Worship & Meetings

To Sustain

  1. To signify support for a person in a calling or for Church leaders, usually by raising the right hand in a meeting.

When someone is newly called, the congregation is invited to sustain them; members may also decline or vote opposed. Leaders are sustained by the whole Church at General Conference.

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