Is the time having a bishop calling being reduced to 3 years soon?

[Tacenda]

On 4/21/2024 at 3:50 PM, Stargazer said:

Not that I've seen everything, but over the past 40 years or so, I've only seen two bishops being released before their term was up. One was legitimately due to an employment change -- not moving to get released, because it was a genuine work promotion. The other was because the ward was downgraded to a branch due to congregation size.

Well, I think I included that my pickleball friend's husband is the bishop of a Branch, so that may just be the Branches perhaps. ETA: I think I shouldn't have referred him as being a bishop, sounds like he's a president of a branch, if I'm clear on that. Not sure, never been in a Branch. Always thought that took place in areas that didn't have many members in wards. 

Edited April 22, 2024 by Tacenda

[Stargazer]

12 hours ago, Tacenda said:

Well, I think I included that my pickleball friend's husband is the bishop of a Branch, so that may just be the Branches perhaps.

I was actually mentioning this in context of an "early" release of a bishop, not the term of service due to being in a branch -- something I don't know anything about, incidentally. But I would suspect it's still 5 years for a branch.

By the way, not trying to be pedantic, but just for information, the presiding officer of a branch is called a "president."

[Tacenda]

2 minutes ago, Stargazer said:

I was actually mentioning this in context of an "early" release of a bishop, not the term of service due to being in a branch -- something I don't know anything about, incidentally. But I would suspect it's still 5 years for a branch.

By the way, not trying to be pedantic, but just for information, the presiding officer of a branch is called a "president."

I wouldn't know, I've never been in a Branch. So I'll bet my friend's husband title might be president instead of bishop. And he will have served for 5 years in May. So it may be cut to 3 years for that position, in her comment to us, but she wasn't for sure on that. 

[Kenngo1969]

The calling of bishop is a challenging one, and it takes some time for those who are called to find their footing and to get up to speed with everything they are supposed to be doing (and how to do it) in the calling.  As much as some people who receive the calling might breathe a sigh of relief and say, "Well, at least it's only for three years ," I would be surprised if, in many cases, bishops who are perfectly candid about the matter were not to admit that it took them three years, or almost that long, to reach that point.

Edited April 22, 2024 by Kenngo1969

[Tacenda]

1 hour ago, Kenngo1969 said:

The calling of bishop is a challenging one, and it takes some time for those who are called to find their footing and to get up to speed with everything they are supposed to be doing (and how to do it) in the calling.  As much as some people who receive the calling might breathe a sigh of relief and say, "Well, at least it's only for three years ," I would be surprised if, in many cases, bishops who are perfectly candid about the matter were not to admit that it took them three years, or almost that long, to reach that point.

It takes me at least 5 years to feel comfortable in a ward. So this makes sense. 

[LoudmouthMormon]

Tales from the clerk/executive secretary's office:

- The first interview I scheduled for a new bishop was a tiny frightened looking Beehive girl.  The bishop looked even more frightened.  (He got over it, he's in the stake presidency now)

- I had a bishop move before his term was up.  He was so apologetic.  He gave the stake half a year's notice, and he ended up staying on our rolls as bishop for a month or two after the move.  Fortunately the new drive wasn't too horrible.

- Once in bishopric, someone read out of the handbook about how a bishop's calling should only involve maybe an hour or two extra on Sunday, and then no more than 3 hours on youth night.  Bishop busted out laughing and couldn't stop for half a minute.  When it comes to thinking about the handbook as some sort of holy writ, I'm on his team to this day.

[revelstoked]

On 4/24/2024 at 1:39 PM, LoudmouthMormon said:

Tales from the clerk/executive secretary's office:

- The first interview I scheduled for a new bishop was a tiny frightened looking Beehive girl.  The bishop looked even more frightened.  (He got over it, he's in the stake presidency now)

- I had a bishop move before his term was up.  He was so apologetic.  He gave the stake half a year's notice, and he ended up staying on our rolls as bishop for a month or two after the move.  Fortunately the new drive wasn't too horrible.

- Once in bishopric, someone read out of the handbook about how a bishop's calling should only involve maybe an hour or two extra on Sunday, and then no more than 3 hours on youth night.  Bishop busted out laughing and couldn't stop for half a minute.  When it comes to thinking about the handbook as some sort of holy writ, I'm on his team to this day.

Sounds like the minimum for a Bishop's Councilor actually.