Title

Zion-Building Through Poverty Elimination

Publication Type

Podcast

Publication Date

February 13, 2024

Authors

Griffiths, Casey Paul (Primary), and Woodward, Scott (Primary)

URL

https://churchhistorymatters.podbean.com/e/zion-building-through-poverty-elimination/

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

Zion has been defined as God’s people being of one heart and one mind, dwelling together in righteousness, and having no poor among them. Since Joseph Smith’s day, Latter-day Saints have made continuous efforts toward this Zion ideal, including not only assisting the poor and needy but going even further to help them eliminate poverty from their lives by becoming self-reliant. In this episode of Church History Matters, we want to trace the fascinating story of our current church system for helping the poor, beginning at its origins, where it was serendipitously born of necessity in the mind of a stake president amidst the Great Depression, to its current multi-pronged offerings, where, though most of it goes unseen, it quietly blesses countless lives.