Is Mitt Romney a pastor in the Mormon church?

Does the man have any position within the church, or is he just a Mormon?

Public Comments

1. Is not being Mormon bad enough?
2. He's their resident used car salesman and flip flopper...
3. we don't have "pastors in our church" He's just a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that's runing for president
4. just a parishioner
5. ya i think hes a pastor hahah mormons
6. He is a member of the church, he is not part of the clergy. Mike Huckabee was a pastor in the Baptist Church, you may be confusing the two.
7. Mitt Romney used to be a bishop of the church (this is close to what other christians would call a pastor). Bishops are never paid and they almost always have seperate jobs outside of the church.
8. not sure what he is anymore...since he flip flops so much.
9. First of all, Rockpaq is ignorant. In answer to your question, he is not currently a pastor as the Mormon church does not have pastors. However, in the past he has held leadership positions in the Mormon church such as Bishop (leader of a congregation) and Stake President (higher level than a bishop) I believe. I highly doubt he holds any positions with the Mormon church now due to his busy schedule nor would he be able to if he was to be elected President. I am 100% confident that if Romney was elected his religion would not interfere with his job as president. Anyone else that thinks otherwise really probably doesn't know what they are talking about, or is going on hearsay and shear speculation.
10. He's just a Mormon!
11. He's been a Bishop in the past, but that doesn't mean very much. Mormon church leaders aren't paid for their services, and they're never in the same position for longer than a few years at a time. It's all volunteerism in the LDS Church.
12. The LDS church doesn't have paid clergy. It's members are asked to fulfill various responsibilities. Nearly every active member has some "calling" of some sort. Often people have 2 or 3 callings at one time. The leader of a ward (usually for about 5 years at a time) is a "Bishop". This is a member that is part of that congregation (aka "Ward"). Each ward has about 300-400 members. A Stake consists of a number of wards. (usually 5 or 6). The leader of a Stake is called a "Stake President". Additionally, all young men are asked to serve 2 year proselyting missions. There are currently about 60,000 of them world wide. Among other callings, Mitt has served as a missionary in France, as well as a Bishop and a Stake President. These are all things that he did voluntarily, for free, on his own time and his own dime. In a nutshell, he would have been considered a local leader within the church, but not a leader of the church in general. I believe that today he is "just a member" as you put it, however probably teaches some 14 year olds or helps in the library or something like that.