SEC Charges Mormon Church For Concealing $32 Billion Portfolio
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My best friends house burned down when I was in elementary school, they lost everything and we lived in a very small rural farming town. The LDS church was the first one to get them clothes and stuff they needed (this was in the 80’s). My dad died when I was 7 leaving my mom with 6 kids the youngest 2 mos old. He didn’t have life insurance and we were poor already as my dad had lost his job just before he died. When I didn’t have my own bed we were given solid wood bunk beds from Deseret. We often got food from Bishops storehouse and my mom would volunteer at the canning center to help in the way she could. I know a lot of people hate the church or think horrible things but there are so many times in my life I’ve been blessed by just knowing members of the church and I try to help others whenever I can in the same way.
Martha is correct about the good that the LDS church does through its charitable organizations, both locally and worldwide.
Many people have no idea that when there's a major disaster anywhere on the planet, often the LDS church is the first organization on the ground providing food, water, clothing, and shelter. By first on the ground, I mean that it is not uncommon for them to be there giving aid before the local government can get its act together.
The money isn't used to grow some huge religious empire the way many people seem to think. It's used to fund the growth of the church around the world through missionary work and the building of churches and temples for members to use, and also for huge amounts of charity work of all kinds all over the planet.
If people want to hate the LDS church, that's their right, and that's on them. But they should at least know the truth of what they're hating.