The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been engaged in missionary work since its founding. This is not just because of the zeal of its members, but because of direct revelation from God urging the work forward in preparation for the second coming of...
Missionary work, in the very early days of the restoration of the gospel through young Prophet Joseph Smith, was not really missionary work at all. Joseph Smith told his own minister about his first vision, and his fame spread abroad for good and ill from that point...
A Model of Obedience and Courage by President Thomas S. Monson, Prophet of the Church When but 14 years of age, this courageous young man [Joseph Smith] entered a grove of trees, which later would be called sacred, and received an answer to his sincere prayer. There...
God’s Great Plan of Salvation was in place before the earth was created, and probably before all worlds were created. An understanding of the Plan of Salvation answers the following profound questions for mankind: “Where did I come from?” “Why am I here?” “Where am I...
Mormons believe in the necessity for constant communication with God through the process known as divine revelation: This principle is basic to our belief. President Wilford Woodruff declared, “Whenever the Lord had a people on the earth that he acknowledged as such,...
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