That is wonderful, it is nice to see a large investment from a religious organization.
Tithes and business ventures. My understanding is that Bishops and those with the priesthood are volunteers, as much of the lay organization is.How does the Mormon church get money? They don't pay their pastors right?
The church gets money through tithes and offerings from members.How does the Mormon church get money? They don't pay their pastors right?
Is there a general US Mormon population trend toward vaccine acceptance or rejection?
What was misleading or sinister?? My point was that the church was engaged in pure business deals, setting up a 2B project for a Mall and you add - buying property for renovation.. It is clear from both your post and the article - that this was not a case of the church buying property to build churches or schools or hospitals. It is a business project. Normally when investment capital comes in create a mega-mall and renovate property it makes some sort of business sense and eventually provides funds to do more projects.
Thats good. The Church policy, I mean.Russell M. Nelson - Wikipedia
The current head of the church is a retired heart surgeon still celebrated in the medical community for pioneering several new techniques as well as helping to modernize surgical practices in China.
As you can imagine, when COVID became a thing he took about a week to analyze the best reports he could get his hands on in that time and then acted as decisively as possible given what was known at the time. Most congregations are still operating under the COVID restrictions he and lower-level leaders put in place.
He's been pushing hard for people to be vaccinated, and even made a point of being publicly vaccinated himself in an effort to show that for most individuals it's safe.*
So he at least is trying to encourage healthy living and better lifestyle choices among the membership.
*Point of note: one of my brothers had a reaction to his second shot, whereas my mom did not. Given the history of food allergies on my dad's side, this has caused a bit of concern about whether or not there's a potential for reaction based on this and so my individual relatives are justifiably concerned.
Russell M. Nelson - Wikipedia
The current head of the church is a retired heart surgeon still celebrated in the medical community for pioneering several new techniques as well as helping to modernize surgical practices in China.
As you can imagine, when COVID became a thing he took about a week to analyze the best reports he could get his hands on in that time and then acted as decisively as possible given what was known at the time. Most congregations are still operating under the COVID restrictions he and lower-level leaders put in place.
He's been pushing hard for people to be vaccinated, and even made a point of being publicly vaccinated himself in an effort to show that for most individuals it's safe.*
So he at least is trying to encourage healthy living and better lifestyle choices among the membership.
*Point of note: one of my brothers had a reaction to his second shot, whereas my mom did not. Given the history of food allergies on my dad's side, this has caused a bit of concern about whether or not there's a potential for reaction based on this and so my individual relatives are justifiably concerned.
not like cup of coffee is essential for living? more like it's essential for addictsGood work the LDS is doing. People in impoverished nations can get the vaccine. But not a cup of coffee.
It's in keeping with past projects undertaken for public benefit, and as I also noted some of these business ventures have been spun off (like a life insurance company) or sold (like ZCMI) once the public need no longer exists.
It's the kind of demand-side economics many demand-side economists wish they could see a government do...
No one is forced or pushed to either accept or reject the vaccine. We believe in agency. I myself, would like to see Covid wiped out.Is there a general US Mormon population trend toward vaccine acceptance or rejection?
Yes insurance companies are businesses. The SDA Church also owns businesses. These businesses are taxed as businesses.I always viewed life insurance companies as a business.
IIRC they were one of the first large religious organizations to cancel or have large meetings go virtual. The LDS closed Wards and Temples pretty early on, I believe.
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