Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

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1974

Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

Jay E. Jensen Brigham Young University - Provo

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n day saints andana a returned funtimefunfull ttinetimeime missionary for the churchchurchy theth I1 writer acknowledgesI1 the fact that it is difficult to researchk and write from an unbiased position but with constant lndersreirelreinindersrein ifinders and suggestions from the committeecomcitteemittee chairman and others this work was completed appropriatelya p alroplro p Y i a tel y therhefhe author expresses love and appreciation to his wife and children who have sacrificed much time and companionship during the many hours spent away from home in the completing of this thesis

inM fableTABLEAB L E OF CCONTENTS0 N TE N 1sas

pagePa g

LIST OF FIGURES vinvi ii

Cchapterh ci 1 te r

T introduction I11

A missionaryMISSMNARY CHURCH I11

the beginnings of monnonismMonnon ismSM 2 early MissiomissionarynarV effortsef forts 4 the first official missionary 4

1thehe lamanitelainlarhLarnanite mimissionslobsion 6

PURPOSEPWRPOSEporpose OF THE THESISTWESTS 7

IL11 PERSONAL rontactimcontacting 9

TRACTINGTRACTINIG 9

9 purpose of actingtractingtrackingTr v

T tractyacractingracbactingtinging guidelineguidelines5.5 10 teletetoTelotelephonephone TractingtractinqtractingTracttrackinginqing 16 door approaches 16 visualvisuzils s in tratactingtractingtrackingTr ting 19

f literatureLITERATUPUE USED IN t1taTRACTINGr ACTJLNG 20 tracts and pamphlets 21 book of0 r mormon as actingtractingtrackingTr literature 22 other0 ufler publications in actingtractingtrackingTr 23

01her01OTHERHER MEANS AND challenges OF PERSONAL contactingCONInacractingbactingrAC TING 25

street contacting a a a 0 25

iv chaplechapter pagha g p-

rereligiousI1 i g I1 0 u s Ccensusc n 31 s 27

ea 1 foreignF0 r e1 I g n customscu s t0 m s iinn trottingtroctingtirTroCa c ttingi il1 9 277 the challengeChri png of Tractingtractingfrdctingtracking 28 liililillIII1111 H GROUP contacting 31 travelingTRAVELINGTRAVELTNG UT61ttfidutbojtmojt PURSE OR SCRIP 31

HALL mfmeringMETTNGelinetanet1n r 33 arranging places to neetmeetmeeb 33

giving out aipointmentsappointmentspointments 35

1 I A 11 p typical kathatkalhall meeting V W 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40

batesbetesdbatesdebatesD 41

OPENAIROPLNAIRopinOPENOPLN AIR MEETING OR STREET NEEmeeMECTINGSI1 NGS 43

procedures for conducting street memeetingselinnetinn s 44441 visualvisuals s in street meetings 48

ap OTHER METHODS OF graipgroipgroi1GROI 11p compactingCONTIIXTING 48 socials 49 athletics 50

musicmu 5 i C 5551 radio indend television 52 business contacting 5522 exhiblexhibitsits 53

you 1 boutiyouti1 i Popograinsprografflsgrains 55

1IVV crvEVERYERY MEMBER A missionary 56

L bring at leastbeastdastbast one convert intoin 0 o the church every year 56

THE REFERRAL progra1PROGRAM14 59 TractingtractinqtractingTracttrackinginqing and referrals 63 v f csioptur pagepagoP

group teaclteachingteace 544

1 thT h goldenG 0 I d a n questionsQ u 0 S ti 0 ri S 666 F

other0otheet hee 1 membermerimehimehliberaberlber approaches 68

correlation OF missionary11s1sio310310naryraryNARY WORK 71

RESULTS 72

V proselytingproselytinig LSSONUESSON PLANS 74

EARLY PLANS 74

the mlmessageasagessage of mormomsnimormaormormmor liso 76

helps for missionaries 11 ab4b 7766

FOUR MAJOR missionary LESSON IANSPLANSD tansI ANS 77

the systematic plan 81

A anifunifuniformoralorai system for teaching investigators 83 the uniform system for teaching families 86

v1VIva conclusion 90

SUMMARY 90 bibliographyT 94 appendixes 100 A asilathe messageILallaibaof mormonism discussion topics 100 jsila 31 B JSHIPhel us forfurr ilitplll03ii ssionarissi onari lasens discussion topics 10103 r JJAthefhe anderson Jplan discussion topics 105

idl Daj1j idi 0 ijllilT h e Systemak fmanpanL discussionlon topics it 107 E ajjnjfcrrnA uniform system for teachindeachinteaching I1 nvestivestiqatorsqtws discussionD i S c u S s i 0 n topicsto p i t s 109 F lljilij0ithe11he uniform syisy1sya 90 tslilj011for teachiliq familiesUJ discussion topics 77 til111 G Ecerexcerptpt from the message of mormonism 113 vnJii i appendixesAPPENDBES argeprge H excellexcerlexcerptt ffronfrom lanjzlthe andersonhnderson dlanplan 115 I1 excerptexcerr t fromf romyom the ysjbnaycsystematic planpan 118

in U 1 1 A n r1ra S .1 em h I n v t s J exceaxceexcerptrt ffronfromroirolyoi uifojfii f0 rilrii SYSSYyjjem1 foforr teachjmcja c i u irivestprivest qjajqs 121 K excerpt ffronfromromyom filefhleflieejniformeniuni fornformfoyn system jorjdorff0 teachireachieachijifraqnq farmicarmiuntiesunyies1 i es 124 LIST OF FIGURES eguremgureg u re page

1 handbilli 11ll announcing a religious meeting ioto be conducted by samuel brannan new york city 1845 36

2 handbill announcingaenoiannoillincingllinqwin cing A course of lectures by lifmr robert campbellCamp bettbelt 37

3 handbill announcing a religious meeting e 0 38 4 the tripartiteTripartate missionmissionaryary progrprogaprogramam 58 5 theT e referral card 61

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7 convert baptisms in ststakesakes andabd missions 1957197195719731957 1971973J 73

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10 ttettofcc godgoci E near his honehomehomb te Lasksk andfind occoiingcco rdivg to1 his onown account 0or that

occasionsoccaoccaaslon he was citcdvisitedvi cited by god the latherfather and his son desusjesusJ u S chrs1C h ri s t thevchevthey lomtomt11pj me thatthrif allaliatlati religretigreligiousl OUS denorninacinnsglir101 nations91nations91 were lipingbolipingbel2ovingbo in intorrtintorreincorrincorvintinuorrtct doctrinedoctrines and tnatanat doeroenoedoneronenone of thelttheirthew waswr acnowlprljedracpac goci 1 1 of as his Ulurchkurchchurch fndandnd knol andnd I wasvi a s expresslyc spressxpress 1vavj cotcotwnchdt n d faf2 ibiiqi go not a tey ahtthemanixni same vi rig a pronpyorpyon thabtha 1 to riot affterafterter thttheo aiat the time recelreceivingilg nsese ihathat I thethouhe fullersfullesstulfultut lessigess of0 the gospelgospe should at softiesome lurethreturbtitretirre be rrdeardeilylly a de knownknjwnk rn 0 w r uritobritounfco me

1 ong c l follofollowinqfollowingFollow inqingang this experience josephs life vd iineencfuu n v e n tf u 1 until11 n t i I1

T fI1 E ne I tab I1 cheehe yearY ar 1823 ataftatt thathatt time he viasvlaswas concernedco acerncer 1 abouo0 ut his personaltpersona stand-

ingi ng hithwith his heavenly father on the eseneveningeven ing of sepseptembertembertembey 2121. 1823s1823823.823 heh prayedp vay d for divinedividediwine guidancequidanc1 and directiondirodidirodtrioncion according loio10 his accouintaccounli he

jasa vlsivisivistvisikzdbr d by a angelang 1 I called Morotflonmlmorottimorotnini who tn ructod hirhimhium in ipanybainymainy hins

