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LEARNING HOW TO DO
MEMBER MISSIONARY WORK
AND ENJOY IT!
All of the materials on this web page are the opinions of the
web page authors
and are not intended in any way to represent the official doctrines or beliefs
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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errors that need to be corrected or doctrinal questions by email to Cordell
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And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:15
Preach My Gospel Manual
This web page is not intended in any way to be a "program of the church" for
doing missionary work. It is just some suggestions from us on things we have
found that helped us to better follow the already existing church member missionary
program as outlined in "Preach My Gospel". Your primary guide in doing
member missionary work should be the church's manual "PREACH MY GOSPEL". You
can get a copy of the "Preach My Gospel" manual on the following web
pages:
Order On Line from BYU Bookstore in several languages
Order From Church Distribution Center in English
Read
on line in several languages or hear it in English on your MP3 player
Suggestion for seeing the full scope of this web page first
It is suggested that you scroll down the entire page and read all of the section
headings first so you have an understanding of the scope of the material on
this web page before you open any of the links. Then you can scroll to sections
that you are interested in. It is our hope that the materials on this web page
will help you be a better member missionary what ever your calling or situation
is.
Here is an overview of the content that you will find below:
Keys to Member Missionary success
Member Missionary Aids We Have Created
Brochures:
...Mormon Helping Hands: LDS Church Humanitarian Program
...Who is Jehovah
...Tri-fold Missionary brochure with 17 points of true church and Articles of Faith
...Tri-fold Missionary brochure with 42 evidences of the true Church.
...Create Your Profile On www.mormon.org
Some Suggestions On How And Why We Do Missionary Work
Ward Missionary Plans
Family Missionary Plans
Family Finding Tools
Read Our Testimonies To The World.
Examples Of Some Of The Successes We Have Had Doing Missionary Work As A Family
Answers To Some Difficult Questions Our Family Has Been Asked While We Have Been
Talking To Friends
Talks That Will Help You Teach People
Individuals Can Convert 1000's
Talks on Member Missionary Work
Conference Talks To Help You Answer Questions when You Do Member Missionary Work
Preparing To Be A Full Time Missionary
REACTIVATION AND RETENTION:
Retention of New Members And Reactivation Of Less Active Members
Reactivation and Retention Conference Talks
KEYS TO SUCCESS
The first key to getting others to do missionary work is to be doing it yourself!
The second key is to get the Bishopric and Ward Council members participating in missionary work. If the leaders of the ward or branch are not doing missionary work, you will not be very successful in getting the members to do it.
The third key is to have planned activities. When people are involved they participate. The easiest way to get them invovled is to have planned missionary activities. As an example of a planned missionary activity, Vance Carolin, the ward mission leader in the Big Fork Montana Ward challenges the Ward Council members to visit a less active member each month on the way home from council meeting.
The fourth key is REPORTING BACK. Where there is no accountability there is no responsibility.
Member Missionary HANDOUTS We Have Created
Mormon Helping Hands: LDS Church Humanitarian Program
This is a tri-fold missionary handout to help investigators understand the humanitarian
program of the LDS Church!
Click here to download the color or B&W flyer so you can print it out
Who is Jehovah?
This is a tri-fold missionary handout to help investigators understand the relationship between Jehovah of the Old Testament and Christ in the New Testament!
It will help your friends see how the scriptures show that Jehovah in the Old Testament is the same being as Christ in the New Testament.
Click here to download the color
or B&W flyer so you can print it out
Christ's True Church Restored
TRI-FOLD MISSIONARY HANDOUT FOR YOUR FAMILY TO USE
This flyer invites your friends to learn more about interesting points related to the restoration of the gospel.
Click here to download the flyer in Color or Black and White (B & W is less expensive to print)
17 Points of the True Church and 13 Articles
of Faith with Bible References
TRI-FOLD MISSIONARY HANDOUT FOR YOUR FAMILY TO USE
We have prepared a tri-fold missionary brochure for you to hand out with Floyd
Weston's 17 points of the true church and the the LDS Church's 13 articles of
faith with related Bible scriptures.
It was created by Bruce Nelson in the Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana Stake. We
have it in English, Finnish, Russian, Spanish and Japanese.
In the English version, one is Black and White (less expensive to print) and one is in Color. The content
is the same in both handouts.
