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It’s Time for the LDS Church to Use Its Rainy Day Fund

Johnny Townsend, February 15, 2025

Members were shocked several years ago to learn the LDS church had investments valued at over $32 billion dollars, a number that has since grown to over $56 billion. Were they a church or a corporation? An organization with a mission to alleviate suffering or one to build wealth? LDS…

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  1. chanson on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?August 30, 2026

    Yes! Donna and I watched every video in the church's instructions about this (linked above), and their instructions on the…

  2. Johnny Townsend on New church schedule! Good? Bad? Inspired?August 30, 2026

    Even 40 years ago when I left, the lessons were so rote and repetitious that teachers had a hard time…

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