Beginning with thanks for the members’ efforts to implement the changes since April. What’s coming next?
We have often seen the gospel as centered on what happens at the chapel supported by what happens in the home. We need to shift to seeing the gospel as being centered in the home supported by what happens at the chapel.
In recent years, we in the presiding councils of the Church have wrestled with a fundamental question: how can we take the gospel in its simple purity and the ordinances with their eternal efficacy to all of God’s children?
As Latter-day Saints, we have become accustomed to thinking of “church” as something that happens in our meetinghouses, supported by what happens at home. We need an adjustment to this pattern. It is time for a home-centered Church, supported by what takes place inside our branch, ward, and stake buildings.
As much as I appreciate what goes on within the church building, I have always felt that the responsibility belonged to the family and thus I made efforts to ensure that the gospel centered on our home rather than our Sunday activities.
This morning we will announce a new balance and connection between gospel instruction in the home and in the Church. We are each responsible for our individual spiritual growth. And scriptures make it clear that parents have the primary responsibility to teach the doctrine to their children. It is the responsibility of the Church to assist each member in the divinely defined goal of increasing his or her gospel knowledge.
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