Click here to download the
flyer in the language of your choice
42 Evidences of the True Church with Bible References
TRI-FOLD MISSIONARY HANDOUT FOR YOUR FAMILY TO USE
We have prepared a brochure for you to hand out that is the 42
Evidences of the True Church. This is a list taken from a book called "The Greatest
Quest" by Blain and Brenton Yorgason (Deseret Book Company). The book is a novel
that describes the search by five college students to find the one true Church
of Jesus Christ. At the end of the book, the authors combine their research with
the work of Henry Whiffen who also developed a similar list. Together the list
gives a total of 42 points to consider. In this brochure we have prepared, each
point has been documented with scriptural references from the King James version
of the Bible. This brochure can be printed 1 side or as a tri fold two sided hand
out. We have also prepared it in color as well as the less expensive to print
black and white version.
Click
here to view or print the brochure.
Here are 37 things you would have to do to write a book like the Book of Mormon
TRI-FOLD MISSIONARY HANDOUT FOR YOUR FAMILY TO USE
Occasionally we hear some say, "I could believe your Mormon doctrine if I just
did not have to accept the story about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon". Here
is a brochure to help you answer that question. It is called "A Challenge To Duplicate
The Book Of Mormon". It shows you 37 things you would have to do to be able to
duplicate what Joseph Smith did to give us the Book of Mormon. It makes it pretty
obvious a normal man could not have done this on his own without God's help. It
is a 2 sided brochure that prints on 8 1/2 X 11 paper then folds as a tri-fold
handout. You will have to print it two times if your printer does not print two
sided copies.
Click
here to view or print the brochure.
HANDOUTS TO HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO USE THESE BROCHURES
(By Bruce Nelson)
How to use the Brochure in your ward
Some Suggested Ways To Give The Flyer Out (In English)
Algunas sugerencias para dar el folleto de salida (In Spanish)
Missionary Flyer Placement -Putting The Youth In Charge
Members Tracking And Placing Missionary Flyer In Every Home
News Paper Add For Bible Study Class
The Purposes Of Placing The Missionary Flyer
Elder Russell M. Nelson asked each of us to create a profile on mormon.org:
"Now in this day of the Internet, there are new and exciting ways you can do missionary
work. You can invite friends and neighbors to visit the new mormon.org Web site.
If you have blogs and online social networks, you could link your sites to mormon.org.
And there you can create your own personal profile. Each profile includes
an expression of belief, an experience, and a testimony."
Elder Russell M. Nelson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
"Be Thou an Example"
October 2010 General Conference Talk
Click on these buttons to see an example of the mormon.org profiles we have created.
(It is really easy to do!)
(NOTE TO REMEMBER: You will have to use your BACK button to return to this web page after you look at it!
Cordell's "I am a Mormon" Profile on www.Mormon.org
Janice's "I am a Mormon" Profile on www.Mormon.org
Click here to listen to or read Elder Nelson's whole October 2010 General Conference
talk:
"Be Thou an Example"
CURRENT EVENTS FOR THE
LDS CHURCH IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
WHERE YOU MAY HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY WHO ARE
NOT LDS YET!
If you are outside of the US or Canada (or have friends and family who are), click
here to find the official LDS web page for your country where you can read about
the current events of the LDS Church in that country. Then you can share that
web page with them as well as www.mormon.org to help them learn more about the
church in their area.
LDS Church Country Web Page Finder
WARD MISSIONARY PLANS
On page 220 of Preach My Gospel it says,"Many wards have found that
developing a ward mission plan promotes ward missionary work. Such a plan may
include goals, initiatives, and activities to help ward member invite people
to hear the gospel."
Here are a few Ward and Stake Missionary Plans that have developed by different
Wards and Stakes in response to that suggestion in "Preach My Gospel"
(Send us yours and we will post it here as an example of what can be done in
different situations)
Fully Functioning Ward Mission
Program By Cordell Vail - Key Center Ward, Gig Harbor Washington Stake
Getting
Organized By Cordell Vail - Written for the Vassa Branch, Tampere Finland
Stake
Stake
Missionary Program By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana Stake
Outline
for a Ward Missionary Program By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell
Montana Stake
Ward
Missionary Report Forms This EXCEL spread sheet has several tabs with reports
that may help you
Youth
Missionary Program By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana Stake
Fellowshipping
Nonmembers Increases A Ward's Baptismal Success By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork
Ward, Kalispell Montana Stake
A
Three Phase Church - Ward Missionary Program By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward,
Kalispell Montana Stake
FAMILY MISSIONARY PLAN
On page 220 of Preach My Gospel it also says," Individuals and families
also benefit from developing such a plan to guide their missionary efforts.
