Mormans X-Posed!
Mormon church rebukes publisher of calendar of shirtless missionaries
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has excommunicated a church member for publishing a calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries, the Associated Press reports.
The church's 12-member council of elders in Salt Lake City took the action Sunday against Chad Hardy, of Las Vegas, following a disciplinary meeting between he and local church leaders, the AP reports.
Hardy, an entertainment entrepreneur, sold nearly 10,000 copies of "Men on a Mission," he says, in an effort to break stereotypes of Mormons.
Hardy, 31,tells the AP that he bears no ill will toward the council of elders. He says church leaders "felt the calendar is inappropriate and not the image that the church wants to have."
It features 12 Mormon missionaries in modest poses wearing black slacks but not their trademark white shirts. The calendar includes their religious beliefs in biographical sketches.
Frank E. Davie, the senior leader over a group of Mormon congregations in the Las Vegas area, confirms the council's decision in a telephone call to the AP.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has excommunicated a church member for publishing a calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries, the Associated Press reports.
The church's 12-member council of elders in Salt Lake City took the action Sunday against Chad Hardy, of Las Vegas, following a disciplinary meeting between he and local church leaders, the AP reports.
Hardy, an entertainment entrepreneur, sold nearly 10,000 copies of "Men on a Mission," he says, in an effort to break stereotypes of Mormons.
Hardy, 31,tells the AP that he bears no ill will toward the council of elders. He says church leaders "felt the calendar is inappropriate and not the image that the church wants to have."
It features 12 Mormon missionaries in modest poses wearing black slacks but not their trademark white shirts. The calendar includes their religious beliefs in biographical sketches.
Frank E. Davie, the senior leader over a group of Mormon congregations in the Las Vegas area, confirms the council's decision in a telephone call to the AP.
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