Can anybody who has been batized for the dead in an LDS temple enlighten us? Do you pay or get paid?
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No, all temple work is volunteer (even the workers) and at your own expense (travel, clothing etc).
Baptisms for the dead are usually done by teenagers and often done as ‘field trips’. 1 person will go in and be baptized repeatedly (10 -20 times in rather rapid succession) on behalf of the names that are read or appear on a screen.
Endowments are most common and done by individual adult members who have already gone through for themselves.
Sealings (marriages) are usually done by married couples but do not have to be.
It is basically an assemby line operation.
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I believe what TN was referencing about paying is that in order to perform the baptism, you need a TR, to get a TR, you have to be a full tithe payer. Hence the “paying” to baptize reference.
There is no payment made outside of the tithing to attain or retain a TR in order to be able to perform the baptism.