An Inside Look at LDS Church Operations - Scott Dyer of Rameumptom Ruminations | Ep.1702

Today we get to meet Special Guest Scott Dyer from Rameumptom Ruminations, a podcast centered on Mormon theology & interpretations of scripture through the lens of philosophy, literature and art under the Mormon Discussions Podcasts umbrella.
John and Scott discuss Brian Harris, a recent guest on Rameumptom Ruminations who was an employee at church headquarters in the correlation department. Brian offers us a chance to pull back the curtain and learn a little bit more about what goes on behind the scenes. How does the church gather and use data from its members? How far up the chain does that data go? What goes into the creation, revising, or scrapping of church programs?
Chapters:
00:00:00 Introductions
00:11:00 Brian Harris Interview Overview
00:13:00 Brian introduces his work within the church correlation department
00:23:00 All programs required the stamp of approval from the survey group
00:28:30 What interactions did the survey group have with general authorities?
00:40:00 How are survey candidates chosen?
00:50:00 Why does the church need research?
01:02:00 What information does church headquarters keep in individual attendance records?
01:07:15 What do we know about the results of releasing the Gospel Topics Essays?
01:41:40 What is church segmentation? What are the “products” the church “sells”
02:07:10 What role did surveys play in some of the recent changes to the LDS church? 02:17:00 How aware is the church that their stance on sexuality differs from leading psychology?
02:28:00 Surveys on the activity on missionary devices & self-reported pornography use
02:42:00 How did Millenials respond to survey questions around LGBTQ+ issues
02:52:00 Why is the church interested in John Dehlin and other vocal dissenters?
03:00:15 What did the church want to know from members about John Dehlin and Kate Kelly?
03:09:30 Scott’s favorite RR episodes
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