051 Modern Church Financial Controversies

Church History Matters

Scripture Central

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

How does the Church justify putting over one billion dollars into building a mall in downtown Salt Lake City? And did they use tithing money to do so? Also, is it true that the Church has over 100 billion dollars in reserve? Why won’t Church leaders just disclose exactly how much they actually have? If it’s anywhere near that number, is it ethical for the Church to continue to ask its members—especially its poorer members—to tithe? Furthermore, what’s the deal with the Church paying a 5 million dollar fine to the SEC last year? What did they do wrong? Were they caught doing something nefarious? All of these questions and more coming your way on today’s episode of Church History Matters. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Scott from Church History Matters.
0:02.6	As we near the completion of this series,
0:04.7	we want to hear your questions about church finances.
0:07.6	Next week we'll be pleased to have with us Dr. Elizabeth Kewen
0:11.3	to help us respond to your questions.
0:13.2	Dr. Kewen is the lead historian at the Joseph Smith Papers
0:16.7	for the Financial Records series, and her specialty lends itself to answering
0:21.1	any financial questions you might have about the Joseph Smith era.
0:25.1	So please submit your questions for next week's Q&R anytime before February 22, 2024,
0:31.1	to podcasts at scripturecentral.org.
0:34.0	Then in two weeks from now as an added bonus
0:37.0	we've invited Dr. Aaron Miller, who we quote extensively in today's episode,
0:41.0	to help us respond to any questions you have about current or modern church finances.
0:46.0	Dr Miller teaches nonprofit management and ethics in the Romney Institute at BYU and he is the co-author of the Business Ethics Field Guide.
0:55.0	So we'd also love to start taking your questions about modern church financial issues for that
0:59.0	episode in two weeks.
1:00.0	Please send in your thoughtful questions for that episode anytime before February 29th, 2024,
1:06.0	two podcasts at scripturecentral.org.
1:09.0	As always, let us know your name, where you're from, and try to keep each question as concise as possible when you email
1:14.3	them in.
1:15.3	That helps out a lot.
1:16.3	Okay, now on to the episode.
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