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Name of two purposes of a stake (from President Benson Manual).
What is 1) Unify and perfect the members who live in those boundaries by extending to them the Church programs, ordinances, and gospel instruction.
2) Members of stakes are to be models or standards of righteousness.
3) Stakes are to be a defense. The members do this as they unify under their local priesthood officers and consecrate themselves to do their duty and keep their covenants. Those covenants, if kept, become a protection from error, evil, or calamity.
4) Stakes are a refuge from the storm to be poured out over the earth.