Hello again, everyone! Breaking news tonight from the LDS Church. In a joint statement from the BSA and the LDS Church, an announcement has been made that the Church will be terminating all involvement with the BSA by the end of 2019. This comes as a follow-up to the previously announced news that the Church would be evaluating the needs of children and youth and make any changes or adaptations that might be needed to general and specific activities for those 8-18 years old.
Mormon Newsroom also published this release highlighting what is currently known about the new program for those of that age range, saying that more details would be forthcoming. Mormon Newsroom has also provided these answers to frequently asked questions about the extent of those changes and how they will be implemented.
Here yet again we have clear evidence that modern revelation is occurring, and that the Brethren have evaluated how to streamline and unify the guidelines for activity programs for children and youth all over the world, fulfilling a promise made last year that they would be doing so.
I look forward to finding out more about this monumental change, and I will bring you word of any new information as I learn of it. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
BREAKING NEWS: Church Will Terminate Relationship with the BSA by 2020; New Program for Youth and Children to Be Implemented
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It's sad to see the split, but not unexpected. I know the church will develop a wonderful replacement and it will be more uniform worldwide.
ReplyDeleteThe have been too many changes in the USA and they have lost the original mission.
DeleteHello, Chris, and thanks for your comments. As one who was involved in the BSA and who was able to earn my Eagle Scout award thanks primarily to leaders who recognized the need to adapt programs and requirements to what I was physically able to handle. Because of their efforts in that regard, I was a success story. And during my Eagle Court of Honor, the point was made that if I could earn my Eagle, anyone else in the Scouting program was capable of doing so.
DeleteSo in that regard, I regret that, after 2019, any young man who is a Church member and wants to still continue his involvement with the Cub Scout or Boy Scout programs will have to look to community troops rather than Church-based ones.
At the same time, because the BSA as we know it today has changed so much, and because the Church has clearly determined that activities for Primary children from age 8 and up and all young men and women around the world need to be more effectively streamlined and refocused in a manner that can be adapted to any part of the world, I look forward to seeing how this change will benefit the children and youth of the Church and perhaps more effectively prepare them to deal with the challenges and trials of a world that is growing ever more increasingly distant from the doctrines and values of the Church.
While we have the material posted in the links I shared above, these are only the most preliminary and immediately known details of these changes. In the days ahead, more will surely be known, and I will do my level best to pass those along here on this blog as I learn of them. Thanks again, Chris!
I should perhaps have mentioned as well that the new activity program which the Church referenced would take effect at the beginning of 2020 will apply to all young men and young women in addition to Primary-aged children who are 8-11 years of age, and that in turn may also result in the adjustment in discontinuation of the Activity Days and Faith in God programs for those Primary children and also perhaps Personal Progress and Duty to God for young women and young men respectively. It will be interesting to see what happens there. Thanks again to you all.
DeleteSorry. There was an error in my comment above. Where I said "that in turn may also result in the adjustment in discontinuation" of the specified programs, the second "in" should be an "or", in other words, it should have read: "that in turn may also result in the adjustment or discontinuation. I apologize for the unintentional error.
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