New research shows what changes under LDS Church President Russell Nelson members like the most.
Among the top changes President Nelson has made, U.S. members love two-hour church best of all. See where the other changes rank.
Any respondent who judged at least one item as “very favorable” then received a follow-up question asking which of the changes they were most enthusiastic about. Here, the 1,268 people who qualified for the follow-up question could only choose one of the items they had felt “very favorable” toward. Removing the one-year waiting period that used to be required for U.S. couples wanting to get sealed in the temple after a civil ceremony means more couples will choose to have that civil ceremony. This means non-Latter-day Saint friends and family members can attend their civil weddings, unlike the temple sealings that are closed to the public. This, too, is assimilation.
Finally, calling two apostles who are not white Euro-Americans showcases the church’s greater commitment to racial diversity and to being a global religion rather than merely an American one. Again, this change was long overdue, but kudos to the then-90-something Nelson for being the prophet who began diversifying the church’s highest ranks.
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