'Mormon Land': Retired BYU professor Warner Woodworth urges Latter-day Saints to live up to Joseph Smith’s founding principles by caring for those in need.
Retired BYU professor Warner Woodworth urges members to live up to Joseph Smith’s founding principles by caring for those in need.
Mason Sagers of Canton, Ga., along with other volunteers help clean up debris and fallen trees caused by Hurricane Sally in Pensacola, Fla., in October 2020.From Mormonism’s beginnings in the 19th century, founder Joseph Smith felt a strong responsibility to care for his burgeoning flock of mostly poor farmers and religious seekers. Waves of immigrant converts came from parts of the East Coast and Europe to form what they hoped would be a new Zion society.
More than a quarter of what Smith said were divine revelations contained in the faith’s Doctrine and Covenants relate to economics, according to Warner Woodworth, emeritus professor of organizational behavior at Brigham Young University. And they were all about communitarian economics — equality and care for those in need.
Warner Woodworth, author of “Radiant Mormonism: Using Our Faith in Christ to Power World-Changing Service.”
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