Brigham Young University. Dept. of LDS Church Organization

The Department of LDS Church Organization was a religious department which served to educate students in methods in education and organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The department was formed in 1940 with the division of the earlier Department of Religious Education. In 1959 the department was became part of the newly formed Department of L.D.S. Theology, Church Organization and Administration. The following individuals served as chairmen: Wesley P. Lloyd (1941-1950), Sidney B. Sperry (1951-1952), B. West Belnap (1952-1954), Chauncey C. Riddle (1954-1957), and G. Byron Done (1957-1959).

Variant names

Brigham Young University. Division of Religion. Dept. of LDS Church Organization

Brigham Young University. Division of Religion. Dept. of Church Organization and Administration

Description

Established: 1940

Abolished: 1959

Location: Provo, Utah (1940-1959)

Functions

This department helped the university to realize its goal of having students well versed in both secular and religious knowledge. Among those courses taught in the Dept. of LDS Church Organization were Missionary Training and Methods, Study and Practice of Religious Speech, and Problems of Leadership Preparation in the Church.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Dept. of LDS Church Organization functioned under the administration of a chairman under the direct supervision of the President of the University.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Division of Religion (1940-1959)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Religious Education (1940)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of L.D.S. Theology, Church Organization and Administration (1959)

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1940-1941: p. 205-207 (chairman unknown; example classes: Missionary Training and Methods, Study and Practice of Religious Speech, and Problems of Leadership Preparation in the Church; educated in methods and education and organization of the LDS Church; Church Organization and Administration, variant name)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1941-1942: p. 15, 231, 224 (Wesley P. Lloyd, chairman; dept. functioned under administration of a chairman under direct supervision of the President of the University)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1950-1951: p. 289 (chairman unknown)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1951-1952: p. 282 (Sidney B. Sperry, acting chairman)

Brigham Young University General Catalog 1952-1953: p. 10 (B. West Belnap, acting chairman)

Brigham Young University General Catalog 1953-1954: p. 14 (B. West Belnap, chairman)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1954-1955: p. 17 (Chauncey C. Riddle, chairman)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1957-1958: p. 13 (G. Byron Done, chairman)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00329

Creator: CEM