Abstract
This paper, a comparative analysis of two Latter-day Saint bodies, deals with the independent role of the external situation on social system structure and functioning. The Mormons and the Reorganites, closely similar in value orientations and beliefs but historically involved in widely different situations, have established contrasting solutions to the strategic missionary manpower problem. Significant intra-church consequences flow from these differences. In the Mormon case the historical situation created the conditions for the full institutionalization of both the mission role and volunteer labor. In the second case situational imperatives required the reorganization to postpone collective goal action and there by decreased the organization's need to channel religious loyalties into labor resources.
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