President Ballard Believes That Councils Are The Reason The Church Has "Risen Up."

President Ballard Believes That Councils Are The Reason The Church Has "Risen Up."

 

"If you begin right, you end right." - Joseph Smith

 

In a recent video done by, The Church NewsPresident M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, discussed the importance of councils in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Having  managed several successful companies he said:

 

“They ran because of the expertise and good work of other good people. So it is in the Church. The council system ripples everywhere. The First Presidency is a council. The Quorum of the Twelve is a council. A Relief Society Presidency is a council. Where people are gathering together to try to resolve problems, it becomes a council. And it was in council with the Gods that the decision was made to create this world."

 

From the Council of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to a family council and all councils in between, “those who learn to counsel with each other always end up with a better result, always end up with a better spirit.”

 

“The Church, at least in this dispensation,” President Ballard said, “has risen up through the council system.”

 

Watch the full video here: