blackstrap Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Just heard a rumor that Salt Lake will be transfering authority for choosing bishops, ward boundaries, etc. in Canada to headquarters in Toronto Canada. I checked the Newsroom and could not find anything related. Is this a trend world wide ? Anyone else know about this ? Am I that far out of the loop ?
Calm Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) 1 hour ago, blackstrap said: Just heard a rumor that Salt Lake will be transfering authority for choosing bishops, ward boundaries, etc. in Canada to headquarters in Toronto Canada. I checked the Newsroom and could not find anything related. Is this a trend world wide ? Anyone else know about this ? Am I that far out of the loop ? It would make sense given two things…size of the Church, it’s getting large enough my guess is having to go through SL as well is slowing down the process and second (pure speculation based on Australia), there may be legal issues that require charities/tax exempt organizations to be run by locals in some countries which could lead to a country specific policy or a worldwide change. Like I said, this last is pure speculation, I have no clue if this has come up outside of Australia. Another thought. Canada has restrictions on donating to charities outside of Canada (exception on educational organizations that have a certain percentage of Canadian students). I wonder if they are tightening up on in country organizations that are run by out of country organizations. Edited January 28 by Calm 1
Duncan Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) 1 hour ago, blackstrap said: Just heard a rumor that Salt Lake will be transfering authority for choosing bishops, ward boundaries, etc. in Canada to headquarters in Toronto Canada. I checked the Newsroom and could not find anything related. Is this a trend world wide ? Anyone else know about this ? Am I that far out of the loop ? They created the "Canada Area" instead of having it based in SLC. I am surprised they moved the HQ to Toronto instead of Calgary or Edmonton. I wonder if the Area Presidency will live in Toronto or still reside in Utah, they haven't released many details. Mind you the vast majority of members probably don't even know the the Church has Area Presidencies and could care less about the admin. side of the church edit. They got formal Area Presidencies starting in 1984 and have essentially cut the world into various parts with some measure of tweaking over the years. Prior to that it was a different system Edited January 28 by Duncan 2
Calm Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Duncan said: They created the "Canada Area" instead of having it based in SLC. I am surprised they moved the HQ to Toronto instead of Calgary or Edmonton. I wonder if the Area Presidency will live in Toronto or still reside in Utah, they haven't released many details. Mind you the vast majority of members probably don't even know the the Church has Area Presidencies and could care less about the admin. side of the church edit. They got formal Area Presidencies starting in 1984 and have essentially cut the world into various parts with some measure of tweaking over the years. Prior to that it was a different system Was Canada in the SLC Region/Area previously? Edited January 28 by Calm
Duncan Posted January 28 Posted January 28 26 minutes ago, Calm said: Was Canada in the SLC Region/Area previously? Well, it was split into three parts, the NA North West Area, the NA Central Area and the NA North East Area
Calm Posted January 28 Posted January 28 1 minute ago, Duncan said: Well, it was split into three parts, the NA North West Area, the NA Central Area and the NA North East Area And did these share territory with US areas or were they just in Canada? (Been too many years since I looked at this info to remember)
Duncan Posted January 28 Posted January 28 8 minutes ago, Calm said: And did these share territory with US areas or were they just in Canada? (Been too many years since I looked at this info to remember) oh yes, oh yes, they went down into the US. My area went as far south as Missouri
Calm Posted January 28 Posted January 28 23 minutes ago, Duncan said: oh yes, oh yes, they went down into the US. My area went as far south as Missouri Thanks for the info. 1
webbles Posted January 29 Posted January 29 53 minutes ago, Calm said: Thanks for the info. Here's a map of all the areas in 2023. You can see the three areas that encompass Canada. And https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/canada-area is the announcement of the new Canada Area. 1
webbles Posted January 29 Posted January 29 2 hours ago, Duncan said: They created the "Canada Area" instead of having it based in SLC. I am surprised they moved the HQ to Toronto instead of Calgary or Edmonton. I wonder if the Area Presidency will live in Toronto or still reside in Utah, they haven't released many details. Mind you the vast majority of members probably don't even know the the Church has Area Presidencies and could care less about the admin. side of the church edit. They got formal Area Presidencies starting in 1984 and have essentially cut the world into various parts with some measure of tweaking over the years. Prior to that it was a different system The members in my area would now about the Area Presidencies. We have videos from them that are shown in regular church meetings (such as 5th Sunday). I don't know how common that is but it is interesting to hear from them. 2
Calm Posted January 29 Posted January 29 (edited) 10 minutes ago, webbles said: Here's a map of all the areas in 2023. You can see the three areas that encompass Canada. And https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/canada-area is the announcement of the new Canada Area. I am a visual learner, so always like maps. But no link so am not really visualizing it very well at the moment. Edited January 29 by Calm
webbles Posted January 29 Posted January 29 1 hour ago, Calm said: I am a visual learner, so always like maps. But no link so am not really visualizing it very well at the moment. My bad. Here's the link https://assets.ldscdn.org/26/70/267083bef66111eb8a55eeeeac1e59f35b2dca6f/area_leadership_chart_updated_annually.pdf 2
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