“In the Lord’s Church the members are a congregation of equals; there are no degrees, no academic titles, no worldly attainments that separate members of the group. … The bishop perhaps is a plumber, while his clerk is the vice president of a large corporation. The stake president is a farmer, while his high council is composed of lawyers and physicians and professors” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary, 3:9–10).