Here are some things we have done as a family to execute our "Family Missionary
Plan".
Why
Do Missionary Work - Making A Difference
Why
Our Family Does Missionary Work
Why
I don't want to ever be called a returned missionary
Gaining
Faith To Do Missionary Work
How
to set and achieve goals
FAMILY FINDING TOOLS
Further on page 220 of Preach My Gospel it says," Members should use
every honorable means to find people who are willing to listen
to the message of the Restoration. They should emphasize finding fathers, mothers,
and children who will come into the Church as families."
Here are some things that we have tried that have brought us success in finding
people as a family:
Ways
to meet people that have worked for us By Cordell Vail
FAITH:
Ask The Lord To Ask Someone To Ask You By Cordell Vail
Ask
Just One - Theme By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana Stake
Missionary
Buttons for Ask Just One Program By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell
Montana Stake
College
Institute TREASURE HUNT By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana
Stake
Youth
Book of Mormon Placement Program By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell
Montana Stake
Planned
Activities By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana Stake
Monthly-Mission-Activities
By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana Stake
Who
Do We Teach by Bruce Nelson: To know which kind the people we are teaching
(Visual, Auditory and Tactile/Kinesthetic) will help us reach them better spiritually.
A neighborhood 3 X 5 finding tool by Bruce Nelson - You and your family will have fun doing
this and share the gospel at the same time -
Elder
Hartman Rector's Do You Like To Read Program By Cordell Vail - When we drove
from Utah to North Carolina my children were able to give away over 20 Books of
Mormon doing this.
After Baptism What by Bruce Nelson
Missionary Sacrament Meetings by Bruce Nelson
Read Our Testimonies To The World
Our Testimonies To The World
If you would like to add your testimony, please email it to us.
Some Suggestions, Helps, Answer To Questions,
Ideas On How And Why We Do
Missionary Work
Missionary Marking Guides For The Scriptures
Missionary Book of Mormon Marking Christ's Doctrine by Senior Missionaries Dave and Delores
Habel, Florida Mission
Missionary
Book Of Mormon Scriptures By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell Montana
Stake
Bible
passages of the Book of Mormon By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell
Montana Stake
Scriptures related to the Articles Of Faith By Bruce Nelson - Bigfork Ward, Kalispell
Montana Stake
B of M Marking Guide
by LDS Heritage Tours
Book of Mormon Marking Guide by Lanny D Owens - Arizona
Examples Of Some Of The Successes We Have Had
Neighborhood Watch Missionary Work by Cordell Vail
Water That Got To The
End Of The Row
Even
the Military can be a mission
The
power of fasting and prayer - By Brad Holt
Answers To Some Difficult Questions Our
Family
Has Been Asked While Doing Member Missionary Work
(We are putting the newly added ones at the top so you can find them easier.)
One of the difficult parts of doing missionary work is to see the people you have converted fall away. One of the biggest considerations in making that choice is what will happen to your children and grandchildren? When you are in that situation, here is a list of questions you might want to discuss with those individuals before they make that final decision.
What is the alternative?
This is an excellent paper on the early Christian Fathers,
who they were, what they did and how that relates to the apostasy
of Jesus Christ's original church in the meridian of time.
Compiled by Robert Hyatt
The
Apostasy and the Early Christian Fathers
Several people have asked me for my chart that I created that traces
the Pope from today all the way back to Peter. So here it is. Enjoy!
Tracing the Pope from today all the way back to Peter
Many people have asked where the Book of Mormon history fits into the Bible history.
Here is a chronology chart from Adam to the Fall of Rome that shows the Book
Of Mormon history too.
For best viewing, save this .PDF file to your computer then close this web
version of the file.
Now use ADOBE READER to open the .PDF file you saved on your computer.
Go to VIEW >ZOOM and change it to 200% then go to VIEW
again and rotate the image Counter Clock Wise and it will be quite readable.
Bible
and Book of Mormon chronology.
Satan wanted to take away our free agency so there would be no sin.
Then he would not be required to go to the Garden of Gethsemane to offer
himself as a sacrifice for our sins. He was not willing to pay that price.
Understanding the relationship between the Atonement and Free Agency
We too must have an "ATONEMENT" like experience
in each of our lives to refine us and perfect us.
What is our part in the Atonement
Do you have a free pass to heaven if you are saved?
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE SAVED?
