1789: Mormon Church Humanitarian Efforts - Widow's Mite Report Pt. 3
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 145 minutes
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Summary
John Dehlin is joined by guests Spencer Anderson, Radio Free Mormon, and Rebecca Bibliotheca to go over the latest Widow’s Mite Report shedding light on the financial practices and transparency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We discuss the church's significant wealth and delve into its historical and current approach to charitable giving. We expose discrepancies in reported figures, revealing how the church combines various donations to inflate its humanitarian efforts. We explore whether the church could do more with its immense resources and discuss its environmental stewardship initiatives. Additionally, the conversation touches on tax issues in Australia and Canada. If you're curious about the financial side of religious institutions and their charitable efforts, this eye-opening discussion provides valuable insights.
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| 0:00.0 | I want to welcome to another edition of Marble Storage Podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm your host, John DeLin. |
| 0:04.4 | It is July 21st, 2023, and we are super excited today to have with us again for the third |
| 0:11.3 | time, an illustrious panel that is here to discuss the Widows Might Report. |
| 0:17.8 | And I was super excited to see in the Solid Tribune just this past week that the Widows |
| 0:22.5 | Might Report, which is a report put together by a committee of anonymous scholars and professionals |
| 0:29.2 | in the financial industry has attempted to provide financial transparency for the Mormon |
| 0:34.6 | Church since the Mormon Church hasn't been willing to provide the transparency that |
| 0:39.5 | many feel is needed. |
| 0:41.8 | We've covered the Widows Might on at least two episodes so far. |
| 0:46.3 | And today we're going to be talking about the Mormon Church's claims around humanitarian |
| 0:52.3 | efforts and charity. |
| 0:55.5 | And the deep dive that the Widows Might Group has done to try and tease out what we can |
| 1:02.3 | interpret from the Mormon Church's claims of spending, I don't know, a billion plus a |
| 1:08.5 | year now on humanitarian efforts and or charitable efforts. |
| 1:12.3 | When, prior to only a few years ago, they made claims nowhere in that ballpark and only |
| 1:19.4 | was after the Ensign Peak revelations and the discovery that the Mormon Church had well |
| 1:26.3 | over $100 billion in reserves, stocks and bonds and real estate and cash, etc. |
| 1:32.9 | That all of a sudden, magically the Mormon Church starts reporting very, very large humanitarian |
| 1:37.9 | and charitable contributions. |
| 1:40.4 | That's what we're going to be talking about today and we have with us again, Spencer Anderson |
| 1:45.4 | along with Radio Free Mormon and Rebecca Bidlioteca to be here to provide limited commentary |
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