Today, 3 Mormons are back to call the Strengthening Church Members Committee. This Committee serves the church leadership as an Orwellian group of dutiful spies who track down the activities of members who have been deemed apostate. These files contain screenshots of online activities and other evidence of apostasy. Once a member gains the level of public attention that is deemed problematic to the LDS highest authority, the member’s local leaders, Bishops and Stake Presidents, are given the go-ahead to begin disciplinary action. As you may remember from MHH Ep57, myself, Lesley Butterfield and Bryce Blankenagel are still members of record and have not yet resigned for unique reasons. So we decided to call Elder Dyches this morning to obtain what information was found in our prospective SCMC member files. Listen in to see how it went and what new information we gained! Lesley asks specifically about what recourse members have who are abused by the very local ecclesiastical leaders that Church HQ refers us back to when we raise concern. Don’t miss Part 2 where we discuss this call and all the new information and its significance later today.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Radio Free Mormon Obtains Info on the SCMC
- MHHEp57: 3 Mormons: Why We Haven’t Resigned
- What is the Strengthening Church Members Committee?
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Both of the requests for transparency were valid but casually referred back to the local leadership. However, when the reporter announced themself, the tone immediately escalated into an interrogation of the name and paper of the reporter. Is that response proportional to the media power the church wields through Bonneville Communications with its prominent TV and radio presence?