I have no intention of explaining how the
correspondence which I now offer to the public fell into my hands.
- C. S. Lewis
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.