1702: An Insider Look at LDS Church Operations - Scott Dyer
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 196 minutes
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Summary
Today we get to meet Special Guest Scott Dyer from Rameumptom Ruminations, a podcast centered on Mormon theology & interpretations of scripture through the lens of philosophy, literature and art under the Mormon Discussions Podcasts umbrella.
John and Scott discuss Brian Harris, a recent guest on Rameumptom Ruminations who was an employee at church headquarters in the correlation department. Brian offers us a chance to pull back the curtain and learn a little bit more about what goes on behind the scenes. How does the church gather and use data from its members? How far up the chain does that data go? What goes into the creation, revising, or scrapping of church programs?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Warm Stories podcast. I am one of your hosts for today John the Lynn |
| 0:05.5 | I am here with the amazing Harado Semano. Hey, Harado. Hey John. Thanks for joining us. Yeah |
| 0:10.5 | We have a super exciting episode planned for today |
| 0:13.6 | We've got a couple titles in the works for it one is a glimpse of the operational side of the LDS church |
| 0:18.9 | I was thinking something like an insider view or an insider take on LDS church operations |
| 0:24.9 | But the point is we recently discovered an amazing podcast called Ramie Umptum Ruminations and |
| 0:32.7 | You know, I've been around a long time and it's it's hard from believe it or not even though I do Mormon stuff all the time |
| 0:38.8 | It's hard for Mormon stuff to catch my attention and actually draw me in I don't listen to or view a lot of podcasts |
| 0:45.1 | But when I saw what this one was about I got interested and I listened to many hours of a Mormon themed podcast |
| 0:51.8 | Which I'm ashamed to say is rare again the podcast is Ramie Umptum Ruminations and we're gonna have Scott on in a second |
| 0:58.8 | But he writes that his goal is to create a space for critical analysis of Mormonism and its teachings that is |
| 1:05.1 | Approachable for both believers and non-believers |
| 1:08.3 | But the main thing I want to focus on is just the fact that in this episode |
| 1:12.7 | That we're gonna be reviewing today from Ramie Umptum Ruminations Scott brings on an insider who worked at the |
| 1:21.4 | deepest and in some cases highest levels of the Church of Jesus Christ of Letters Saints |
| 1:26.9 | specifically around customer analysis market analysis |
| 1:31.0 | member analysis surveys and |
| 1:33.9 | It's it's really a fascinating insider look at |
| 1:38.2 | How the church gathers data on its members on its marketing on its status how it thinks about its health |
| 1:45.4 | How it thinks about the internet how it thinks about social justice issues like LGBT and pornography |
| 1:51.7 | There's even a segment around you know the prevalence of masturbation and pornography use among missionaries |
| 1:57.7 | This was for me a mind-blowing episode was it for you? |
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