1 pertrinirg lo10 ihathetha fiifcirre and todtold him ol- a recordrncord engraengrdedengraveciveci on dolddoidjoldcj0ld01olld pblakesplakeskackalarbac c AS lyingtying in a hilihlllhiti liobtlobiobsiol itaritaffiardr 1fronrronaronlouiouromr his horiehoviehopiehople the ficroiljwingI kowing driyjav tehielhied visifodvi siilsillsiigede theh e tas itt0e aridarlda n d so dteddated thetjtjieie platesia threthroT he r tltheheh e angelar a I1 appeareda p p E a re d tto0 hiohimh i ii adgcring a i ntioantiofcoetoebo

n i L m in thtcfcr t him to return lo100 o thiethin hill on thatthar sanesaoes a P day fforor ththebhee

1 joseph smithii lith wentworth leubeubetterletteriLetterletteraletter11 r flistorv of yiqt11the chiurchchiurco ofot 1 lirnl01 3eaelesuss U s cllriltjllch r i s t of athalatteqtha4yay filfitjjrjj1 ed Bbt h rorobertsrobeytsbeyts sausaha lak citycley urserotsereserc t foeioelo 0okk co i9081900 TVivraivrpp 530535 aerealherealhe rafterfterafter cited as KCUIC 11 x tI1 a aszs chton S I1 G nexte t fourf0 r yearsyc hishi lostas visvisit tu6 thetlleehe hill inM 1827 5 the angel en- r trltrustedt ad1d the p ialateslatosiatosaatosF toro him uliviiwithulithth tinthetim rhchargechorgechigygag e to translate themthern the trans- lated platespiatespiatesplaten3 kerecerekeerewere publishedpiubl isheddished as theoua book of mormon in march 183018130

duringguyingmaring the translationtrantyan flat 1 or of the plates joseph receivreceiveroceivadadad visita- tions from otherothothey2 r aavenlyheavenlyhc ssengersmessengerslactac ss engers who conferredcon forred upon hiohlohimhiml orderd othersotihiotichir rs

h i h h h d b tthee aauthorityt t 0 r i ty tto0 preachp rea c toteachaci dandn baptizezip 17 e IMs authorityau I1 hority or priesthood as it was called also nademade it possible fortor hill toL0 o organize a 1 church consequently on april 6 1830 the churchcnurcln was organized anda ii1

111 jaj1 011opl S ta 1eae1 named the church of desusjesussus christ ofoll latterlatterdayday sainilsaintssainila1 thefhet1 restorarestorationtjonedonejob of thetche priesthood and the establishment of the church made it possible for the official beginning of missionarymim i I1 sisiooaryooary work revelations from the lord were given to him on how to proceed

againaga i n I1 say untoun uo you that it shaishalshallll11 not be givengeen to any orieorleoneope to go forth to preach my gospelgospe or to build up myeuly church except he a be ordained by smesome oneono whovit io has authority andan A itai1i is known to1 1cac the church that he has astaytauthorityhority andalidaridarld has been regularly ordained by the heads of the church 0

heileIllaliale was toldfoldfoid where missionaries should go

yes verityverily I1 say unto you again the tiretime has come when the go tagL B L voicegoice of the lord is untoui ito avouyou ye 01outlagL of bylonbytonbabylonei gather yyee ououtgut v m from among the nations from the four winds 5 from one end of heaven tof the other send forth the elderseiders of my church unto the nations which ararcaro k 1 1 I1 I afafafarrNI1 i offff untoU n t0 ttheh e islandsi S I a n d s 0off ttheial ses ea sends e n d fofortchforfchr U h UuntoD t0 foreignorelorai gnagn lndsandsa ridnid

k Ccallcaila I1 I1 uuponrp on aaltattI1 nationsrI1 a C n s firstf i I1 S t uponL 1 P 0 11 theth e gentilesG 12 ri i I1 s aandri d tthenh fe n 0uponpo ri tthethah e bewsuewsebieviewi1 13 0 i and behold calcatand lo10o this shal be their cry 9 and the voice cfof al 11 6 go 1 uraco the lord unto allatlaltailatt people Pye forth untxiurrco lhethahe land of zion 0

A strong rxtivinokivatingvi ing influence to allatlailati who engaged in missionary work was a command and a promise as followsfiunno flows

5 illjbilljthe doctrinejailjJjjilIl Q nd covenants salt lakelairebakebahelaike city the church of jesus carikchrikchristt &1of7 latter davday salsatsaintsnlsals 19689681i 4211 hereafter cited as dacd&c 6 dacd&cSC 133791337133 7997 4

I1 cherelhhoreforewherelWh ereleyeleyet we yyouou zircutcuecnet calcalli loto10 ccryr V rendentanopent nce ultoutto this pope u 0 I1 A i j oj L i i i i 1 1 L andd ifi f I11 t sso N lnai i yiy S hnonpj0 I d tabortaoorI a io r alla II11 yyoiyou0 r daysday s mi n cryingc ryn g 4 1 reptdnceyepenoltance1ea intounto thishis poopphoniclealeziea dciaciactap brniqbeniqjaj1 save itst lp onesoo souSOW imountoimnlmo ihoibo f I1 i 1 1 1 now w I mI1 I illil I1 how gnatg c at shalshallshali bcbo youri joy winirhwirhti himh i iinn the egdomngdomkingdonkingnonki ofor lllyY atherrathersathereatheratheyeatheyI 1 bem ons and no9nolinoa4 irif sotiryotiroufour joy will bebel sreegree11tatl with cn soul thatthot you have my h raya sll broughtbroug1nt inonto lielleinelne otomioinl-0 o thetho kingdom of0 f ry fatherfathey nw cira willili11ill be 1 rjya iflial 20 your jojoyY itif you should brinabrinobring niymany souls unto

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1 tie 1 uieuleane UChi fifirstrstpsti vision until tletha reslre3lorahres1resa1 orationon oiof vietne priesEpriesthoodhood and theth chiurcochiurchurch

1 i 1 1 joseph did taltalkk to farfamrainilyrcinilyly wenibrsipmbrs and da iwfew otherothy ciosoclchiosooise asociafcas sociagocia te s 1bulbuiC there was no active eroselyproselyprose etingytingt ing therhefhe publication of the lokbeokdeokbookiokeok ofc normonnon iliaditiadffladc a o f Q anciancl l- more people wareasareaware of the life alctalcaivitiestivitiestivi ties and experiences ofor

1 1 A osephjoseph11 Srissithsmithlithvith rherechere werewergere scoszosowsomie fainilyfaintlyfaiiiily and frinfriendsI ds whnc clitolitcult ofor cjernssea ernt ss desildesireded to share the truthstru hs they feltfellfeitfeig theychey had found withwi th sornesorna of their

A 1 1 1 I1 acquaintances SoloRisolomonoin chdrherlainchamiberlain1 fonlorfor extampleexamplesexcarplecarpietample arnedleaned abouaboulabout t ic tbrinstransbransrans lation of the boobook of mormon and as soon as 64 pages were availableavaflabledvdiidlneava flable from thetho printerprinters he traveled to canada to teach montcnistlmorfricziismMonTc nisTL H re diddindiodlo thlthi however without being called nor ordained to the ministry as misioiiar irstrs were squiredi to be in laterlacertatertacey years lihenwhen ththebhe church wawas rinorehoyepore fully oiQ 0 gdniedgdga niedn i z ed theth Fi- i rs i of0 fjffl cic alr i niM abnbF s i onaraonarvnry

I1 I1 1 q 1 q 1 1 1 sanuelsamuelS a I u e I Z mmithi t h a brownerb rol01 h er tto0 tethe piprophet0 p josephdoseph0 s ep i aasscalled c a I I d inr

h 1 IDI1 the alonimontnmonan ofoi june 1830 to taketako a missionary journeyjot irney to the hastr2aspastraas 1 thisi S tncalcai is consideneconsiceneconsideredd by some historians as the fistfirst officially ucalliedbiediiedleeleciee 1

