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While the church does not track members by race, there are thriving Mormon churches with hundreds of black members today in many urban areas, including Washington, Chicago and New York, although African-Americans represent only a tiny fraction of the six million Mormons in the United States. Ref. Source 2

Mormons Black

I don't know about Church policies but I wonder if they will call again a Black General Authority since we do not have one since the days of Helvecio Martins.

Black Mormons Studies Doctrine Mormon

You mean if god will call a black general authority, he is the one who is supposed to do the calling.

Mormons Black

So he calls the person for an interview, sit down and meet? We both know he does not. So when I said "they" I referred to Church leaders as you well know. We have Church leaders who through inspiration (I do not dare to say in all cases) call people to serve in the Church.

When you receive a calling and you talk about it with family and friends. Do you say, God called me as the Young Men President or you said the Bishop called me as the Young Men President? No difference here.

Mormons Black

I understand what you are saying, what I ment was, when you "they" it makes it sound as if they will call a black general authority for the sake of having a black general authority and not because he is being called to serve

Black Mormons

I think that's what you interpreted, nevertheless since there are people from most ethnicities within the GA it would be nice to have a Black General Authority, nothing wrong with that so members from this particular race can feel identified.

Black Mormons

I think thats another problem, why do you need someone of your race to identify with, why can't you identify with them as one of gods children, I think needing someone of your race to identify with only furthers racial divides.

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EAG, even though technically I agree with you, I think based on the Church past concerning racism and its willingness to demonstrate a more mainstream approach, one could argue that having representation of all races should play to its favor.