What is the “Order of Enoch”? Reinterpreting Consecration in Today’s World

We’re continuing our discussion with Jim Vun Cannon, a counselor in the First Presidency of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In this conversation, we’ll going to compare differences and similarities between the Law of Tithing and the Law of Consecration between the LDS Church and the Remnant Church. We’ve made a few passing references to the “Order of Enoch.” What is that exactly?

Jim: That was something that was set about in the church. That was, oh goodness, I’d say the 1850s I believe was probably the first time that was there. Basically it was the idea of consecrating.

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GT: Are you consecrating all of your things together and giving them to the bishop and letting him disburse them?

Jim: So that’s an interesting part about that. Having seen some of these, what I would call them, “all things common”, kind of little groups that are out there, it’s not like that. We interpret “all things common” a little differently, and we interpret consecration differently in the respect that it’s not a common purse. Certainly we’re to go before the bishop and we’re to get counsel from him on how to spend our monies, but we are still the steward over those monies. Even when we live in community together, we don’t have that community purse.

Everybody has their own paycheck, has their own monies. It’s out of their own volition to do so that hey, so-and-so needs this or whatever. They consecrate that surplus to the bishop and the bishop then of course at a greater level look at who needs what and then provide that to them.

It was a fun conversation as we talked about the differences in tithing and consecration between the LDS and Remnant Churches. Both churches have had to adapt since the days of a “common purse” in Joseph Smith’s day. Check out our conversation!

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