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The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois , United States , and has more than 7 million members in over 188 countries and territories. [ 1 ]
The LDS Church considers humanitarian work to be an essential part of its mission to bless humanity. [citation needed] In 1842, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, organized the Women's Relief Society, with a primary focus to provide "relief" to suffering members and ultimately to all people.
Under her leadership, the Relief Society was the fastest growing women's organization in the world. [5] The Relief Society, which had 3.9 million members when she became president in 1997, had 4.4 million by 2002. [7] [18] In 1999 she introduced a new mission statement for the Relief
This list of General Presidencies of the Relief Society includes the General President and the counselors of the Relief Society General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. No.
The current name, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Philanthropies, was changed in 2019 as part of a focus by the LDS Church to move away from the monikers 'LDS' and 'Mormon'. [6] [7] N. Eldon Tanner initially created a task force to address philanthropic issues in the LDS Church and named Donald T. Nelson as the first director.
The Genesis group provided meetings for Black members of the LDS church; specifically, Relief Society, Primary, Young Men, Young Women and testimony meetings. Members of Genesis were still expected to attend Sunday meetings in their home wards, [ 2 ] which at the time were sacrament meeting , Priesthood meetings, and Sunday School . [ 3 ]
In 1891, the Relief Society became a charter member of the National Council of Women of the United States and it was called the National Women's Relief Society. [42]: 114 Early Relief Society meetings were generally held semi-monthly. One meeting per month was devoted to sewing and caring for the needs of the poor.
During her sophomore year, the family's milkman, Ned Winder, introduced Barbara to his brother, Richard W. Winder, who had recently returned home from an LDS mission. The couple's first date was a hay ride at the Winder family dairy, and two and a half weeks later, Barbara accepted Richard's proposal of marriage. [ 4 ]