Tagged with "Conversion"
February 2013 Visiting Teaching Message: Converted unto the Lord
"Fellowshipping, friendshipping, and reactivating are ongoing in the daily life of a Latter-day Saint." - President Thomas S. Monson February Visiting Teaching Message: New sisters of the Church—including Young Women entering Relief Society, sisters returning to activity, and new...
FAIR Blog: Responding to anti-Mormonism or claims that the Church is losing members
MR says: Critics sometimes say that members are leaving the Church "in droves," but this blog has good information on how to respond, and how we continue to clarify misrepresentation. There has been a bit of buzz (mostly amongst ex- and anti-Mormons) recently over some remarks of Elder Marlin K. Jensen, an...
Teachings of Lorenzo Snow Lesson 3: Lifelong Conversion
"My sincere prayer is that each of us will take any necessary action to feel the Spirit now so we can sing the song of redeeming love with all our hearts." -Quentin L. Cook Get the full lesson material at LDS.org. Note: As the Church has said, the manual has been prepared as the primary...
Evangelical pastor of 27 years recounts journey to joining LDS church
MR says: Before his conversion, he taught and believed that the LDS Church was a cult. He had no experience with the church's members and no reason to assume otherwise. “Thankfully, God has a plan.” This favorite phrase of Maggie Scott, wife of former evangelical pastor Tom Scott, has seen the Utah...
Mormon ranks growing – especially among minority groups
It's an old question, but Fred Bethel says he still gets asked: How can an African-American like himself be part of the Mormon Church, a religious group that waited until 1978 to allow blacks to become leaders? His response comes easily — because of what the church is today. The Church...
Book of Mormon Lesson 26: "Converted unto the Lord"
This lesson looks at the conversion of the Lamanites to the gospel of Jesus Christ. In all the scriptures, no one shows us the patterns of true conversion better than these disciples. QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Not everything in life is . . . black and white, but it seems that the authenticity...
Missionary work in London reaching those from many countries
Rejoice Osaremwimba was wandering through shops near the Peckham High Street in London. She was only 19 years old when she left her native Nigeria, hoping to find better employment and education opportunities in London than at home. At times she was lonely for her parents and siblings who remain...
Vietnamese chef finds the LDS Church, his foundation and a desire to help others
Hai Fitzgerald places a steaming dish of pasta in sauce in front of a customer at Thyme & Seasons Market Place. He turns away to check on another dish as the man takes his first bite. As the diner tastes the food, he exclaims, "Holy cow!" Fitzgerald whips back around. "No!" he says, with mock...
Al Fox's Spiritual Experiment: Always There
MR says: We love her story.
Woman's journey from minister-in-training to Mormon-in-motion
MR says: A cool story about one woman's journey to - and continued journey in - the gospel. As a child, Jana Riess could not have imagined herself as any kind of saint, let alone a latter-day one. She was reared in a purely secular Illinois home by a nonreligious mom and an angry atheist dad. But step...
In Her Own Words: Sarah E. Tollerton Buck Rand, 1939
MR says: One woman's conversion story that started when she listened to Music and the Spoken Word. Love her candor. In order to make it perfectly clear how far the Lord has taken me on my road to happiness, let me describe myself before He placed His hand on my shoulder and said, “You’re wrong.” In...
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