EP 84 - Mormon church faces another federal tithing misuse lawsuit, Tim Ballard docs make INSANE church allegations, and LDS Church real estate arm goes bananas in Arizona

Show Information  Nov 5, 2023 Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob, bringing you this podcast with half the Kinderhook Plates tied behind my back.  My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom.  Full Title EP 84 - Mormon church faces another federal tithing misuse lawsuit, Tim Ballard docs make INSANE church allegations, and LDS Church real estate arm goes bananas in Arizona  Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup! MNRU Joke of the week Rebecca What did you dress up in for Halloween? Dives Halloween Candy Ruse Articles Lawsuit Watch video A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges the LDS Church's investment arm misused hundreds of thousands of dollars Latest tithing lawsuit seeks independent oversight of LDS Church finances Nemo Reel - Todd Budge Teen allegedly taken by mom, uncle as part of doomsday prophecy found at Canadian border Who is Spring Thibaudeau? All about the Mormon mother arrested after taking teenage son to Alaska over a doomsday prophecy Video  Charges filed against doomsday mother and uncle of missing teen Queen Creek LDS church to develop huge build-to-rent project in Queen Creek https://www.abc15.com/news/business/lds-church-to-develop-huge-build-to-rent-project-in-queen-creek  Churches as landlord MNRU Poll of the Week Top 10 things you didn’t know about the LDS church’s $100M+ build-to-rent community in Arizona A nonprofit has bought acreage in Heber City with the hope of turning it into a Book of Mormon-inspired sculpture garden Plan recommended to build controversial LDS temple in Heber City Missionaries  LDS Church plans a huge jump in the number of missions as its proselytizing force grows More missions Official Tweet Stats https://x.com/TheCultchNews/status/1720047653336023498?s=20 What the church can control More stats BYU The BYU Jerusalem Center students are leaving Greece today to finish the semester from home Thanks to our reporting, responsible action has ensured that the CAPS office will no longer disseminate the LGBTQ “Activism Guides.”  Guide BYU football having a tough time in its Big 12 debut meme It's all about the timing Tim Ballard "The Davis County Investigation, according to OUR’s own internal documents, revealed that Elder M. Russell Ballard and other authorities from the Mormon Church, provided Mormon tithing records to OUR to help OUR target wealthy donors and wealthy Mormon Church Wards. Id. at p. 7, ¶ 58 (f)." Tweet More Breathing Problems Video of Mike Green https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/10/27/utah-ag-sean-reyes-tim-ballard/ Memo Who has access to apostles? BYU hasn’t gotten the memo Big line of cocaine Tweet  Mike Lee in on this gravy train too MRB condones? meme Devotional Memes Yet another case of mismanaging the widows mite   More women Close association  Osmonds Debbie and I had the wonderful privilege of hosting Elder Bednar Connect with Dives! www.MormonNewsRoundup.org [email protected] Voicemail Twitter YouTube Instagram TikToc Facebook  Support this Podcast Patreon New MNRU episodes live on YouTube Sundays at 9:30pm EST Shoutout to Weird Alma on bandcamp.com for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive!  And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!  #lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim New federal lawsuit filed against Latter-day Saint church over alleged 'misuse' of donationsGround broken for Fort Worth Texas Temple — 1 of 8 in the state and 3 in the metro areaChurch announces 36 new missions; increase of time allowed to start paperwork