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Missionary Work: The Traditional Approach

You receive a special missionary lesson during the third hour at church.

The lesson emphasizes the importance of warning your neighbor that the gospel has been restored.

Here is your take away and scenario:

  • Get the neighbor to agree that your church is right and that their church is wrong.
  • You run into your neighbor and ask about their church.
  • You explain that you’re a Mormon and that the gospel has been restored.
  • They have no idea what you are talking about.
  • You explain that their church is apostate and yours is the only true church.

Mormonism by Tradition

A newly-baptized member accepts a calling as the Gospel Doctrine teacher and really shakes things up. Both the Bishopric and the members are caught off guard and blown away her fresh thinking and new approaches. (This usually leads to complaints and hurt feelings and a meeting in the Bishop’s office.)

A fifty-year old life-long member who has been teaching Gospel Doctrine, Seminary, and Sunday School for decades misses insights and doctrinal connections over and over, because he’s still living in ‘tradition.’ He bores his students into complacency and monologues his way through lessons. (This is deemed acceptable and nobody is offended, moved, or edified.)