7 ii&cC 1814161814 iai616 8 lawrencelawrenceIdwrence C porter A study ifof the oripinsoriginsor loinsjoins of the Cdurchchurchburchduych of 1 J nawnewmaw penn jesus christ of latterlatterdayla 1 ter day saints in the ststatesstagesages of york and sylvaniasylvsylvanidsytvanidanid 181618311316183118161316 1831 unpublished doctoral dssertationdissertationsser tation brigham youna university 10197171 appp 929392 93 5 0 alissiomissionarynarydary boucjoucjourneyiftcy in thethle church ha mave lediodeod 25 iiiilcmilesks thei he first daydeyclaycley

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4.4 the orininorigin of thethirthie book he angriangrlangrily1 said get outnut you shant stay one

101 cfminutednutanute hituitwithithwithh your books

others vierewere interested in the message follovilfoltowirgeolFol lovil A g this rejection

ghe A helleilefie stopped to refresh hivnsehimselff at a houehonehtkjaej2e methodistmetcho st preacherprea cher hashesirlesirieswas eating

oom dinner and sanfSaffsannsanuelsamuelluelnuel milkedwalked across the comroom1 and eklevlewttendAevltendaextended a copy of the book to him with thetherere is a book sir I11 wish you to read the approach so struck him that he inquiredinquiinguiingul red traypray sirs ir viezavihzawhattt book have you he answered the book of mormon or as it is cacallediledailed byL v some the goldangolden dible ththee preacherpreachenp reac h er noticedn 0 ti c 0d Ssamuelsca m u a I1 s nnamanamea beingmg one 01or the eight witnesses of its authenticityaujthe niccinincinijci ty and inquired concerning his convictions szlmusalmusaniucsantucal1 responded with 1 I know theuievie hook to be a revelation from god translatedtrans I1 atateaatcaCA byy the giftgistgi 117t andaridanid power of 1theah1h holy ghost and that Vivniynryi brotherbrather josephdoseph smith 11 11 1 1 a& seser jun 9 is prophet seer and revelator suchslichstich an approach so impressharsshwrss ed him that he concludeconcludedad to read the book hetielleile becamebecamiz so thoroughly con-

new itotte b hgan vinced that this nen scriptiscriptsscriptureire was indeed true that fiehel- beganigan to use th biblenible in his ssermons to poortsupportsu his beliefs in the book of mormon A

9 dosephjosephJ r Zs eo h fieldingF i el d i n g smisnithsmitht i essjtjjijE s s e n t i a I1 s i n C hu rc h H i s tony satsaasa1S a 1 t Llahelake cityC i ty deseret book co 191966366 ptp 103103

1 ivan J barrett josephdosephJ 0 p I1 smthsmith and tho res m at 0 perwoprwomyo 1 i 1 ar bnabnB r charrigharrigih Z1 m youngY 0 u ri universityU rn i v e Y s ely proirsproiasP rc es s 7193aj9j p t44I 4krtww

H theth e autobiographyau to b i 0 g r C hy of0 f phineasphinedsrieagriea youngyoungs latterbatterla fcfcer dalayjjicsly saints mill- eelw111nial starstanar liverpool and lonlondondon Englenglandeindaind 181 0 s97c7 XXTXXV Ujuneubeune 6 af7f 1 allkii6 1 iii186351350186351350519lllS 0 6b 6al5l herea-hereafterfterafter itedcitedc as millennial star 6

lv 1 lhortshortchortshont tirbir laterlatoflatorlaten heiccihc wasts baptized Aspis evidencedclidycvidy C P G aaboveh-n vcC a simple lesliteccibesci iioliolloronyn of ttheh e bookE r j 00 F maraunmoraunM oramon and otor tchetihle divine rpissonmission aiuhluniuhialidid calcaicil of0 thrtheahrehe

1 prophkrophsrophotn t josephdoseph smith vWJTOi re a missionarys dasic approach during thfchosroseosc very early missionary years the lamarnjcloubaubou9avii te jsiqnissionmissionM

1 inI1 n tfchaachahaahah fallfailfalifa 11 0ofF 183018 3 0 thett Ii e 17firsti v s t eextendedx t le n d ed missionaryi n i s S 1 0 n a ry jjourney0tj r n ey ini y i the church coalmencedcospmencecl through aleveyleverevelationlationtation to the chuichulchuichchulchchurchch leader josephdoseph

ca smithSni i t h four renmenwe ii wweree re ccalleda 11 e c1 tto0 preachp r a c h theth gospela0 3.3 p 0-1 ZAamongI1T iongtong thele lomanifceslainabainabalna te-

moy f thithe1 book of morimormonpion scribeeddescribedd2d 2 scri beed a group of0 peoplepeple vrho14hovjho reberebelfebelnebel led agaipstagainstcagaag a ipstepst god and kereverewerepere cursed andaridarld a mark of a dark sidnsiv11jn was placed on thenthedthem to distin 121 guishaguishg u i s h hinhibtthenthem ffronfromro im ttheirtheinh e i brothers who reinarelnareivaremainedined faifalfaithfulfaitiffultifful thisi s group of

1 lagasvagas I ew mormon peoplpeohlpeoplei 0 kaswas caledcilcd1ed ldmaniteslamanialamani tes and iniriirllri theoltheologyagyogy they are identified aseisFAS the indian culcultureslurcsluresluhcs of north and south america

the fofouruhiuhlv left their homehoneshomes3 in OctooctobifoctobieoctoberbiFbigbrg r and travetraveledleet to buburfcobuffaloBur fcofeovialovfalo new york where they spoke to an indianlriiriirl eliantribe and left them copies of the roolrootrookroohbook6001 ofcif mornionmormon from there heyiheyaheyL moved on west to the afoaroaceafeaarea of kirtl- and ohio preaching and teacdeacteachinghing wherever an audience houldwould listlisltisllistenlislelnelnein in that area ththeyay brenieftniefcareit with great success baptizing many and establishi- ng the church anongamog those who acceptedaccept rld their message adding a ilitilfiftnfifon companion from thatthall region thythayrhay journeyed to the western part ol01gf missouris s 0 u r there they tauohttaughttetught a 1ribetribeiribebribe of lairaniteslaitalaltaLaira itesnites and spread thefcisefaise gospel totoo110 cotherjigjic r people who wouldvou ld listen and then returned to their homes in new york and ohlohio0 this journey was calledcelled 1 Ithhe lamanite mission but

s 1.1 i rp was notnobalotnlot very successful among the hidindiansans Ttheirh e r greatestg raa I1 a 5 t successs u cc c ss ccalecaiea e

12 the book of morronmormon salt laklake city the church of desusdesijesusjesi christ of latterlatterdaylattherlattey day saints 196811968 2 nephi 51925519 25 7

oihi 11 I1 r h 011 if alidaridarld vii in esosubiosubato bi isishirrjing thlthell church in ohio and sitingvisiting inindependoicedepend 0 ce missouri

ax bothbotji clitiulscities beingbx ing siginaiginsignificantlificant locations in the future bistorhistorhistoryhi storstoyly of the prom church bornrorn this journey others heewertweewere soon to0 o fonowfollow as uiliwill be discussed in thetiletiietlle body of this tsisasistlne31S not only were missionaries called by revelation to servs rv but

