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General Financial Membership

Historical Statistical Technology

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The Doctrinal Basis

• "To keep a history, and a general church record of all things." - D&C 85:1
• "Let all the records be had in order" - D&C 127:9
• "Whatsoever you do not record on earth shall not be recorded in heaven." - D&C 128: 2-4, 6-9, 14, 20, 24
• "And their names were taken, that they might be remembered and nourished by the good word of God" - Moroni 6:4

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Resources

Support

Ward clerks should consult with the stake clerks if they have questions. Stake clerks should contact headquarters if they need additional information and assistance. The stake can request assistance by sending an MLS message to headquarters, sending an e-mail to msrmail@ldsmail.net, or calling 1-800-453-3860, extension 2-3500 (or 240-3500 in the Salt Lake area)

Training

Record-Keeping and Auditing Training courses for clerks, auditors, and priesthood leaders are available at lds.org under Serving in the Church, Melchizedek Priesthood. Courses can be taken online, or downloaded and burned to a CD or installed on ward or stake administrative computers or personal computers.

Documentation

The Church Handbook of Instructions (as possibly amended or extended by subsequent letters from the First Presidency) is the authoritative source of policy and procedures for clerks.

Some useful documents, such as the Record Keeping FAQ, are available with the Record-Keeping and Auditing Training courses on lds.org.

Other documents can be found on the stake and ward web sites hosted on lds.org under Record Keeping Information. Note that you will only be able to access the Record Keeping Information if you are designated in the Leadership Directory section of the web site as some sort of clerk or priesthood leader.

Web Sites and Mailing Lists

Clerk and Technology Support Site provides answers to questions about Church software policy and troubleshooting issues, provides technical support contact information, offers reference articles to search, and enables you to view and participate in a discussion forum about technology for the Church.

LDSClerks: LDS Clerks mailing list hosted at MormonsToday.com. Messages sent to this list are also available through a Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ldsclerks/ or through a Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/ldsclerks

LDSOSS: LDS Open Source and Standards, consisting of a Wiki and a mailing list

LDS Tech: The official technology site of the LDS Church, including news, forums (including an MLS forum) and blogs.