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Show Notes for Episode 28

Intro

• Weekly Poll: "TBD..."

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• Feedback/Comments
  • matthew's question on the doctrinal (if any) origins of the Mormon belief "that those that are disabled were the ones to escort satan."

    • Should mentally retarded children be baptized? ¹

    • Disability and human potential. (Great blog by an LDS Pediatric Neurologist). ²

• Guess the Mormon - Clue #3.

• CONTEST CLUE #3: "The subject of a Mormon Myth, this prophet is said to have been the inspiration for a popular Star Wars character."

News

• (Mormon) American Idol

  • Brooke White gets the boot!

• U.S. Muslims and Mormons share deepening ties. ³

• Sasquatch News: 'Yeti' footprint photo fetches £3,500 at Christie's auction in London. ⁴

Topic: Every Member a Missionary

• "...no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done." -- Joseph Smith, Jr. (History of the Church IV, 540.)

• "Every member a missionary! You may bring your mother into the Church, or it may be your father; perhaps your fellow companion in the workshop. Somebody will hear the good message of the truth through you." -- David O. McKay (Conference Report, April 1959)⁵

• The church's need to grow membership (especially in the US).
  • In 1984, sociologist Rodney Stark predicted that the church would grow 30-50% each decade.
    • Church growth has proven to be linear, with growth as a percentage of membership declining
  • Much growth in Africa, South America, but only a 1% increase in North America
    • Challenge to financial growth of the church since NA is the tithing base
• The 'pressure' to share the gospel, and the 'Mormon' guilt that goes with it.
  • Does this 'pressure' seem to have declined?
• Ways in which one might share the gospel.
• Conversion stories.
• Doctrine.

  • That All May Hear - President Thomas S. Monson (Adapted from an address delivered at April 1995 general conference) ⁶.

  • The Work of Our Priesthood Quorums - Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (See section titled "Performing Missionary Service") ⁷

  • Missionary Work (From LDS.org Gospel Topics Section) ⁸

  • Building the Kingdom of God - Missionaries Sent among the Nations (From JosephSmith.net) ⁹.

• Elders Quorum and the missionary effort, missionary committee, etc.

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