The role of the bishopric is an essential role to provide support to the work of salvation and exaltation, to support the divine mission of the church.

The church is a global organization. It is present in dozens of countries all around the world.

And each of these countries have members of the church that live in different environments with different cultures, languages.

So one big part of our responsibility is to adapt to the local environment of members.

Members should not have to adapt to whatever the church

does in Salt Lake City. Our role is to adapt to them, to bring the resources of the church,

materials, everything that is needed to the church. We bring whatever they need to live the

gospel of Jesus Christ in their own language, in their own culture.

I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the Church News.

Welcome to the Church News podcast.

We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Church News recently launched a new Inside Church Headquarters series focusing on the

presiding bishopric.

Members of the presiding bishopric work under the direction of the first presidency to manage

the temporal affairs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

This includes the building and maintenance of meeting houses and temples,

the distribution of humanitarian aid,

and the production and distribution of gospel resources,

such as scriptures and hymn books, among many other things.

In recent weeks and months, the church news has conducted multiple interviews

with members of the presiding bishopric. In those interviews, Bishop Gerald Kosei and his

counselors, Bishop W. Christopher Waddell and Bishop L. Todd Budge have talked about the role and purpose

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