Re: We can't see our own membership file?
Posted: October 9th, 2015, 12:20 pm
this is interestingLDScop wrote: https://theboard.byu.edu/questions/60473/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I don't know the specifics on when you can and can't be called to which calling after being disfellowshipped or excommunicated. My instincts tell me the answers in the link are correct. If you've repented and returned to full standing then the Lord will know and will call you to any calling he needs you in.
I think we all agree that depending on your sin you should be banned from certain callings for life.
Dear asking,
Genuine Article and Yellow are correct—there's no official policy prohibiting disfellowshipped or re-baptized members from serving as bishops. However, any formal discipline does make future opportunities to serve in "higher" callings much more unlikely. When members are formally disciplined, their Church records are occasionally annotated to indicate that. Although these annotations do not prohibit future service, they do raise red flags. (For the record, these annotations are only deleted with First Presidency approval.)
I talked to my mission president about this last night. He said that situations where previously disfellowshipped members serve as bishops or branch presidents are much more common in places where the Church is growing or priesthood leadership is hard to come by. There is nothing in any handbook prohibiting them from serving in places where the Church is strong, but he's made that observation in his years serving in Church leadership.