Doctrines and Principles of Welfare and Self-Reliance

The following are some resources that will help you as a leader understand the doctrine and principles of Church welfare and self-reliance.

• General Handbook
  • Ministering
  • Providing for Temporal Needs and Building Self-Reliance
• Leader's Guide: For the Self-Reliance Initiative
• Providing in the Lord's Way: Summary of a Leader's Guide

The following are some General Conference talks that teach about Church welfare and self-reliance.

• In the Lord's Own Way, Russell M. Nelson, April 1986
• A Provident Plan - A Precious Promise, Thomas S. Monson, April 1986
• The Perpetual Education Fund, Gordon B. Hinckley, April 2001
• Providing in the Lord's Way, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, October 2011
• The Celestial Nature of Self-Reliance, Marion G. Romney, October 1982
• Becoming Self-Reliant, L. Tom Perry, October 1991
• The Law of the Fast, L. Tom Perry, April 1986
• The Law of the Fast, A Personal Responsibility to Care for the Poor and Needy, Dean M. Davies, October 2014