I have not yet watched the video you linked above, but we were told that the reason was so that less-active members would feel more needed, and there would be callings available if/when they came back to church. Also that the active members would be more motivated to help less-actives reactivate if there was a need for them in ward callings. Also, more people would have a greater variety of callings if there are fewer people in each ward and stake. So, generally the purpose is to reactivate, and remotivate.Joel wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2017, 10:53 amDid your Stake president say what the Church's reason for making more stakes and wards out of the existing ones?Lizzy60 wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2017, 6:41 pm Re: the Holland remarks above:
I heard my Stake President, with my very own ears, tell our ward that in a meeting with the Area Authority they were told that the Church has a goal to create more Stakes out of the existing ones by realigning wards with about 75% of the current number of active members, and reorganizing Stakes with only 6-8 units instead of the current average of 10. Last September my Stake and another Stake were formed into 3 Stakes, with a realignment of some of the wards to create a few new wards. With the same number of members, we now have 3 additional wards, a new Stake, and no new buildings were needed or planned. We share a Stake Center for conferences, and use a ward building for stake offices.
As a second witness, my son was in the other Stake, and was told the very same information by his Stake President. There was no mystery about how and why we were forming a new Stake, and dividing wards.
I am a thousand-plus miles from the Mormon Corridor. I can only imagine all the new wards and Stakes that can be created in more densely LDS-populated areas.
Tell them you need them, and they will come.
edited after watching the video ----- Elder Holland misplaced a decimal point here and there, that's all.