<P> Women are active and play key roles in organizing activities and administering them in the Church . Female office holders are always head of groups of women and not groups of men . A deaconess can help pastors and deacons, but cannot herself administer the sacrament . All members of the ministerial hierarchy are paid for their services as part of the tithe by the congregational members . </P> <P> At the turn of the century, La Luz del Mundo Church began promoting women to public relations positions that were previously held by men only . As of December 2014, two women (and three men) serve as legal representatives of the church in Northern Mexico . Public relations positions that have been held by women include spokesperson, director of social communication, and assistant director of international affairs . Within church operated civil organizations women also occupy executive positions such as director of La Luz del Mundo Family Services, a violence prevention and intervention center in South Side, Milwaukee; Director of Social Work and Psychology within the Ministry of Social Welfare; director of the Samuel Joaquín Flores Foundation; president of Recab de México A.C.; and director of the Association of Students and Professionals in the USA . </P> <P> The Church teaches moral and civil principles such as community service and that science is a gift from God . Members of La Luz Del Mundo do not celebrate Christmas or Holy Week . The most important yearly rituals are the Holy Supper (Santa Cena in Spanish or "Santa Convocation"), held yearly on August 14, and the anniversary of García's birth is held on May 7 at its international headquarters in Guadalajara . </P> <P> The organization of La Luz del Mundo is apostolic . The head of the Church is Jesus Christ and in his representation is Naason Joaquin García, who is the "Apostle and Servant of God" and the organizational authority as General Director of the Church . Below him is the ranks of pastors, who are expected to develop one or more of the qualities as doctor, prophet, and evangelist . All pastors are evangelists and are expected to undertake missionary tasks . As doctors, pastors explain the word of God and as prophets they interpret it . Below them are the deacons, who administer the sacraments to the congregational members . Below the deacons are the encargados (managers or overseers), who have responsibility for the moral conduct and well - being of certain groups within the congregation . Overseers grant permits to members who wish to leave their congregations for vacations or to take jobs outside of the church district . At the lowest echelon of the hierarchy are the obreros (laborers), who mainly assist their higher - ups with missionary work . </P>

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