Today in Mormon History; “80 years ago today – 80 years ago – Sep 12, 1935 —
[Heber J. Grant] For your information, please be advised that the 
Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a corporation sole, organized under the law of the State of Utah for religious, educational and charitable purposes. It is distinct from the ordinary business corporation in that it has no board of directors and no by-laws. The President of the Church is the corporation. As a corporation sole he is fully empowered and authorized by law to handle all financial and property matters pertaining to the Church, including depositing in banks and checking against the same. – Heber J. Grant, Letter to Bishop National Bank, Honolulu, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010”
Philippians 3:18-20; “(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ”.
If you’re a Christian, what pastor do you know of that operates in such a manner? In my 20+ years of experience with the body of Christ, I’ve never come across any such arrangement as the Mormon Church has set up for themselves!
In the business world, there’s no such thing as not being accountable to a board of directors and bylaws. Even this ministry has a board, along with bylaws, and as small as it is, I still have to answer to people.
Why would anyone, let alone a Christian entity, endow themselves with such empirical power? Is this for Jesus or their own self interest?
Given that Mormonism is supposedly a Christian organization, does this sound Christian to you?
Is this something Jesus would do?
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