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>women are encouraged to study and learn in their own [[discipleship]], and simultaneously turn their focus outward to the needy, the sick, the lonely, or the widowed. &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The motto of [[Relief Society]] is “Charity never faileth.” It is a Christ-centered organization of a Christ-centered church. [[Julie B. Beck]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fifteenth </ins>Relief Society general president<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>said, “Through Relief Society we practice being disciples of Christ. We learn what he would have us learn, we do what he would have us do, and we become what He would have us become.”[http://lds.org/relief-society/daughters-in-my-kingdom?lang=eng] As a Christian women’s group, it focuses on both the individual woman and those in need of charity or acts of service.&#160; <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>women are encouraged to study and learn in their own [[discipleship]], and simultaneously turn their focus outward to the needy, the sick, the lonely, or the widowed. &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">purposes </del>of Relief Society <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are: Increase faith </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">personal righteousness</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strengthen families </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">homes, seek out </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">help those in need</del>.[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://www.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ldschurchnews</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">articles</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">59093</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Relief</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Societys-purpose-is</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">same-as-the-Lords-purpose.html</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">purpose </ins>of Relief Society <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is to save souls </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">relieve suffering. Members of Relief Society serve others, fulfill covenant responsibilities, build unity</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">learn </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">live doctrine</ins>.[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://www.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">churchofjesuschrist</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">study</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">manual</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">general</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">handbook/9</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">relief</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">society?lang=eng#title_number2</ins>]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Individual Support Structure for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>Women==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Individual Support Structure for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>Women==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of the programs of Relief Society that allows the sisterhood of saints across nations to fulfill these purposes is [[Visiting Teaching|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">visiting teaching</del>]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Women in Relief Society are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asked </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">visit a few Mormon women </del>in their congregation, or ward<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, each month, </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">befriend </del>them, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">share Christ-centered messages with them</del>, and to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">give assistance where help is needed</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of the programs of Relief Society that allows the sisterhood of saints across nations to fulfill these purposes is [[Visiting Teaching|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ministering</ins>]]. Women in Relief Society are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">assigned </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">each adult sister </ins>in their congregation, or ward<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Ministering sisters have the responsibility </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">strengthen the faith of their sisters in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. They help </ins>them <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">become spiritually and temporally self-reliant. They discern needs and provide Christlike love</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">caring</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">service. They help them prepare </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">make and keep sacred covenants.[https://www.churchofjesuschrist</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org/study/manual/general-handbook/21-ministering?lang=eng#title_number2] </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Henry B. Eyring]], a counselor in the [[First Presidency]], testified that visiting <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">teaching is </del>part of the Lord’s plan to provide help for people all over the world: &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Henry B. Eyring]], a counselor in the [[First Presidency]], testified that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ministering— previously called </ins>visiting <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">teaching—is </ins>part of the Lord’s plan to provide help for people all over the world: &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::“The only system which could provide succor and comfort across a church so large in a world so varied would be through individual servants near the people in need. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The Lord had seen that coming from the beginning of Relief Society. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>He set a pattern in place. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Two Relief Society sisters accept their assignment to visit another as a call from the Lord. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>That was true from the start. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The members of Relief Society have always been trusted by local priesthood shepherds. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Every bishop and every branch president has a Relief Society president to depend upon. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>She has <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">visiting teachers</del>, who know the trials and the needs of every sister. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>She can, through them, know the hearts of individuals and families. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>She can meet and help the bishop in his call to nurture individuals and families.”[http://lds.org/relief-society/daughters-in-my-kingdom?lang=eng]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::“The only system which could provide succor and comfort across a church so large in a world so varied would be through individual servants near the people in need. The Lord had seen that coming from the beginning of Relief Society. He set a pattern in place. Two Relief Society sisters accept their assignment to visit another as a call from the Lord. That was true from the start. The members of Relief Society have always been trusted by local priesthood shepherds. Every bishop and every branch president has a Relief Society president to depend upon. She has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[ministering sisters]</ins>, who know the trials and the needs of every sister. She can, through them, know the hearts of individuals and families. She can meet and help the bishop in his call to nurture individuals and families.”