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| − | |link=http://www.lds.org/topics/church-finances-commercial-businesses?lang=eng
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| − | |title=Church Finances—Commercial Businesses
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| − | |publication=Gospel Topics (lds.org)
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| − | |summary=The Church holds business interests that are primarily an outgrowth of enterprises which were begun when the Church was isolated in the West. The commercial businesses owned by the Church help serve the needs of the Church in accomplishing its mission. The money made from these commercial enterprises is relatively small; the majority of financial resources in the Church comes from the tithes and offerings of Church members.
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| + | The Church takes seriously its responsibility to carefully manage the sacred offerings it receives from members. |
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| − | ==21st Century==
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/City Creek Center
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| − | |subject=Financing of City Creek Center
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| − | |summary=Critics of the Church claim that the Church-financed redevelopment project in downtown Salt Lake City known as City Creek Center has been funded using tithing.
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| − | |link=Mormonism and temples/Why does the Church build expensive temples
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| − | |subject=Why does the Church build expensive temples?
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| − | |summary=Why does the church spend so much money on temples when children are dying of starvation in other parts of the world? Wouldn’t the money spent on these buildings be better used in feeding the hungry?
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/No paid ministry
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| − | |subject=No paid ministry
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| − | |summary=It is claimed that Mormonism prides itself in having unpaid clergy as one proof of the Church's truthfulness. They then point to the fact that some General Authorities, mission presidents, and others do, in fact, receive a living stipend while serving the Church, and point to this as evidence of the “hypocrisy” of the Church.
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/No paid ministry/No professional clergy
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| − | |subject=No professional clergy
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| − | |summary=There can be no doubt that the Church ''does'' have an unpaid ministry. More precisely, it does not have a ''professional'' clergy.
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/No paid ministry/General Authorities living stipend
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| − | |subject=General Authorities living stipend
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| − | |summary=Some members of the Church are unaware that at least some General Authorities do receive a modest living stipend. While it is true that some Church leaders receive a living allowance while they serve in a given position, it cannot be said that the Church has a <i>professional</i> ministry in the traditional sense.
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/No paid ministry/Priestcraft
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| − | |subject=Priestcraft
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| − | |summary=Church members have a particular sensitivity to issues surrounding paid ministries particularly due to admonitions in the Book of Mormon relative to a practices known as <i>priestcraft</i>, which is "that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion."
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/Tithing
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/Tithing/How is tithing calculated
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| − | |subject=How is tithing calculated?
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| − | |summary=I've been told by critics of the Church that the Church expects or teaches its members to tithe on gross income. What can you tell me about how tithing it taught in the Church?
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| − | ==19th Century==
| + | '''To view articles about Church finances, click "Expand" in the blue bar:''' |
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| − | |link=Mormonism and church finances/Kirtland Safety Society
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| − | |subject=Kirtland Safety Society
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| − | |summary=Critics attack Joseph Smith over the Kirtland Safety Society (KSS) on multiple grounds: 1) they claim the KSS was a "wildcat bank," 2) they claim that the bank was illegal, and that the Church broke the law by founding it, 3) they claim it was a money-making scheme for Joseph, and 4) they claim its failure proves Joseph was not a prophet
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| − | |link=Economics_of_LDS_immigration
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| − | |subject=Missionaries exploited poverty in England
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| − | |summary=It is claimed by critics that LDS missionaries sent to England "capitalized on the intolerable social and economic conditions" in order to gain converts.
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