The Relief Society (RS) is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, and has approximately six million members in over 170 countries and territories.

The Relief Society is often referred to by the church and others as "one of the oldest and largest women's organizations in the world.".

In the Latter Day Saint movement, a quorum is a group of people ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and organized to act together as a body.

The idea of a quorum was established by Joseph Smith early in the history of the movement, and during his lifetime it has included several church-wide quorums, including the First Presidency, the Presiding High Council, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Anointed Quorum, and the Quorum of the Seventy, as well as numerous local quorums for each congregation.

The Council of Fifty, or General Council, was not part of the church, but a quorum-like body designed as a forerunner to establishing a theocratic government.

Bishop is the highest priesthood office of the Aaronic priesthood in the Latter Day Saint movement.

It is almost always held by one who already holds the Melchizedek priesthood office of high priest.

The Latter Day Saint concept of the office differs significantly from the role of bishops in other Christian denominations, being in some respects more analogous to a pastor or parish priest.

Each bishop serves with two counselors, which together form a bishopric.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church or, informally, the Mormon Church) is a Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ.

The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide.

According to the church, it has over 70,000 missionaries and a membership of over 15 million.

It is ranked by the National Council of Churches as the fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States.

It is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith during the period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.