Being Born Again and the Consequences of Sin
The Consequences of Sin
Questions on being saved from the book of ACTS in
the Bible.
Here are the questions I would ask you about being saved if we studied the book
of ACTS together.
The True Nature Of The Godhead
As Found In The King James Bible
LDS -TRITHEISM Godhead Compared To Trilogy - New Updated version 2
The Trilogy Doctrine As Seen By
Mormons
Understanding the relationship between God and Christ.
These two articles are some of the best I have ever read. It is by my friend Edward
Hess
God and Christ By Ed Hess
Explaining
the God Head to Non-members by Ed Hess
Who is this Christ in the Bible?
Many people say Mormons are not Christians. Here is what I believe.
Who is the God of the Bible?
My research on the nature of God from the Bible.
How are Spiritual Gifts, Temporal Talents and obedience to commandments related?
Spiritual Gifts, Temporal Talents and obedience
This is a impression that came to me one night on how to answer that question
when my wife and I were visiting a non-member friend and she asked us this question:
How
do we explain polygamy being practiced in the early LDS church?
My answer to a comment on the Internet about people persecuting people practicing
polygamy but pay no attention to people in our modern day society who have multiple sex partners.
SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO SEND THIS TO DR. PHILL!
Modern Day Hypocrisy
(still working on these)
Why do Mormons have Temples?
Are We Christians?
Are Mormons Born Again?
Will all who died without being Born Again go to Hell?
Are Christ and God the same being?
Does God have a tangible body?
How are the Bible and Book of Mormon related?
Why do you need a Book of Mormon when we have the Bible?
Did Joseph Smith write the Book of Mormon?
(and even more yet to come!!!!)
INDIVIDUALS CAN CONVERT 1000'S
ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE
Alma 26:22
Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good works, and
prayeth continually without ceasing -- unto such it is given to know the mysteries
of God; yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal things which never have been
revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands
of souls to repentance, even as it has been given unto us to bring these our brethren
to repentance.
In a talk published in the July 1985 Ensign, President Ezra Taft Benson used these
quotes from talks given by President Spence W. Kimball:
“Wilford Woodruff baptized two thousand people on his mission in England in
a short few months and … Heber C. Kimball baptized 1,800 in a few months. … There
are hundreds of other brethren who have baptized tens and fifties and hundreds
during their missions. Is it possible that each of you could develop some Wilford
Woodruffs and Brigham Young's who could baptize hundreds and thousands? Can we
raise our sights?” (Mission Presidents’ Seminar, June 1975.)
Quoting
from that marvelous verse in the Book of Mormon where Alma talks about bringing
thousands of souls unto the Lord, President Kimball then said, “Did you hear
the word thousands? … Not hundreds, not dozens, not tens, but thousands. … The
Lord … knows what these words mean, and when he uses the word thousands, he
means thousands. And that’s ten hundred in a thousand!” (Mission Presidents’
Seminar, June 1978.)....
Thus, the first major emphasis of the Lord’s prophet
is to increase the number of convert baptisms in a significant and dramatic
way. Will you accept this challenge? Will you share your personal conviction
with others that the prophet of the Lord expects us to baptize many more people
in a very solid and stable way?
This is the full talk by President Ezra Taft Benson quoting President Kimball's
promise that we can convert 1000's as individuals:
Ensign July 1985
By President Ezra Taft Benson
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
President Kimball’s Vision of Missionary Work
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D&C Section 4:
1 Now behold, a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.
2 Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with
all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God
at the last day.
3 Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;
4 For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth
in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth
not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;
5 And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work.
6 Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.
7 Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen.
NOTE: THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR MODERN DAY SICKLE:
Not 10's not 100's but 1000's. AMMON'S PROMISE IS THOUSANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talks That Will Help You Teach People
Profile of a Prophet
Talk By Elder Hugh B. Brown
Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The Profile of a Prophet
Elder Hugh B. Brown was a lawyer from Canada serving in England before the start
of the 2nd World War. This is a talk he gave years later at BYU, where he shares
a conversation he had as a lawyer with a famous judge in England. They discussed
what the signs of a true prophet in the Latter-days would be. He was assistant
to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints when this devotional address was given at Brigham Young University on 4
October 1955.
Our Responsibility To Take The Gospel To All The World Is Being Fulfilled
Talk by Elder Neil L. Andersen
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2013 General Conference
It’s a Miracle
Why you should let the Mormon Missionaries in
Talk by Elder Russell M. Nelson
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2012 General Conference
Ask the Missionaries! They Can Help You!
