Question about Bishops/EQP's/HP Group Leaders

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Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

I don't think anyone is claiming that it's an auxiliary leader's role to call as opposed to simply recommend. Waters' complaint, which I echo, was about playing "guess what's on my mind" when your in a recommendation role - which you've just agreed isn't a good thing for a bishop to do. I'm just not seeing that the various comments indicate that there's a "principle that's being lost". In other words, I think your offer to teach a seminar was premature.

The offer was predicated on many more discussions than just the one in this thread.

Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

However, if you do want to teach a seminar then you might want to consider how many Bishops often overstep their bounds when it comes to a Elder's Quorum President's authority to make an in-quorum calling. The Bishop doesn't make the call or set apart an Elders Quorum instructor or a Home Teaching District Supervisor or even a quorum committee chairperson. The Bishop should have veto power for reasons of a candidate's worthiness; however, aside from candidate worthiness the Bishop technically doesn't have priesthood stewardship over the Elders Quorum. Unfortunately, many Bishops in the church effectively emasculate their EQP by insisting (unrighteously, I think) that the Bishop gets who the Bishop wants in the internal EQ callings. Perhaps thats a principle that's being lost that you can address in your seminar?

I'll add it to the list of break-out sessions.