Reason #9 - Non-paid clergy

Although there are positions within the church that are paid positions, they are few. Latter Day Saints are expected to clean their own meeting houses and keep things orderly. Our current Bishop is a farmer, but also puts in around 30 hours as our Bishop. A Relief Society President may be a teacher or a nurse and still put in 20 hours or more as the Relief Society President. I am currently an Army Reserve Soldier and I am called also as a ward missionary and will often stand in as a teacher is needed or to lead the music. It is amazing, really, that nearly every position in the church is a volunteer position. It also free's up a great many of our funds, however, since we don't have that added overhead. Since this is true, nearly all, if not all, donations go completely to where they need to go. In addition, as we serve in these callings, we learn of the doctrine and become better stewards within the kingdom as we grow more and more like Him whose kingdom this is.