Encountering the Latter-Day Saints: A Knock at the Door
On June 27, 2002, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS, sometimes called “Mormonism”) dedicated the newly rebuilt Temple in Nauvoo, IL. The original Temple had been dedicated in 1846 and abandoned shortly after that when the Latter-day Saints fled Illinois, eventually settling in Utah. One month earlier, I graduated from Bible College […]
What Are Latter-Day Saints? The Basics of the LDS Church in 10 Questions, 10 Definitions, and 10 Quotes
What Are Latter-Day Saints? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was founded by Joseph Smith in the US in the 1830s. Smith tells of receiving visitations from heavenly persons telling him not to join any established churches and bestowing on him and his companions two priesthoods said to have been lost to the […]
