By any measure, Russell M. Nelson’s first five years as prophet-president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been historic.
“I personally give him high marks on both fronts … because I happen to agree with the positions he has taken,” Mason says. “But the fact is that he has not been able to bring the church along with him. If you ask most members about President Nelson’s teachings, very few will mention his anti-racism teachings.”
Latter-day Saint author and editor Rachel Rueckert heard Nelson’s “take your vitamins” comment less as a call to action, than as a “metaphor for health.” Nelson’s initiatives are working in her Virginia congregation, too, Becky Reid Linford, states in another Facebook post. There also is loss with “what happened to the Salt Lake Temple in an attempt to modernize things,” the writer says, “but I also see — in the flurry of temples being announced — the people I have spent time with in other countries , and how much they will appreciate this even if I have concerns.
To some Latter-day Saints, their congregation has become just people they see at church, rather than an extended family. “I like the recognition that there is more to human flourishing than just spiritual indoctrination,” the scholar says. “But the lack of a program means that you’re relying on the leadership skills and energy level of the adult youth leaders in the ward, because teenagers simply don’t have the capacity to run their own program week in and week out.”
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