Learning our responsibility as member missionaries
Talk By Elder Russell M. Nelson
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2010 Conference
Be Thou an Example
A talk by sister Allred where she shows that the conversion of her family
has lead to many other conversions:
Go Ye Therefore: We can all participate in missionary work. This is the Lord’s work, and He will
help us do it.
Talk By Silvia H. Allred
First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
October 2008 Conference
Go Ye Therefore
Elder Dallin H. Oaks Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles - Ensign, Mar 2003, 52-58
The Role of Members in Conversion
Elder M. Russell Ballard, Liahona, May 2003, 37-40
"The Essential Role of Member Missionary Work"
Conference Talks To Help You Answer Questions
When You Do Missionary Work:
When Constantine became a Christian in the fourth century, he called together
a
great convocation of learned men with the hope that they could reach a conclusion
of understanding concerning the true nature of Deity. All they reached was a
compromise
of various points of view. The result was the Nicene Creed of A.D. 325. This
and subsequent
creeds have become the declaration of doctrine concerning the nature of Deity
for most of Christianity ever since.
The Lord is fulfilling His promise that His gospel shall be as the stone cut
out of the mountain without hands.
Talk by: President Gordon B. Hinckley
President of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
October 2007 General Conference Address
The
Stone Cut Out of the Mountain
When the emperor Constantine was converted to Christianity, he became aware
of the divisiveness among the clergy concerning the nature of Deity. In an attempt
to overcome this he gathered the eminent divines of the day to Nicaea in the
year 325.
Each participant was given opportunity to state his views. The argument only
grew more heated.
When a definition could not be reached, a compromise was made. It came to be
known as the Nicene Creed,
and its basic elements are recited by most of the Christian faithful... How deeply
grateful I am
that we of this Church do not rely on any man-made statement concerning the
nature of Deity.
Talk by: President Gordon B. Hinckley
President of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
April 2007 General Conference Address
The
Things of Which I Know
Can we have scriptures other than the Bible?
This talk answers the question concerning the scripture in Revelations 22:18
where it says: "If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.”
Talk by: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2008 General Conference Address
My
Words Never Cease
Scriptures of the Restoration do not compete with the Bible;
they complement the Bible.
Talk by: Elder Russell M. Nelson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2007 General Conference Address
Scriptural
Witnesses
We are true and full believers in the Lord Jesus Christ
and in His revealed word through the Holy Bible.
Talk by: Elder M. Russell Ballard
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2007 General Conference Address
The
Miracle of the Holy Bible
God continues to reveal His will to mankind, as He has in all
periods of time when He has had authorized servants upon the earth.
Talk by: Elder L. Tom Perry
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2003 General Conference Address
We
Believe All That God Has Revealed
When you are asked by others about being born again
this talk will help you answer that question from an LDS perspective.
Talk by: Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2008 General Conference Address
Born
Again
Through faith in Christ, we can be spiritually prepared and cleansed from sin,
immersed in and saturated with His gospel, and purified and sealed by the Holy
Spirit of Promise.
....you and I are born again as we are absorbed by and in the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
(Cucumbers and Pickles talk)
Talk by: Elder David A. Bednar
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2007 General Conference Address
Ye
Must Be Born Again
An excellent talk to help you answer the question about Mormons being Saved or Born Again.
Talk by: Elder Dallin H. Oaks
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 1998 General Conference Address
Have You Been Saved?
We are often asked what our belief is about the Godhead.
People all over the world, of every creed and persuasion,
search and struggle to know, Who is God?
What is His relationship to Jesus Christ?
And what is our relationship with Them?
Talk by: Elder Robert D. Hales
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2008 General Conference Address
Gaining
a Testimony of God the Father; His Son, Jesus Christ; and the Holy Ghost
We declare it is self-evident from the scriptures that the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost are separate persons, three divine beings.
Talk by: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2007 General Conference Address
The
Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent
The first restored truth that I learned was the nature of the Godhead.
The true Christian doctrine that the Godhead consists of three
separate beings was known in biblical times.
Talk by: Elder Gary J. Coleman
Of the Seventy
April 2007 General Conference Address
"Mom,
Are We Christians?"
The most common request we hear is a fairly simple one that goes something like
this:
“Tell me a little about your Church.” The key word here is “little.”
They are not saying, “Tell me everything you know and then send others to tell
me everything else.”
Here are four subjects that will help someone today to gain a basic understanding
of the Church.