U ipiapi i i i EAE cz m ih 1 0otherst hp rs out0 t 0off ttheirh e i r 0ownn i iiriotivea v spreadpr e a d ttheh e messagee s s a g e tto0 tthos0 S e1 1 wmh vuu1du d accept it whether following an inward calcaicallcail or appointed by the church loto10 preach rissiomissionariemissiomissionariesnarienayle dorfidurfiduringg these years followed theA line of mlmust0 t profitable resultsresultsresulfs and viaiced033ited their friends ardand relatives Ssincei lice the church had nevednoved westward this very fact took the missionariestriiss4ionariesfonariesionlon arieS tvo210 eastward to old heneshoneshemeshomets in thehe new england and th 1 1 middle states 1 newly nademademadomadd converts residing ini 1.1 nonmormonnon mormon toclslocalcslocaltocas Cs took mormonism tottofcotco their neighbors whether unetheyv were mendsfrien4sfriends relatives or strangers during the early months of the history of thetiietige church a mininin ororifcylcyloytoy of the converts carecerecorecamecome through ththirthiclir own individual inquiry 1 w i I i whileh i t e thebhe majority of the coaveconveconvertsart s came at the hands of friends or laticeslativesrelativesre who had but recenreconrecentlyfly been convertedconverted33 one ofor the distinguishing characteristics of th church of0 desusjesusesus

christ of latterlatterdayday saints has been and is its activeacliveac tivelive msslondrymissamiss4 10mriary pro- ggramranram the belief that ththeetheb mormon church is the only true church of christ upon the face of0 the earth has motivatedmativamotiva ledced its members and rpission

aries to convert those tihowho would accept their message

PURPOSE OF teeTHETH11eae thesisTIESISTHFSIS

the primaryprinnrynyy obaobjobjectiven tive of this study is to consider the different

proselytingproscaytinc methods andC techniques used by fulltimefull time missionaries be-

vU i 1 g inninginnginninging with efforts in the 1830s and contitcontinuingcondit aqnq to the presentpresen ththtaahtaI

focus wiltwillwitt be noremorenoyer on what the missionary does rather than on the

13 samuel george ellsworth A history of mormon missionsMis sioris in the united states and canada 18130186018301860183030 1860 unpublished doctoral dissertaldissertationdissertaltatlonion university of california 1953 p 93 dodoctrinalc 11 rinal content of his mezs&gmessageme csage menorizedmemorized dialogues door approaches types of medimedlmodimrdladdiaa or terialsmaterialsmamater laisealsEais availavuiabjpye such as tracts pamphlets books displays or exhibits will bede didiscussesdiscusseddiscussctissesedsndsesA enlyonly as they contribucontributetteute or re-

F late to the missionarys activities since it is difficultdiff ICUI LI to separateseoa rate somesomp of lthesethesathese lattertalterlacter items from what the missionaryt does there willwi 11 need to be some 2ntionmentionmlantion 0off 0arheachaeh but there wilwllwillI1 notno be an indepthin depth an- alysisI1 YS i s much could be said about the bainibainingtraining prepapreparationct tionndionn and qualifi- cations of fulltimefull time missionaries but these will not be emphasized in this woworkk therefore thetiletllethle areas to be developed will come under such headibeadiheadingsngs as methods of contasticontacticontactingcontacti ng peoplpeohlpeoplee includingi aclncl udi ng tractitraceitracfcingng conductconducticonductsconductingi ng meetings how the missionaries utflilutilizedabed the members to help him itin contacting and teaching and proselyting lelessontessonsron plans because the methods and techniques are as numerousY as the number of missionaries the workwor will need to be restricted to those approaches that were fairly common to most missions interest in this topic came in two ways first the writrwaitrwriteir served two and onehalfone half years in the spanish american mission in theit la0110 11 states of texas and new mexico therefore he recognized the importance of proselytingprose iytingryting approaches in achieving success second this topic

kaswisMISwas retoyet0yetarecommended31flmeirlded by the church historical department because no previous study had considered this aspect of missionary work Chaptchaptercr 2

PERSONAL contacting

TTRACFINGRACT T r4ra1 C

1 ththe wordworaworo tracttradingfinghing comes fromdromrron1drop the word tracek which is a leaf- let pamphlet or trtreatiseatiseadise oron a religiouslegiousreligiousligitigi1191 ous political or moral issue in the earliest days of the church reiloreligreligiouslous tractsra vierevienevlenewere written and distributed by the members to tteach andarldarid convince others that the mteansrnslsl s

1i sage of mormonism viwas3 s true mimissionariess s onarunar1 es as vellvelivetiwell as interested friends handed otroutoubatrott r tracts iniiiill publpublici c gatherings on the streets and by going from house to house leaving tilethentilemtlletiie M Whithwithth the occupant in hopes that theatheetheseselsey tracts would be readreard and accepted As the missionary proprogramgramigraml developed the word actingtrtractingtrackingtlrataing iksicinsicteasinglyreasinglyincreasingly refereferredrreed to that4 process where missiomissionariesrayjesnarjesrayles went from door to door delivering their message didis-s cussionscus sions camecarme in the form of a tracttracts a book of mormon or siisitsliil rlplynptyreply a

1 I gospegospel theme in thisth I1 s study tractractingtractinotrantinotractingtrackingtino will rreferyfemI1 to this general process of allatla 11 the techniques the missionary used actingtrtractingtracking has been and remainsrnpansicipansIcikulwui nans the most common and bancba jc approatapproachh in contalcontactingcontakitingbiting familiesfahmifa4mi I e s to teach also it hasha z not been 1theehe most productive proselyting alenlemethodt hod as will be pointed out in a later chapchaptchapteri er pu PiJOpijojeereqregJEeglegreq ofOJ iacfacbactractinljlneln3 the primary purpose of tractingtractingtracking was toho contact individuals in

I1 you theirL homes and deliver the messagitmessagienessmessmessageagit1 of the restored gospel should go to the door with one single object in indmindrp to hold an

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extempordneousextemporelneousextemporaneous discussion jrinlii1111 tathet1jjnjan horeshomeshomenhoffeehoffje or to secure an appointment for

1 1 I1 I a riig when tmay e a coaveconve you aay a he n 1 tiffle I the rig A 1 convenientitt tinetime in future oiendiendlen aqyqgett hearingri ssecondI 0 nf d

purpose of tradingtrac-t1 ing was to distribute literature if ca1 famflfamalfamilyV would not read the tract perhaps a visitor friendfriends or relative would sorilsomee time in the future A third purpose was to benefitljeneflt the missionary tract ing often times does moreenore good for the missionary than fforr allaliail the 0 investigators he sees 2

filalitractih 1guideguldel 14

lli Z in terms of convert baatbaptbaptismsISMS 5 actingtrtractingtracking was oneon of the least productive proselyting methods in order to increase thia missionarimissionariesmissimissionaryonariiesles effectiveness with the aclecitechniqueecliniqueanique suggessuggestionshons have been written in 1903 the following guidguldguidelinesblinesnlines were issued

the initial visit was extremelyextreme IY important and one should bbe courteous kind and display good willwilt

in the first visit glad tidings of great doljoldovjoydoyY first prin-

cciplesI1 ples of the gospel or articles of faith were appropriate tracts to leave with the investigator in the second visit it was well to use something dealing with

the aapostasyapostacyaposostacoostacstacyly such as the apostacyapostasyApo stacy from the gospel or leave the

tract Is beliefbellefB 1 liefilefcief1ief alone sufficient or Is baptism essential to salvation for the third visit they discussed the restoration using such tracts as fhethe restoration of the everlasting gospel and necessity

1 A systematic program for teaching the gospel salt lake city deseret news press 1953 p 10 2 tanner nathan eldoneidonel don mission presidentspresidents11 seminar VI june 1.1 1 26ju1y2 0 july 5 101961S 0 I saltsaitsalsai t lake cityci tv pr 75 hereafter cited as missionmi ssjonsejon presidents seminar il11

4 II11 R 1 y D 11 i 0orT revelatione v i t 0 duringll r i ng ththoseose threehyem visitsV thef missmissionaryona ry should14 discuss the principles of the gospel as much as possible and reinforce them by bearing testimony the elderseld rs were to look for opportunitiesopportunopportuneopp ortun I1 ties to distribute books they were counseled to avaidavoidavold heated discussions for no good came of thetthemthern delictdelivtdeliveringingangjng theethe niesdiesmessagesage calmly and clearly with the spirit of testimony was anoltheranother important recommendation the time to tracitract depended upon the locality each missionary should tract at the times when more people were home which meant that evening tractintrachinfcracfcingg would be best since more people were home the tractingtrading visits were to be made in three consecutive weeks for too much lapse between visits weakened the overall effectiveness of the earlier visits 3 elderelden brigham H roberts of the first council of seventy out-

