Early Church Missionary Message

[Anonymous]

Probably something more practical. The fact all our missionaries are turned out in the same way looks a bit cultish IMHO, and puts some people off.

[Anonymous]

GBSmith wrote:

In England the BoM wasn’t even available until the second group of missionaries arrived and BY arranged for it to be published. Conversion was by preaching the restoration with large numbers of converts by the first group including, I think, Wilford Woodruf.

Again…more examples of how the Book of Mormon was not used as the main message or conversion tool for early church conversions (not to diminish it, but to state the difference from how we view it today). Maybe because of limitations in having enough copies and getting them printed for everyone…but the restoration message and Zion prior to the 2nd coming were the strongest messages for the most part.

[Anonymous]

Heber13 wrote:

GBSmith wrote:

In England the BoM wasn’t even available until the second group of missionaries arrived and BY arranged for it to be published. Conversion was by preaching the restoration with large numbers of converts by the first group including, I think, Wilford Woodruf.

Again…more examples of how the Book of Mormon was not used as the main message or conversion tool for early church conversions (not to diminish it, but to state the difference from how we view it today). Maybe because of limitations in having enough copies and getting them printed for everyone…but the restoration message and Zion prior to the 2nd coming were the strongest messages for the most part.

And the BoM was something that was sold then, not given freely as we do today. I had once heard the price but I don’t remember it, but it was probably pricey for the time – books are expensive in our time.

[Anonymous]

Good point if you buy something, you’re effectively investing in it.

Today’s missions could learn a lot from yesteryear – language learning aside.

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