Talk by: Elder M. Russell Ballard
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2007 General Conference Address
Faith,
Family, Facts, and Fruits
Since truth is the only meaningful foundation upon which we can make
wise decisions, how then can one establish what is really true?
Talk by: Elder Richard G. Scott
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2007 General Conference Address
Truth:
The Foundation of Correct Decisions
There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is "not this day."
"Someday I will repent." "Someday I will forgive him." "Someday I will speak
to
my friend about the Church." "Someday I will start to pay tithing."
"Someday I will return to the temple." "Someday . . . "
Talk by: Elder Henry B. Eyring
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2007 General Conference Address
This
Day
We share an enormous responsibility to be who the Lord wants us to be and to
do what
He wants us to do. We are part of a great movement—the gathering of scattered
Israel.
Talk by: Elder Russell M. Nelson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2006 General Conference Address
The
Gathering of Scattered Israel
We believe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a restoration
of the original Church established by Jesus Christ.
Talk By: President James E. Faust
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
April 2006 General Conference Address
The
Restoration of All Things
Here is a talk that will help you answer the question why we need a living prophet.
Talk by: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Of the Quorum
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2004 General Conference Address
Prophets,
Seers, and Revelators
And here is the talk that was given by Ralph Waldo Emerson that Elder Holland
refers to in the above talk if you want to read the whole thing:
This is the part Elder Holland quoted from Ralph Waldo Emerson":
"It is the office of a true teacher to show us that God is, not was; that
He speaketh, not spake... "
"And it is my duty to say to you, that the need was never greater of new
revelation than now."
Click here to download the whole talk:
Talk by: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College,
Cambridge, Sunday Evening, July 15, 1838
Divinity
School Address
What is your answer when friends ask you, "What does the Book of Mormon Teach?"
This talk will give you the answer to that question.
Talk by: Elder Dallin H. Oaks
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2006 General Conference Address
All
Men Everywhere
How are missionaries called?
Every missionary who is called and assigned or reassigned to a particular mission is called by revelation through the Lord's servants, the prophets. A member of the Quorum of the Twelve assigns prospective missionaries to one of more than three hundred missions of the Church.
The Divine Call of a Missionary -
Ronald A. Rasband Of the Presidency of the Seventy
How Are Missionaries Called? - M. Russell Ballard
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Preparing To Be A Full Time Missionary
You and I, today and always, are to bear witness of Jesus Christ and declare
the message of the Restoration. . . . Missionary work is a manifestation
of our spiritual identity and heritage.
Talk by: Elder David A. Bednar
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
October 2005 General Conference Address
Becoming
a Missionary
We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those
of our Heavenly Father's children who will embrace the message of the Restoration.
Talk by: Elder M. Russell Ballard
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 2003 General Conference Address
The
Essential Role of Member Missionary Work
For everyone who wants to become a better member missionary
and who wants to know how to support the missionaries,
Preach My Gospel is full of powerful ideas and insights.
Talk by: Elder Erich W. Kopischke
Of the Seventy
October 2007 General Conference Address
Preach
My Gospel—the Unifying Tool between Members and Missionaries
Retention of New Members and Reactivation of the Less Active
Reactivation and Retention Suggested Programs
Water That Got To The
End Of The Row
Proposed Ward Reactivation and Retention Program
FINAL Key Center Retention and Reactivation Program
Reactivation and Retention Conference Talks
Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, May 1999, 104
"Find the Lambs, Feed the Sheep"
Elder Keith B. McMullin, member of the presiding bishopric - 6 Oct 2002 at BYU
Establishing Zion
Elder Neal A. Maxwell - Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles - Ensign, May 1982, 37
"A Brother Offended"
Elder D. Todd Christofferson Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles - Ensign - November 2008
Come to Zion
President Spencer W. Kimball - Ensign - March 198
Becoming the Pure in Heart - building of Zion through sacrifice and consecration
Elder L. Tom Perry Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles - April Conference 2001
Building a Community of Saints
President Ezra Taft Benson, "To the Home Teachers of the Church," Ensign, May 1987, 48
To the Home Teachers of the Church
Dean L. Larsen - Presidency of the Seventy - Ensign - April 1993
The Importance of the Temple for Living Members
Elder Ben B. Banks Of the Presidency of the Seventy - Ensign, Nov 1999, 9
"Feed My Sheep"
Robert L. Backman, President Aaronic Priesthood MIA," New Era, July 1973 page
5
"Youth's Opportunity to Serve"
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