The stake president directs this conference. With this system, local people are exposed to an official conference every three months . All tithe and fast offering monies are sent directly to the church headquarters in Salt Lake City. This includes monies collected in each of the overseas areas as well as areas within the continental U.S. and Canada. Recently a system has been set up to permit fund transfer by phone.
General authorities meet and determine the disbursement of monies directed to church headquarters.
Currently more money is returned to overseas areas that is paid in by them. Disbursements are made by the general authorities to cover the costs of missionary supervision. When a request has been made to put up a church building, the committee of general authorities will consider the need, the number of people in the area, the percentage of tithers, etc. Consequently there was wide variation in the shape, and quality of church construction. With the current system, the plan and quality of the building must be approved by a centralized body, the board of general authorities.