Church Handbook of Instructions:
Guidelines for Apologists.
Brethren,
Among the issues affecting the modern Church, foremost
in the minds of the 15 and their advisors is the problem of disaffection.
Although the numbers on the books have been climbing rapidly, the numbers of active
practicing members has remained stagnant since the early 1980’s. As former
official Church Historian Marlin K Jensen (Jensen, 2012) has pointed out, there
has not been a disenfranchisement of this magnitude since the Prophet Joseph’s
banking scam of 1837. The leadership is concerned: the Church is stagnant; the
members are revolting.