1I 111 1 lined in a pamphlet proceduresprotcprota edureseddres and qualitiesqual i II11 iras hee considered necessary in effective tractingtrading we have found tractingtrading to be one of the most important of all missionmissionaryiarytary activities one of the most effective means of presenting the gospel to the world that to be successful in it one must have both a general and a specific knowledge of the subject with which his Tractingtrading dealsdeaisdea1s that one must possess and exercise a number of special personal qualities among which are courage 9 patiencepa itience humility cheer- fulnessful ness earnestearnestnessneass the love of god and the love of fellow nebmebmen that one must quireacquirecatz this necessary knowledge and develop and exercise 11hesethese personal qualities simultaneously whilewhite going on with the actingtrtrading that actingtradingTr must bebie learned by actingtradingTr daily actingtradingTr that Tractingtrading must be regarded as a duty of missionary servicesersorvice that since it is a duty it cannot be stuffed and the person uffingstuffingsl stand approved

athe3the 1 1 T yrjouejourgoelders journal atlanta georgia vol I septembersep tembertomberbomber 1903 appp 9 10TO yrj0hertafhercafheroafteterr citedci ted as the1 1 el ders journalfourrjourr this publication was the officialofficiallal orgorganan of the southern states Missionassionmission but in 1907 it was replaced by the liahona the elders Journaljournalpupupublishedblishedblushed in independence missouri histhis yaazyr501publicationicationmication became the official magazinmagazinee of the several missions in the united states and canada untilunfit 1945 12

that the real purposdurpospurposepurpuy poS 1 iinn tract ingng iss to bring the missionarymi ssi onaryconary into hat1 I G 1 persona conactcontactcon act with hosethose alovulovuponI1 whom he callscaticcalic4 ardand to whom he pre- F E ahyou 51 L ih i Ssentsliosllos11us tracts1 hatthat he may throughlhyou lerIeriersonapersonalpersonasona contactcoilcorlcori tact and orally present the gospel nieshiesmiesmessagesage tottofcotco thenthem and while face to fatafaiefacefatfai a hithwithwi th them deliverde I1 iverlver gods message Tractingtractingtrackingtracfcing is but a ilitiieransmeans to this end reachingpreachingi the gospel that to enjoy tradingtratctitig one must work at it with great earnest- ness conscientious industry is essential to successful actingtractingtractrackingTr t4taing and to the joy of it y1ya that joy and success in actingtractingtrackingTr depends upon the spirit in1 1 chicwhicwhichh the work is done that actingtradingTr must be done in the spirit of serviceServicea for tiuthe master and for ones fe llowmenfellowmenplowmen and out of love for both that in opening new actingtractingtracfcingTrtracking districts sytematicsytesystematicmatic work is betbetterlteriter than haphazard methods 4 roberts believed that if thetche missicmissionarynary worked with the correct spspiriti ri t and attitudeaitiuti-g ude the iimethod would work but if the missionary did not work it did not matter shashatwhawhatL method he attempted there were some cities where missionaries had been working for many years and such places were considlconsidiconsideredared over traded parts of the city had homes where missionaries had contacted them upwards of ten and fifteen times this viastjasijaswas one fectorfactor thatiesthatiedthat led to a need to increaseincren ase the effectiveness of I1actingtradingIr procedures as found in A planp1pa an for effective missionlrymissionarylsalcjljaior published by the northwestern states Mssionassionmission this plan has also been called the anderson plan because of the major efforts of eldern richerRicharrichardrichardlrichardadLL anderson of that mission instead of simply passing out tracts ldersadersciderseiderselderscelders were encouraged to go into oplespeoplesDe houses and dis- cussc t I1 alsclsr this message place the book of mormon wherever possible to be 5 read 11 it was felt that missionaries were not requesting permission to enter the homeholhoi ineghe consequently they were encouraged to be more persistantpersistentpersi stant

4brighambrigham lis roberts on jrddjjigtrac jaljml brigham young university ap library np nd 5 p 14 aa5 5aA ganplanpian forfecjijvefor effective missionary workwo northiesternNorthinorthwesternestern stakes mission jan1 portian&portland77 I 1 1951 ap p 2 3 ifterafter as A planpian Portland tebtdebtrebdeb L 1951 npnptpt 23 3 bereahereareaTterhireatterhi citedctfcet aanfoAanacanfofofor effectivetf90 ljj13son14 arya 0 iiprkwork 13

X newe aouwouwouldwouldid better understand our puipurposeput pose in actingtrtractingtracking I1ifI1 we termed it personal contacting the lord tells us to preach the gospetlgospgospzeletietleli PASSING OUT literature IS NOT EFFECFIVEEFFECTIVEEFFEC FIVE TRACTING THE OBJECTOB JECT IS GET NSIDEINSIDE 6

in 196019605 church leader theodoreTheodoredure tuttle of the first councicouncilI1 of

e seventy explainexplainedeld to ac group of mission prepresidentssilentssidents that his experienceex p r i e i i e of actingtrtractingtracking years earhaernaerlerierhler ssupportedurjoor 11 ed what was the concern of the northwestern states mission there was no pressure to get inside the honehomeholtha

1 place titeraliteraliteratureunre 5 or leaveave a testimony to contrast his experience as a missionary with the current practice he pointed out that a few months earlier he had gone tractingtrading with missionaries in the los angelesanacangck-ales california area while actingtrtrading he was astonished at the approach used by the missionaries to enter the home for they knew that if they did not get in they could not present their hesbeswesmessagesage they were so trained that for every negative response given by the occupant the elders had an answer to counter it for example the missionary offered a book of mormon in such a way that the person would take it into his hands rather than see iti t fall to the floor for this was the appearance the nismissionamissionarymissionalmismls sionaslona gave in presentinginpresenting it once the book was in their hands the possibility of placing it haskaswaslas much greater the missmissionalmissionarmissionaryionarlonarY did not want to give it away becausebc1causeocause helielleile was taught that people prized things more uhenwhenV they purchased them the missionary indicated the cost only covered the printing of it and no profit was iriirlidiaclemade if the occupant refused to accept it t1tathe1 ie elders opened the book and offered a free tract and this could be read after they had gone most people accepted the tracts but if they still refused the missionaries bore a simple testimony of the divine message they carried elder tuttle commenting about

gibu6jbid 5 p 3 14 their persistancepersistencepeisapersastancepersperSAstanceistance said

I1 think I1 would have gone through monday afternoon and monday evening and all day tuesday and tuesday evening without getting in one door without soilsolisomele kind of pressuredpressure 0on111 1 my part to gelget in so that when we downdol anqn at a table we caicarcan begin loto10 do what presi-pre s sit 7 dent smith told us 5 to warn them

F one mission president J nelsons commenting on this talkti f instructed his missionalmissionarnissmissionariesmiss lonalionalionarlleslies to apply these techniques by using the power of positive actingtrtractingtracking expect troto get in plan on getting in

n 8 move forward 41

beginning in 1961 mission presidents seminars were conducted to train instruct and unifytheunify the rissmissionarymiss lionardlionary efforts in the seminar held in 19731973519739 these leaders were instructed

0 that without embermemberin help the most productive method of finding is tractingtractingtrackingtracfcing it may seem that something as fundamentfundamentalfundamentalasalasaiasas knocking on a door wouldWO uld be easy and any one method would work as well as another this is not true actingtradingTr if done properly and with proven methods 3 willwiltwitt be a very satisfactory method of finding peolipeopipeoplele to teach here are some suggestions which are general in theirt he r nature

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experience has shown that when people have just undergone some najormajori change ini n ththeirn r lives1 i vesvas they are more susceptiblesusceptisuscepti bl e to the niesmessagesage of the gospel missionaries should be on the alert for the fofollowing11 cwiowi ng situations

1 new move ins people who have just moved into a neneww arcareaveareaarcaareaaveaa may now be without roots friends or a church 4 2 death in the family people who have had a 21centrecentrt death in the family resrespondond very positively to a showing of miansmans search frjap&lnesforeoreon lappjnessanesss these situatisituatesituationsionslons shouldshould be handled tactfully da I1 W h b u m u S aandn d6trndersfanding1yhjers fa n d i n g y watchatc forf0 r obituaries0 i t a ri e s 5 mortuaries0 rt- a r i e

