Mormon Relief Society President Resigns - Jennifer Jeppson Wilson | Ep. 2012

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 233 minutes

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Jennifer Wilson shares her deeply personal journey from growing up in a devout Mormon family to questioning, deconstructing, and ultimately leaving her faith. She opens up about her family's polygamist history, her mission experience, marriage, leadership roles in the church, and the struggles that came with navigating faith transitions. From grappling with church expectations to finding newfound freedom and clarity, Jennifer reflects on how this journey has reshaped her identity, marriage, and parenting.Key Topics Covered: Growing up in a Mormon household & family history, missionary experiences & gender expectations in the church, marriage, motherhood & church leadership roles, doubts, faith crisis & leaving the church, Raising kids outside of Mormonism & rediscovering identity.Join us for an honest, heartfelt conversation about faith, change, and self-discovery. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share your thoughts in the comments!___________________At Mormon Stories we explore, celebrate, and challenge Mormon culture through in-depth stories told by members and former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as scholars, authors, LDS apologists, and other professionals. Our overall mission is to: 1. Facilitate informed consent amongst LDS Church members, investigators, and non-members regarding Mormon history, doctrine, and theology2. Support Mormons (and members of other high-demand religions) who are experiencing a religious faith crisis3. Promote healing, growth and community for those who choose to leave the LDS Church or other high demand religions🤝Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor todayOne-time or recurring donations: https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories?default_interval=m Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/mormonstories Paypal: https://paypal.me/mormonstories Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx6OgmoqJbOVRq-Lv1P7SzA/joinOur Platforms:🌐Mormon Stories Blog: https://www.mormonstories.org/episodes 🎙️Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories ✳️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sDzk7dRjODTSEqzZKZJzk?si=148b0efc1ccc4404&nd=1 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mormon-stories-lds/id312094772 🖼️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mormstories 📱TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mormonstoriespodcast 🎮Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kuX5p6yyjF Contact us:📧 [email protected]📬PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117

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0:00.0	The Relief Society president in a Mormon ward or congregation is the closest thing we have to a bishop for women.
0:07.8	Yes.
0:08.0	It's sort of the highest level position a woman can hold in a Mormon congregation, right?
0:13.7	Yes.
0:14.5	As a Relief Society president, I started deconstructing these beliefs and taking a look at them.
0:20.4	He came to the conclusion that the church does tithing wrong.
0:24.1	He started then thinking about, well, what else is wrong?
0:27.2	He finally started looking at the temple.
0:29.3	The Book of Mormon stuff kind of started to fall apart, the idea of the priesthood.
0:33.9	It just was breaking apart his testimony.
0:35.9	But I also saw, on the other hand, he's becoming a better person because of this.
0:41.8	This deconstruction of the church is making him more compassionate to my plight,
0:46.7	to plight of women in patriarchy, women in general.
0:49.8	It's making him more compassionate to LGBTQ plus people.
0:53.0	And how is that possible?
0:56.6	As you're deconstructing the church that is supposed to be the source of all eternal happiness and he's becoming better?
1:00.6	And it was then that I realized all of these things that have not made sense to me from the
1:05.4	time that I was a little girl until now.
1:07.9	There's a reason for that.
1:09.6	I am smart.
1:10.5	I do understand this. I am not broken. I don't have to
1:13.3	push my thoughts, my critical thinking to the back of my head anymore. I can allow my thoughts to
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