[Colofornian]

From the article: "Caring for the poor and needy," Trotter said, "has always been a basic tenet of the [LDS] Church."

(Well, no church claiming the Bible as even an "add-on" scripture can claim otherwise...but let's say this is so...then why is this even a headline?)

From the article: Elevating it to one of the faith's major purposes brings added emphasis.

So, caring for the poor & needy wasn't a previous "major purpose" of the church? And if it wasn't a "major purpose" back in the 1800s or even 1930 in pre-Nanny, pre-welfare govt. days, then whose major purpose was it at that time?

[derekr44]

As an LDS member, I always considered caring for the poor as part of “Perfecting the Saints” anyway. One doesn’t really need the church to officially label it as a mission of the church when Christ’s teaching is plainly known to anyone who reads scripture.

[Tennessee Nana]

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