7theodoretheodore tuttle a talk given to mission presidents october 1960 recorded in a letter to missionaries of the french east mission may 7 1970 copy found in special collections brbrighamigham young univer- sity11 librarlibraelibraryy p 28

8fb1d8fbido P- L1 9 9aaaA film depicting where did we come from why we are here upon the earth and where do we go after death with emphasis on the family unitU r1ra i t 15

3 new births 4 families with problems familiesF CI miflmial ie viwhichich haveave suffered some kind of tragedy seem more susceptible to the gospegospelI message than those who are living hornalnornanormalhormalnorma placid 171livesilves71vesaves 5 new marriages JO10

it was emphasizedeirmphasized again that missionariestwissionaries can make Cany areaerea productive in actingtrtractingtracking if done withwiththethetha proper athtudeattitudeetude and spirit they were counseled to use ingenuity aadandanaano good judgjudgmentmient to find people to teach forfo r exexample& jpiapi e in setting up a actingtrtrading district missionaries should keep accurate records and use a map andalidaridarld record the response at each honehoinehomehorne Ttheyleyaeyiey should work from center-centerss of strength such as a local chapel new housing areas centers of population and be cautiouscauti ollsotisOLIs about expanding too lapirrapirrapidlylflyefly into isolated areas new cities or into rural 11 country areas where great distances existed between homes to make effective use of a missionmissionarysaryisaryls time has been a strong emphasis in recent years in a 1961 seninaseminaseminarr elderseiders were told that tractingtrading should be done in the waning hours or those hours when the elders had nothing else to do and ththisI1 s time usually was during the

I 12 ilirilmorningiorningborning hours but noinotno t necessarily restricted to those hours an important principle taught all missionaries in the decades of the 19601960ss and 70s vaswas to seek fathers to teach this was especially true in actingtrtractingtracking tract when irienirlenmen are at home or find where oenmenmran are located such as businesses on the street etc capitalize on holidays and 13 special days when men are at horehoriehorlehomehomie with their familifamilieselsalscascls

10 T ie mission presidents handbook thee church of jesus christ oiof1 latterlatterdayjjlljlijday saints 1973 appp 119H11 9 hloH 10 hereafter cited as the missionmi ssionassion presidentspresid antsnts handbookHanobook 11 H ibiiblabijbiibidd p 13 16 12 nathan eldoneidon tanner mission presidents seniseminarsemi n a r p 75 13 the missionmilmig usion3sion presidentpresidents handbook p H1131 13 16 telephone tractinqtracjjjigTractinq when one missionary was ill or for omesonesome other reason restricted to the apartment the companion telephone actedtratrtractedbractedtracC bedted this consisted of selecting narlesnanesnames at random from the diracdirectorytory and calling them with the intent of setting up a coLIcolpcottagetage meetinsmeetingV eetiaeeti ng where surnames were similar or identical to those of the elders they called those people and used the similar name to initiate a gospel discussion one mission printed a 14 telephone dialogidialogicdialoguele conversation i00doorloo100 alpAjlproaeoalpvr heshasQ s what a missionary did at the door determined to a great extent whether he entered the home or not Robaartsrobartsrobertsrobaarts pointed out the irmporimportancebancetance of attitude do not say or do anatanytanythinghing which will create a neganegativeziveolve 15 ittitudeattitudea in the one who answers your knock missionaries were taught the importance of personal appearance a smilesmite a positive attitude and topics for discussion in the handbooks publicatpublicarpublicationspubl icat ionslons and perperiodicalsodicalsodi cals published by the missions these suggestionssuggestionslonstons however did not begin to appear until the turn of the twentieth century when written dialogues were published thcthethajhc dialogue at the door related to the interests of the individual and no matter what the response oiof1 the occupant the missionary viasvlaswasyias counseled to be complimentary and resprespectfulectful of other churches

14 ijel animatoranimadorAnidjipaip3mador monthly publication of the spanish american mission olof01 the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints san antonioanto n i 0 july 196211962 P 6 hereaftervrereafter cited as el animaeanimadAnianimatoranimadormadoror

15 i8iathe 191missionamissionalmlsMis sionaslonanollij1ry hand book independence zions printing and publishing co 193719371 P 76 17 the early recommended appapproacheapproachesapproachedroache c sajdflyusidlllyU contained concepts of logic and reason to pursuadepersuadepursuade the contactcontect01 olritactritaco to listen for exarexampleipleaiple the missionaryrivissciviss lonacy might have used this dialogue Q in this ageagn of so much religious confusion would it nolnotnod be a fine thing if we could r icelee1ceivereceive more light from the heavens to aid in showing us thethle true religious philosophy A yes Q A ladytady your neighbor mrs X who was quiquitee bewildered by this confusion told me the other day that it would be the breallgreatestgreall est thing in ththe horldworld iflri there was only one man on earth who was good0 0 d enough to speak to god and find out these things for us do you not agree with her A yes if Q does it not seem reasonable that a loving god would speak with man today for the purpose of helping hinhlhimti solve his problems as he spoke to man in the days of rosesmosesmoses1111 A yes it

L Q then would nonot11 any religious system that made bold to af- ffirmi rilirill that god had spoken to its prophets in toistin s day merit investi- gationg ationton on the strength ol01ofic thalthaithatthab claim or any message affirming it-i self to be the word of god merit investigation on the same claim this may be used in introducing thetile book of mormon A yes x Q since then the strength olof01 thehe message of monismorormonismmormonism lies in that claim would you not care to hear more about it the answers are varied some say yes and others say nonoj5nojd16

As mentioned aboaabovabove1 missionaries were to be warm and friendly

1 i but not oneoffendnd consequently littleitt ir1 pressure was seen in the recom-

Fmended door approaches until the appearance of the anderson plan I1 here the elders were taught to use reason and logic at the door and be prepared to handtehandle objections you butbuttbuit in handling thethemzmiami do not argue are on the side of the prospect and there to10 help him the method is to agree where possible then to point out that helielleile must also realize this yes ff etc remember but 9 0 keelkeep the prospect on his toes strive for definite reactions another angle here is to gaigatgainI1 n physical participation an elder should shake hands when a man comes to the door hand the book of mormon to the prospectprosp actnct have him look at something and participate BE DIRECT POINTED CLEAR AND convincingCONVIKING jaj717

16 jihugibu6ihuibid p 79 17 A piallPI an for effectveeffectiveEffectef fecfee b Ii1 ve missionmissioqmi ss i onaryconaryy work appp 608 18

alannlannanymanyr of the above suggestionssugges ti on wereviere alsoaisoal so contalcontainedn cadead ini n thehe sysjiematjcma i c 1t pririljlzaiprcqrati for teachieteachip L h G 0 p e I1 butut additional ones wereviani e given in that plan to help improve the possibility of entering the home you should have your hands free it is notnecessarynonnecessarynot necessary to carry a heavy case of bookshooks thereby creating the iipressionimpressioni that you are a salesman you should keep accurate records you should watch yourpostureyour posture 9 both while you are at the door and after you have enteredt and are seated while you are at the door stand erect try to speak in clear low tones articulate but pitched just loulohtoulowtow enough so that the party at the door instinctively leanslearis forward to listen makeyourmake your tone of0 f voice sincere but pleasant and above allaliatl rrelaxede laxedlabed and patient but speak your words with the conviction that denotedenotesdenoteisis sincerity you I make your delivery smooth MUSmustMUSIL know what you are going to say and then sasayy it without hesitation practice on your approaches forehandbeforehandbe 188 where some of the earlier instructionsinstructionsfor for door approaches contained elaborate dialogues the latest instructions recommended a brief 7919 introduction with a simple request to enter the home if the entire family was notinotknotsnot homethome an appointment waswaas sought for an appropriate tinetimetirrie in order toentermoenterto enter the home missionaries were encouraged to use tractstractracosils copies of the book of mormon current ward stake or churchwidechurch wide activities such as sociasocialssociatssocialsbialsls open houses andalidaridarld special conferences priorities at the door were an important consideration As missionaries tracttracts the following priorities at the door should brbej kept in mind in order of importance 1 set lipup a family honehomehomie evening or a first discussion with the ffamilyami 1yay 2 sell the book of mormon 3 leave the tract jcsrnjjjosephdoseph smiths TestimonytestimonyorT or some other pamphlet 4 make a friend leave with a soilesollesmilesmiletzu

