Ward Dynamics: Geography, Leadership, and Local Culture

Join John Dehlin, Julie Hanks, Jana Spangler, and Beau Oyler (the Mormon Bridgebuilders) as we review a new analysis of LDS Church members by Alex Bass.

Links:

- Alex Bass's study

- Benjamin Park's Analysis

- SL Tribune Article

- Robert Kirby's 5 Types of Mormons

00:00:00 Introduction

00:06:15 Maddie Packer clip

00:11:29 Julie’s response to this clip

00:16:44 How social media plays into the problem - only sound bits are shared

00:23:52 Introducing Alex Bass

00:26:05 Alex’s “Mormon Typology Report”

00:28:23 How Alex conducted this survey

00:29:49 The Four Types of Mormons

00:32:27 First type: “devout believers"

00:33:47 Second typer: “The adaptive believers”

00:43:32 Is Mormon Orthodoxy in decline?

00:52:33 Third Type: “The Inbetweeners”

00:55:42 Fourth Type: “Cultural Mormons”

01:12:24 Graph of how the groups are changing over time

01:15:27 Saying goodbye and thank you to Alex

01:16:15 Ben Park’s summary of this study

01:19:14 Applications to BYU are declining

01:30:33 LDS is the highest republican group

01:37:17 Half of mormons now support same-sex marriage

01:54:35 Mayci Nealey (SLOMW) clip

01:54:42 Welcoming Patrick Mason to the panel

02:17:00 Jana on the "Hallmarks of developmental psychology”

02:28:43 How Mormon Stories has tried to encourage people to stay in the church

02:3214 The three types of Mormons who are still attending church

02:39:30 How wards have different “personalities”

02:58:21 Closing thoughts

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