On my mission to the Catholic country of Brazil, there was a rumor among the missionaries that the Pope in Rome had historical evidence in a Vatican vault that proved the LDS church was true. I remember being skeptical of the rumor at the time, but I also felt indignant over how evil i...
“they weren’t ready” for the Mormon gospel. I remember it vividly because one of the Brazilian missionaries in that training meeting called him out on the racial undertones of that policy and they argued back and forth for several minutes (most of the favelas residents had darker skin). ...
This is a strange one – missionaries cannot play full court basketball, only half court. The reason is that the missionaries are insured by the Church and are more likely to get hurt and sustain injury if paying full court basketball. They also can’t play basketball in leagues or in tour...
are repairing to the "land of promise," on the western line of Missouri, and those who are in lucrative business have a special permit from the prophet to remain for four or five years. They have many missionaries in different parts of the country, proselyting...
Another example of Mormon racism is the fact that before the 1978 change, LDS missionaries in the southern USA were instructed to not actively proselyte Negroes, and to stay out of black neighborhoods. If the missionaries accidentally knocked on a black person's door, they were instructed to ...
The writer probably wrote his report from a hurried investigation, forgot the name of one of the missionaries, and consulted a copy of the Book of Mormon to make the mistaken identification of "Martin Harris." The exact date of the missionaries' arrival in Painesville cannot be determined from...
I’m sure that some missionaries in my mission had it easy. Not me! SUPER HARD. Loading… New Iconoclast January 13, 2015 at 8:01 am I spent 3 months in a heavily Catholic city where your criteria were met 3 months = NOT THAT HARD :) ...
Two Elders were car jacked in my mission (South Africa). Neither was injured. another couple there at the time were robbed at gun point on their first day. Nigeria isn’t financially an expensive mission, but it’s scary enough that they don’t accept younger missionaries from America ....
As a title it is typically used to refer to male Mormon missionaries (e.g., Elder Smith or Elder Jones) or to General Authorities (such as Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf or Elder Walter F. Gonzalez).Elder as Office: Men are ordained as elders beginning at either age 18 or 19. The duties...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is opening a new training center for full-time missionaries in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since 2022, a limited number of local missionaries have received training in a temporary center, leading to the need for a permanent facility. This ...