181 P A systematicsystemssystema t i c programP ro g fanranram for teachinteachtedtea c h iinn g the gogg spalspqls pel appp 121312 13 191 Q the mission presidents handbook 1973 PP- hllHHW 11 H 12 2090aillt iilltjjllllil1the rismissionamissionalmlsMis sionaslona s landilandllandI book 1937 PP 788378 83 19

beginning with the handbooks in the 1930sSQSOs and continuing to the 1970s instructions on handling objections were given the earlier recoridecorirecommendationsriendations consisted of long dialogues using reason andalidaridarld logic to 21 convincec 0 n v i n C P the contact heh should istenlistenI1 the suggestionssugge-stions given inirl 1973 vierewerevie re brief and simple consisting basically of a plea to explain their message

objectionobjetobjek cionulongion EAPgapres 056onseose

I1 ariarlami too busy our message willwili take just a few eliellniiminutesnutes

I1 hvehtave ve inyrhymyrny own relreligionigi on our inesidesldesmessagesage is for people of allaltatl religious faiths

1 I1may I am not interestsinterestainterestedin terestaldl d layhay we suggest something that may bring additional happiness to you and your family helle havekave come at the callcatlcattcaly of a prophet to bring you a vital me- 21 ssage raymayliayilay we come in21i in visuals in actingtractiqqtractingtrackingTr

tape recorders record players 5 filmstripsfilmsflims trips movie and slide projectors were not used in actingtrtrading but were utilized when the mission-

home aries had begun to lachteteachsachl ach the family in the the teaching in the homehomie was typically called a cottage meeting in tractingtrading a simple picture photograph or some othervisualother visual have been used by the full time missionary pictures willwiil often tell a story and catch interest where words will not elders have used to advantage photographs post cards and the book UA picture story of mormonism these have held the interest of those who were ready to shut the door 23

21 21lhillljonj21hehe hissionlrys bandhand book 1937pp193 appp 788378 83

22 22thjjsjonjjthe missionmiss ionlon presidents handbook 1973 P H 14

23 23thelsjrstho missionarys jjhandband deohbookdooh 1937p79371937 p 85 20

ttthetlle ie book menonedmentioned above contained pictures of temples chchurchu rc h

mormon C leaders historic sitessltess altesltes 5 diagrams and other significant charts

and visuals that illustratedi 1 us L rated the life and activities of church mermemberslibersfiberslibens

4 A similar boolbook was published in 1957 contalcontaining11 i rig basically the saalesablesabiesanesame items

entiantientitledL led fhethe mormonojojnojinoji studsjbijdy bbyy rlilonrulrut on S holhowellsjells the writer remembers usinglisingelsing it extensively in his mission Ananotherlotheriother book meet the Morcormonsmormonsmons

ffol01 owedlowed1 the howelhowesshowehsI1 s pubpublicationj rati on and as the tititletl e indicatesi adindi catrascabras iitt was used to get acquainted with the mormon people and how they lived

the most rekrecentcenitcentt missionary lesson plans included drawings and

Ppicturesi ct U res those visual aids were used with specific lessons in a

1 honehomehoinehorne neetmeetmeetingI1 n j butbubup11 many missionaries foundfo6nd them helpful in tractingtrading especially at the door

literature USED IN TRACTING

literature has been a najormajor tool used by missionaries to introduce investigators to the messumessageage joseph smith tracts booklets magazines newspapers and books have

been written for membermembersZ of the church and those lotofnotofnot of the faith but lnlteresteldinterested4 in the message literature was provided to help the nismissionariesmissionamissionalmis sionaslona lesieies be more efficient inititiitil their work that they may 24 present the gospel in a clear and logical way because there was such a variety of people investigatinginvestigatingyinvestigatingly a variety of approaches were needed some people accepted the bible as the only authority and werlewere influenced strongly by scriptures logic adand reason others were influenced bbyy scientific and rational approaches playing upon the

24A george S romney and eliasellasel las S woodruff the missionarymi s s i on aryany gujguf de independenceI1 n de pendenpendeddepended ce zions printing and publishing co ndadtndt01 p 44 1 0 ci unreasonablenesss 0off theth e ffalsefatsea I s e ddoctrines0c tr i n e s 0off apostatea 1 0 s t a to- christiani t i a n

1125t 25t 11 ityty A tudystudys of our missionarymi s si ona ry I1lteriitureliteraturei revealsreveal s the ffactact thathat the writers of our tracts and pamphlets have had this in mind 260 C and have used these various approaches effectively it was important tottofcotco remind missionaries to use the literature thalthaichat would be con-

ay eadsbads sidered most1110s4i appropriate to meetiyteet their particularp&rticu1a1 interestsince rests and lleilerianeedse4ds

p 1 fracrracarac ts and V aniphletsm P h I e ts

A major part ofolfoolslf tractingtractingtrackingtracfcing was the tract trl I1 the tract is a briefbriefs suggestive statement of one or two gospelgospe1gospe1 principles it is designed for persons unfamiliar with the gospel message or prejudiced against it it aims first to interest the reader by teaching simple and interestingly a fewhewjew gospel truths and secondly to alousalousearousee irlquilinquiryY by suggest- ing other Anteinterestinganterestingresting information if this isi s accomplished the tratrotractctl also serves as a preparation for the next of the atl r visit missionary and as a means ofot securing gospel conversations iftI1 t is usually given away 27 some wereweye written by the church leaders and others by missionaries each tract was usually written to neetneebmeetmeeb a specific need according to a particularlocalityparticular locality and an individuals personal inteintainbeinterestyestrest some of

11 the more popular tracts have been those dealing with the apostasyapostacyapo stacy frolfrom1 christs church as found in the new testament the restoration of thatthab church through the young prophet joseph smith the Ssborystorylory of the first vision and callcalicoil of osephjosephdoseph siniltsiniftsmith1 h the coming forth of the book of mormon the priesthood and the authority to baptize and finally the plan of

259 1 b d 474 7 lmddmdi 5 26 jblclibid 9 44

27 the missionarysmissionanyj hand book 1937 appp 616261 62 22 salvation consisting of teaciteachloachtoachteacellinselinsinysanys concerningfiging where people carlcaricanneccnnee fromnirom why 28OQ ancs N fany chevthey are here in iimortalityortaliortall ty and aherwherwhere fcnyn ey go after dathdea- h alAHI1 tlthesethoseleseiese moy messagesiii es sages were especially uniauniquniqueiclacl to normoismNormorimorlmormoyl f onismmoismeonism

theI1 parrapamphletsailetsailees used ifin proselytingeroselyproselyprosely ainguing wewerewyreweyere usuallyus uallybally rnrrerorrernoroonoro lengthylentgthy and

rignig1 a comprahpnscomprehensivei VE in content explainriqexptainmqexplain I riq rmoreporetore fifullyillili111 atheythethe total mesdagmessagmessage of mormonismmormon sm rather than one or twoL wo aspects of it as found in the tytractsacts one of the ntfirstst papaphietjsupnetupnetuP net wwrittenrttfi n for widespread missionary workwonkwor wsW 1 S A voice of warning by parley P prattiP ra t t many others have been rittenwrittenvi since thenthlean such as mormonismmormon isrism by anthony W irvins aidalda id the planpian of salvation by john morgan jijjlbook of mormon as Trtrajijtractinatrantinaactina Jljaylja9il-e rat u re8 since its publication in 1830 the book of normonmormon has been a major tool of missionarimissionariesmissionarys in the proselyting rencendeavorsendeavors samuel snismisnithsmitht h took several copies of thethpohp book of mormon to distribute in the mission-Iassi 01111 ary journey to the lamanitesladalamdnitesladdLama nites in the fallfa 11 of 1830 arleyparleypcbrley P0 pratt directed the missionaries to the noted campbellitecampballiteCampball ite minister sidney rigdon eldereidereldeyE I1 d pratt presented him a copy of the book of morimorlmormonrionblon and prevailed upon hinhim

