- ”The first years of Church correlation were concerned largely with organization, with programs, with procedures, with committees, and councils and boards. It centered on planning. Now with perilous days upon us, we must implement those plans. Providentially, we are prepared at least to a degree, to energize the consummate power of the holy priesthood to protect and perfect the saints and bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. The announcement of the mission of the Church with its three dimensions moved us toward another kind of correlation beyond the correlation of programs and procedures. It has more to do with implementation than with planning. This is a correlation of spirit, of attitude. This correlation is in the mind, in the heart, in the very soul. It is in this spirit of correlation and unity that we now pray that you will adopt. We urge you now to concentrate on the mission of the Church rather than to merely manage organizations and programs.” Elder Boyd K Packer Regional Representatives Conf April 3, 1987, From President Albert Farnsworth, Mission President of Ecuador Quito from 1993 to 1996.
- “PRIESTHOOD MISSIONARY WORK IN THE CHURCH. 1st Presidency Letter- Oct 29, 1976…1) Missionary work is: (1) Church Directed. (2) Stake Organized (3) Ward Operated (4) Family & Individually Performed.” From President Albert Farnsworth, Mission President of Ecuador Quito from 1993 to 1996.
- Fellow-shipping Family: “…and that your fruit should remain…”John 15: 16. What is a “fellow-shipping family”? A fellow-shipping family is a ‘member family’ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that befriends a ‘non-member family’ that is investigating the Church… Your friendly companionship and introduction to other members of the Church will help them to become better acquainted and fellow-shipped by the ward. As a Fellow-shipping Family, you can help strengthen them spiritually and assist them to make the great social transition to new friends and patterns of life. You can accompany them to Church activities, invite them to your house for a Family Home Evening, and assist them in being successful in their callings. You can also help them in receiving the Church magazines and other materials that can assist them to better understand the Lord’s Gospel and His great Plan of Happiness. We cannot overemphasize the importance of the Fellow-shipping Family in orienting, guiding, and assisting the investigators in the acquiring of testimony and their social adjustments. Before and after baptism you should follow closely the spiritual growth of the new member family as they prepare to obtain the temple ordinances and become an Eternal Family. From President Albert Farnsworth, Mission President of Ecuador Quito from 1993 to 1996.
- “If ward councils are functions as they should, every new convert will be fellowshipped, will have home teachers or visiting teachers, and will receive an appropriate calling within days after baptism. The less active will receive callings that assure them that they are needed and loved by the ward members.” General Conference, M. Russell Ballard, April 1994