Honor Code

MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES: BYU FIRST AND SECOND REGIONS

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has established married and single student stakes at BYU. These stakes have been divided into an appropriate number of wards, providing opportunities for worship and service in the Church. The following are important guidelines concerning ward membership.

1. "Unmarried students who live in housing owned by the university should be members of a student ward...that includes their living quarters in its boundaries."

2. "Unmarried students who live away from home but off campus also may attend a student ward...that includes their living quarters in its boundaries."

3. "Unmarried students who live with their parents should normally attend the conventional wards in which they live." Exceptions must be approved by the parents, by both bishops, and by both stake presidents.

4. "Normally, unmarried members who are not students should not attend student wards. However, exceptions may be made in stakes without a single-member ward if the bishop of the home ward feels that it would be in the member's best interest to have the member's record transferred to a student ward. Such exceptions must be approved by the parents (where appropriate), by both bishops, and by both stake presidents."
   • Unmarried nonstudents living away from home may attend the student ward that includes their living quarters in its boundaries.

   • Unmarried nonstudents living with their parents should attend the conventional ward in which the family resides or a singles ward provided by their stake.

5. "Married students may become members of either a (married) student ward or the conventional ward" that includes their living quarters in its boundaries.

6. Married students living in BYU married student housing attend the married student ward that includes their living quarters in its boundaries.

7. Asian students may attend the Asian 1^st Ward (married), the Asian 2d Ward (single), or the student ward that includes their living quarters in its boundaries.

Source: Quotes are from page 3 of "Instructions for Priesthood Leaders of Single Members," September, 1996. This directory is produced for the BYU Regions by the BYU Space Management Department. To make changes or obtain additional copies please contact BYU 230 BRWB, Provo, Utah 84602, or phone (801) 378-5508.

EXCEPTION TO MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES

If members wish to attend wards other than the ones in which they reside, the bishops and stake presidents involved must submit a letter to the First Presidency requesting approval.

Source: Church Membership Office, October, 1997