Priesthood Adviser Responsibilities

Area public affairs councils

For areas in the United States and Canada:

Member of Presidency of the Seventy or assigned Area
Seventy

For areas outside the United States and Canada:

Area President or assigned counselor
 

Responsibilities:

• Organizes the council
• Calls and releases council members
• Presides at council meetings or delegates presiding authority
• Helps the council to identify priesthood objectives
• Has primary responsibility for building and nurturing relationships with opinion leaders
• Supervises preparation and implementation of the council’s annual public affairs plan
• Designates local spokespersons
• Coordinates on public affairs matters with:
  • the priesthood leader to whom he reports
  • his public affairs council director
  • priesthood advisers of related public affairs councils
  • Public Affairs Department staff as needed
• Ensures that the members and priesthood leaders of associated, lower councils receive ongoing support and training
• Communicates immediately with priesthood adviser of next-highest-level public affairs council when negative or sensitive news coverage or opinion leader contact may have Church-wide ramifications
• Supervises public affairs council funding

National, Specially named regional, and Multi-stake public affairs councils

Priesthood Adviser:

Area Seventy

Responsibilities:

Same as above

Stake public affairs council

Priesthood Adviser:

Stake president or assigned counselor

Responsibilities:

• Along with members of the stake presidency, determines extent to which the public affairs program is organized in the stake, considering the strength and experience of members and priesthood leaders
• Organizes the council
• Calls and releases other council members
• Presides at council meetings or delegates presiding authority
• Helps the council to identify priesthood objectives
• Has primary responsibility for building and nurturing relationships with opinion leaders
• Supervises preparation and implementation of the council’s annual public affairs plan
• Designates local spokespersons
• Supports his stake public affairs council’s possible representation on a multistake public affairs council
• Coordinates on public affairs matters with :
  • the Area Seventy assigned to his coordinating council
  • his public affairs council director
  • the public affairs priesthood adviser to the council which supports and trains his stake public affairs council
• Ensures that his stake public affairs council receives ongoing support and training
• Requests, if needed, and receives public affairs priesthood training during coordinating council meetings
• Communicates immediately with priesthood adviser of next-highest-level public affairs council when negative or sensitive news coverage or opinion leader contact may have Church-wide ramifications
• Supervises public affairs council funding