[http://lds.org/relief-society/daughters-in-my-kingdom?lang=eng]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Visiting_Teaching.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mormon women's organization|right]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:Visiting_Teaching.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mormon women's organization|right]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Visiting teaching </del>empowers <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>women to care for one another and for those in need. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Women have the freedom to carry out their <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">visiting teaching </del>assignments in the way that they see fit, and in the way that best suits the women they have been asked to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">visit teach</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Caring for all of the women in the Church, and by extension, their families, is a significant responsibility. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>This responsibility has been entrusted to the women of the Church since Relief Society was first organized. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>In 1947, [[Belle S. Spafford]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">9th </del>general president of the Relief Society said, “Ours is a healing mission requiring the larger heart, the kindlier touch, the steadier will.”&#160; &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ministering </ins>empowers <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>women to care for one another and for those in need. Women have the freedom to carry out their <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ministering </ins>assignments in the way that they see fit, and in the way that best suits the women they have been asked to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">minister to</ins>. 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of [[The...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Mormon-aid-kits.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Relief Society|left|Mormon Women work on a Humanitarian Aid Project]]<br /> The '''Relief Society, or the women’s organization''' of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], is one of the oldest and largest women’s organizations in the world.[http://mormon.org/faq/relief-society/] It was founded in 1847 under the leadership of [[Joseph Smith]], then prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a world-wide organization that has over 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories. <br /> <br /> The motto of [[Relief Society]] is “Charity never faileth.” It is a Christ-centered organization of a Christ-centered church. [[Julie B. Beck]], 15th Relief Society general president said, “Through Relief Society we practice being disciples of Christ. We learn what he would have us learn, we do what he would have us do, and we become what He would have us become.”[http://lds.org/relief-society/daughters-in-my-kingdom?lang=eng] As a Christian women’s group, it focuses on both the individual woman and those in need of charity or acts of service. Women are encouraged to study and learn in their own discipleship, and simultaneously turn their focus outward to the needy, the sick, the lonely, or the widowed. <br /> <br /> The purposes of Relief Society are: Increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, seek out and help those in need.[http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/59093/Relief-Societys-purpose-is-the-same-as-the-Lords-purpose.html]<br /> <br /> One of the programs of Relief Society that allows the sisterhood of saints across nations to fulfill these purposes is [[Visiting Teaching|visiting teaching]]. Women in Relief Society are asked to visit a few women in their congregation, or ward, each month, to befriend them, share Christ-centered messages with them, and to give assistance where help is needed. <br /> <br /> [[Henry B. Eyring]], a counselor in the [[First Presidency]], testified that visiting teaching is part of the Lord’s plan to provide help for people all over the world: <br /> <br /> ::“The only system which could provide succor and comfort across a church so large in a world so varied would be through individual servants near the people in need. The Lord had seen that coming from the beginning of Relief Society. He set a pattern in place. Two Relief Society sisters accept their assignment to visit another as a call from the Lord. That was true from the start. The members of Relief Society have always been trusted by local priesthood shepherds. Every bishop and every branch president has a Relief Society president to depend upon. She has visiting teachers, who know the trials and the needs of every sister. She can, through them, know the hearts of individuals and families. She can meet and help the bishop in his call to nurture individuals and families.”[http://lds.org/relief-society/daughters-in-my-kingdom?lang=eng]<br /> <br /> [[Image:Visiting_Teaching.jpg|250px|thumb|alt=Mormon women's organization|right]]<br /> Visiting teaching empowers women to care for one another and for those in need. Women have the freedom to carry out their visiting teaching assignments in the way that they see fit, and in the way that best suits the women they have been asked to visit teach. Caring for all of the women in the Church, and by extension, their families, is a significant responsibility. This responsibility has been entrusted to the women of the Church since Relief Society was first organized. In 1947, [[Belle S. Spafford]], 9th general president of the Relief Society said, “Ours is a healing mission requiring the larger heart, the kindlier touch, the steadier will.” <br /> <br /> In carrying out visiting teaching responsibilities, women in the church are essentially performing as a collective group the responsibilities that would be carried out by individual pastors or congregational leaders in other faiths. Collectively, visiting teachers are encouraged and instructed to regularly visit each other in the hopes that they can discover needs, spiritual or temporal, within the group, meet those needs, and collaborate with other women and leadership within the congregation in caring for the women and their families. <br /> <br /> Each congregation’s unit of the Relief Society is presided over by a president who also sits on the congregation’s governing body, the [[Ward Council]]. In the Ward Council, she reports on visiting teaching and other activities within the women’s group. It is expected that she lead the conversation on how to best meet the spiritual and often temporal needs of the women within her group and of their families, coordinate the combined efforts of other groups within the congregation in meeting those needs, and report back when those efforts have been completed.<br /> <br /> The Relief Society president is asked to give her volunteer service for a few years. The congregation’s leader, the [[bishop]], prays for guidance in making assignments throughout the congregation, or ward. As part of this process, he asks a woman in the ward to serve as the Relief Society president. She then works with the bishop to select two counselors and a secretary to form a presidency. There is no set term of service. Individuals serving in any capacity within the congregation can expect to serve for a period of months or years.<br /> <br /> The presidency works together to invite other members of the group to fulfill assignments and serve in offices or callings to support the presidency in carrying out the broader mission of the Relief Society on the local level. Women can be called to specialize in supervising and assisting the sisters in their visiting teaching efforts, to provide doctrinal instruction during Sunday meetings, to coordinate and oversee charitable service in and out of the congregation, and to plan and carry out uplifting activities. <br /> <br /> The Relief Society exists to help women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to better themselves, and to better the lives of the women they are asked to visit, as well as their families. It is a unique and Christ-centered women’s organization. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Mormon Life and Culture]]</div> Gboyd