1548: Is the Mormon Church in Decline? An Insider Report (2022)

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 183 minutes

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Summary

Recently John Dehlin had lunch with a mid-level Mormon church leader along the Wasatch front who was eager to share insider information regarding the statistical and programmatic health of the Mormon church since the COVID-19 epidemic. Topics that were covered include: - The pervasiveness of "faith crisis" issues within Mormon stakes and wards.

The rise of conservative/fundamentalist/"Prepper"/"Trumpers"/anti-vaxxers/Q-Anoners as a source of disaffection from the Mormon church.
Attempts to increase the involvement of women.
How post-COVID Mormon apathy has led to a decline in church activity.
The rise of "PIMO" Mormons (Physically in, mentally out).
The decline of the Mormon youth programs, with a dramatic decline in young men church participation and mission service.

The leader was willing to share activity statistics within his stake to demonstrate the post-COVID decline.

Finally, the source was willing to share information regarding three significant changes at Mormon church headquarters:

The dramatic rise in temple building since Russel M. Nelson became the Mormon prophet, and the effect this is having on the temple department.
A new Mormon temple prep course that will soon be released.
Significant upcoming changes regarding 1 on 1 youth interviews.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mormon Scoops.
0:07.0	With your Mormon Scoops, anchor, John Dylan, and your other Mormon Scoops, co-anchor,
0:13.1	Caraparelle.
0:14.1	Hi everyone, welcome to Mormon Scoops.
0:17.9	The date is February 15th, 2022, and we are bringing you some hot tea and toasts.
0:24.0	I just wish I could rename the program because the church might be toast and we're here
0:28.8	to bring you the tea.
0:29.8	So if you have questions on your mind like, what is the permaciveness of the Mormon faith
0:34.9	crisis right now within LDS, stakes, and boards?
0:38.2	What is the rise of the conservative, fundamentalists, the Trumpsters, the preppers, the Kueninon,
0:43.0	the Amma of Axers, and what is going on with how women feel in the church?
0:47.4	Are they staying?
0:48.4	Are they leaving?
0:49.6	What's the attempt to involve women in the church?
0:52.4	Post-COVID-APathy?
0:54.4	We all know it.
0:55.5	We are all here because of it.
0:57.3	So we're going to talk about that, talk about the Pima Mormons, the ones that are physically
1:03.0	and mentally out, and the decline of Mormon youth programs that have seen a dramatic decrease
1:09.8	in Mormon church service.
1:11.8	That's how we have some tea to share.
1:14.5	We really, really do.
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