The Family - Our Hope for the World
Successful Marriages and Families: Proclamation Principles and Research Perspectives, Hawkins, Dollahite, Draper, 2012. Chapter 29 The Proclamation: A Guide, a Banner, and a Doctrinal Summary of the Church's Emphasis on the Family, Newell
On September 23, 1985 the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a Proclamation to the world about the importance of families. The Family Proclamation
Elder M. Russell Ballard called the proclamation “a clarion call to protect and strengthen families and a stern warning in a world where declining values and misplaced priorities threaten to destroy society by undermining its basic unit”. He continued:
I call upon members of the Church and on committed parents, grandparents, and extended family members everywhere to hold fast to this great proclamation, to make it a banner not unlike General Moroni’s “title of liberty,” and to commit ourselves to live by its precepts. As we are all part of a family, the proclamation applies to everyone. What Matters Most is what Lasts Longest
Elder Henry B. Eyring stated:
Because our Father loves his children, he will not leave us to guess about what matters most in this life concerning where our attention could bring happiness or our indifference could bring sadness. Sometimes he will tell a person such things directly, by inspiration. but he will, in addition, tell us these important matters through his servants. In the words of the prophet Amos, recorded long ago, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). He does this so that even those who cannot feel inspiration can know, if they will only listen, that they have been told the truth and have been warned.
When Elder Russell M. Nelson was speaking at the fifth World Congress of Families in Amsterdam during the summer of 2009, he spoke about the proclamation and the importance of children to families and nations. He said:
History and contemporary studies have shown that marriage of a husband and a wife, with both contributing their distinctive natural traits to the family, provides the ideal context within which to rear productive, compassionate, and moral individuals…Individuals and groups who would overthrow the traditional concept of marriage and family would first mutate and then mutilate these long-established, time-tested social norms. The consequences of such changes would have far-reaching implications.
The proclamation is a warning to the world, from God, that the family unit is of most importance in our society. We have a responsibility to do everything in our power to protect, strengthen and preserve families. The Proclamation states:
On September 23, 1985 the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a Proclamation to the world about the importance of families. The Family Proclamation
Elder M. Russell Ballard called the proclamation “a clarion call to protect and strengthen families and a stern warning in a world where declining values and misplaced priorities threaten to destroy society by undermining its basic unit”. He continued:
I call upon members of the Church and on committed parents, grandparents, and extended family members everywhere to hold fast to this great proclamation, to make it a banner not unlike General Moroni’s “title of liberty,” and to commit ourselves to live by its precepts. As we are all part of a family, the proclamation applies to everyone. What Matters Most is what Lasts Longest
Elder Henry B. Eyring stated:
Because our Father loves his children, he will not leave us to guess about what matters most in this life concerning where our attention could bring happiness or our indifference could bring sadness. Sometimes he will tell a person such things directly, by inspiration. but he will, in addition, tell us these important matters through his servants. In the words of the prophet Amos, recorded long ago, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). He does this so that even those who cannot feel inspiration can know, if they will only listen, that they have been told the truth and have been warned.
When Elder Russell M. Nelson was speaking at the fifth World Congress of Families in Amsterdam during the summer of 2009, he spoke about the proclamation and the importance of children to families and nations. He said:
History and contemporary studies have shown that marriage of a husband and a wife, with both contributing their distinctive natural traits to the family, provides the ideal context within which to rear productive, compassionate, and moral individuals…Individuals and groups who would overthrow the traditional concept of marriage and family would first mutate and then mutilate these long-established, time-tested social norms. The consequences of such changes would have far-reaching implications.
The proclamation is a warning to the world, from God, that the family unit is of most importance in our society. We have a responsibility to do everything in our power to protect, strengthen and preserve families. The Proclamation states:
“We warn that individuals who violate covenants or chastity, who abuse spouse
or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand
accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family
will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold
by ancient and modern prophets.
We call upon responsible citizens and offices of government
everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the
family as the fundamental unit of society.”
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