Actually, a stake is led by a stake president. Then there are folks called area presidents. I’m a little bit iffy about how they fit in hierarchically, but they appear to be above stake presidents, which are above bishops (one source also refers to bishops as “ward presidents”).Yes, what I understand you to say is that you don't know what you're talking about yet you're still willing to lecture others on what you don't know. Do you teach at a junior college or something?
I don't know much, but it's clear that I knew more about this than you. Five minutes of googling verified my hazy understanding of the “Melchizedek priesthood” (it's not all that an "exclusive elite" - practically all church-going adult male Mormons hold the "Melchizedek priesthood") and the role of the “bishop” in the LDS church (it's not a "senior cleric," in fact, it's one of the lower levels of office in the LDS church). Which was far from your wildly inaccurate assertions.
“Do you teach at a junior college or something?”
LOL! Good one! No, I haven't taught anywhere in years, although the first time through graduate school, I did teach a few sections of labs to undergrads at my university.
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