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According to my husband who used to serve in a Bishopric it is highly recommended to avoid calling Bishops who have been divorced but if it seem necessary (like there not being another choice) they will do it. Our last ward had a bishop for over 10yrs until they finally just desolved it because there was not enough priesthood and no one to replace him. There was an active hight priest that had been divorced though. SilentDawning wrote:maximize savings for other efforts (humanitarian, reserves etcetera) like any other organization.
At first I thought you meant “hunting reserves”.
😈 But I don’t think you meant that, did you?Sorry… Way Off Topic! Tom Haws wrote:At first I thought you meant “hunting reserves”.
😈 But I don’t think you meant that, did you?This really bugs me! Here is an informative article on the church owned private hunting preserves run by senior missionaries. My husband says this would be his dream mission. Not me… (I am little miss vegan/nature lover!) My hubs is off on a week long hunt as we speak!
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/770568/Tending-the-flock.html I don’t think it is about divorce but about being married. If a Seminary or Institute teacher’s spouse dies they can no longer teach. Sometimes our church has weird rules. 🙄 canadiangirl wrote:Sometimes our church has weird rules.
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findingmyownfooting wrote:canadiangirl wrote:Sometimes our church has weird rules.
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I’m sure it is a rule to help avoid any unseemly interactions between under-age students and teachers. Of course, we know this still happens but if a teacher is married he probably much less likely to look to his class for dating opportunities! This also applies to Institute teachers where the students are older and where this certainly could be more of an issue. In a way, it is a protection to both students and the teacher.
I do know of at least one case where it was quite devastating to the Seminary instructor and it’s has been several years since his loss of employment (and wife) and he is still struggling to recover. (Maybe he wasn’t a great employee to begin with? Shrug.) I also worked directly with an Institute principal who ended up in a less than desirable marriage in order to keep his employment. (He met her in an Institute class he was teaching, ahem. ironically.)
I also believe that in some circumstances the person can move from a teaching position into an administrative position within CES or maybe even other church employment. I doubt they are just kicked to the curb without some assistance in getting other employment.
I’m not trying to justify the policy just explain maybe some of the whys behind it. My experience in watching people move through church employment actually has been that they keep people waaaaaay longer than is justified and should kick more people to the curb a lot quicker.
canadiangirl wrote:Sometimes our church has weird rules.
🙄 Often because we don’t understand the thinking or situations that led to them….
See updated post below. As of 11/14/2014, according to the Salt Lake Tribune “New change allows young moms, divorced members to teach Mormon seminary.” Divorced and remarried worthy members may become seminary teachers for the first time. Additionally, female teachers who have children may remain as seminary teachers. This is awesome that the Church has finally changed its policy on these issues. I am happy, I don’t know what to do about it now knowing I am in a different career. I still will think about what could have been, but at least I know that Divorced people should not feel as marginalized as I had felt.
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