Its scope quickly widened, and Correlation came to affect almost every aspect of the church, including doctrines, organizations, finances, and ordinances.
More recently, the function of the correlation department has shifted to planning and approving church publications and curriculum and keeping unorthodox information, doctrines, and other undesired concepts from being introduced or revived.
Other innovations included the calling of regional representatives, a uniform annual report from each ward starting in 1967, and further centralization and standardization of tithing in 1970.
Brown and N. Eldon Tanner, were worried about the correlation committee taking decision-making power away from the church's First Presidency.
Additionally, historical documents surfaced, were made available, or printed from early members' diaries, which did not support the official church history.
To counter this, the Correlation Committee, under the direction of the First Presidency, began to print materials and other curriculum to clarify and standardize what the church hierarchy considered to be official doctrine and history.
According to Carlos E. Asay, who served as an executive director of the Church Curriculum Department, employees use planning charts to ensure that important gospel topics are properly covered and taught at regular intervals.