4 a mr 3 tolo10 read it after 0 few days 9 rigdon had read ththe book and prayed concerning it and received the conviction of its truthfulnesstruth falnessfulness and acceptacceptedad 299 1 baptismI into the churchchu ch

4 1 tjmissionariesissionar 1 es have alalwaysbays4ays been encouraged to distribuldistributeA il e as many copies of thebookchebookthe book as possible each elceroldereiden shoulcshoulashould taketeke pride in havinghawing

00 28ftiineyromney and woodruff op cit appp 545954 59

2 91 n I1DHC I1 12212512212 2- 125 22.23 a large book record to his credicreditcredicC shouldsholushobu id speciallysped allyaily endeavor to sell as many copies of the book of MormoymormoniRon as possibleioshos sible and ought never to behe withwitch 3030 out one for salesate in the early pa-pa71 c of the twentieth cenicenturytury most msmissionssionsblons recombrecommendedrecomw1 rierve n ded not using ulleuuiethefliebhe book until several visits had been

n ridderndderriade but soniesonesopiesome fiexibilityflexibilityflexikbility remainedemdrem1 emaineddined in thetthahe matter one should

1 bear in mind thatfchdtfahdt itlititt cottcouldld be appropriately pleseapiesenpipresentedeseaesen 11ed on the occasion of

coniL a w the first contectcontactact withwilhwith stralstrafstrangerhierhienkier 5 and with lsdomledomwisdom at any and allaliatlati times 31r thereafter in recantrecent years a maiormajormajoyrjizaj or emphasis hchasA s been to place the book of mormon in homes on the first visit such wahasnaswas the emphasis of the 32 northwestern states missionary lesson plan or anderenandersonanderpn jyjyiplan evevenc n more recently missionaries herehefewerew n re taught to place 1thethahe book wherever possible A sample dialogue was mr brown we would be happy to leave a

1 PJ copy of this sacred book in your home for just the11 he cost of printing other publpubjpublicationsic a t i 0 n s ini n tracjnqtract ing dueduira to the scarcity of literature missionaries in the 183183os1830Os

40floss and 50sSOsbos used whatever church reading material kaselasvlaswlaswas available As mentioned above the book of mormon was one of the most circulated pu-

11licatiblicationsciati ons other literature included the church newspapers and magazines when the millennialslll1enniat startar a church magazine began to be published in enalandevalandenglandEn alandoland missionariesmissio aiania r desjes used it to leave at the home of the inveanveinvestigatorstigalbigatstigals ors because of the doctrine and gospel taught itin it

30 hlllllipilipie1111tha elfferselaferseleeteElalLfers5 dournandourjourrialdournajjouydouyjOUr ilatrialnaJ vol1 1 P 100 O 31 llllromney and woodruffwoodruffsWood rufiruff op ctcit p 48 3 A planlrlfljteltjfor efferefferteffectti Ayjljilie miss jonartjonarvipjiilkpjcjlworkwoyk PapppP 282 8 330 3 thjjllnifprmfhe anifuniform sytmsystermsyam forfoyr feachbeach jqgilsjag famafam1 liestiesaies1ies salt lake city deseret Ppressress iglg191.9f973t7 pazp 2 AZ

benbon E1 rich president of dhethe southern states mission from 1898-

1903 salsaisc 4.4 the need to communicatecotfii itinicate with his elders in the field and to

I1 accohiphshaccoiilplish this heife began publishing the elelders1ders journal it commenced iinn 1903 and was onsolidatedconsolidatedonsol i dated wihithwithcr chegheho LliahonaLii adhonaho n a anotabnotanotherrierylerriey missionary publication in 1907 thisphisaphis publicationpublica tion was a great help to the mission-

two F laleV aiesariesariesarlesa iesles in major ways firstrs t to thelaie missionaries used them as ttracts weye and second 3 they read about the techniques other eiderselders vierewere using and sometimes applied the sarilesarliesame ideas in their owlown districtdis brief eya As the other church publicationpublicationss the imiinioyemetI1 roytanentament eraa the ltla0instructor andan the pmjaillzrlchildrens fri endand became more readily availableava i I1 able and circulated throughout the world missicmissionariesmissionaripsviariesaviaries were encouraged to make use of them in their proselytingprose ylinq efforts the general board of the primary suggested using thetiletlle childrenschjjd res friend in the following three ways in contacting a missionarvmissiomissionarynarv might leave a cmjrcmarchildrenss friend as a gift at a home where there are chitchilchildrencarenc1ren 2 a CM s b at cottage meeting 5 the childrenlenten frjfajfriendello might handed to children who are tooboo young to understand the lessons or to participate in the discussion the use of cheithe magazine would help to keep the children from distracting thebhe attention of their parents 3 adults might read and enjoyeinjoyvinjoy the simple bible stories c 4 heros of the book of mormon and other faith promoting articlearticles5 0 rothotnot only could thetche missionaries use the publication tobo leave with ththei farnfamiliesflies but they could cutcub pictpicturesires from it to use as visuals in thethel door approach as wellwe il asasvagy in the lessotessolessonsns they pro3proapreoproopresentedP nt in the homes some elders had compiled note books containing effective pictures to atattracttract interest and help people understand some of the concepts being taught

34 illjaillj1el animatoranimadorAni mador junejubejume 1961962 P 16 1 r OTHER MEANS tANDND challengesCHALLENGS OF PERSONAL contacting

vi proselyting approaches herehorewore1 lreire as numerous as there were mission lt ariartariesarlesavi es especially was this true in personalpers oncil contcontactincontactingactin g missionaries traveled in pairs contoncingconTOn cinglnaina the later partpayt of the ninteenthninnineteenthtt enthanth and early part ofol01 the twentieth century prior to that timetimtetimie they traveltraveleded alone whether working alone or in pairs 5 missionaitmissionaryy work was challenging and it required effort creativity and ldicationdedicationd t to bfbe successful stretstreet contacting A proselytingproselvtinci proachapproachan similar to streetcst eetbeet etingsbetingsmeetingsme waswa s called

ll11 street contacting it is simply a methodCI of approachapproachinapproachingin g POpcpeo o

135lj 35 pie directly on thetheithes street stoppingstopping them as they go missionaries not only stopped people on the streetstreets but also whilewhite riding buses and street cars elders talkedjiithtalked kithnithwith passengers asking what each jaswas doinganddeindoindolndoinggandand ththroughrOLIgh a conversation solicited an appointment for a cottage i a 11 y- meeting when chabichapelschapi1 s or0rototherotherbeehermeemeetingt ing houses were nearbbearbnearbyY elders stopped people on the strestreebstreetet and invited thenthemthiem to the11 he building for a discussion about the gospel surprisurprissurprisinglysingly many acceptacceptedd thebhe invita-itnvil ra tion and the elders escorted them to the renearbyarby chapel and conducted a brief meeting Follofollowilfollowillfollowingwilwll ig the meeting an appointment was sought with the investigators injn tlheirtheir own homes where the missionaries came to 30f teach them 00

35 paul C andrus missionmlsMTS sknsansun presidentspres i den ts selsefsemiii nanarr V I1 p 130 36 mlbid P 131 262 6

an advantageedvan cage of histhis11 method vias thatthritchrit there was no guessing nor surprisesSU arisesprises behind a door as in ftrading ratherratner the elders seleneleneieselectedced the contact they deasireddesired stopped him and began a conversconversationcationpation there on the street in a foreign country like japan people wierewere always will-

ing to stop and talk with americans and offer0offeyf T er help or assistance as

they thoughtCh ought andpand toco their surprise the foreigner spoke their language also there were people available at allaltaliailatlati hours oiof1 the day with this

4 lypetypecype approach this was especially true1 and successful inn austria two elders said we frequently are able to ockonknockonknockomkn 200 doors without findiniafindingindinga a single person home allailAH of those people are out in the park watching the birdbirdsblyds or whatever it is and we have recently assigned men go vi 1 two young to sit in the park withth them 3 talk with and hold a cottage meeting right on the bench and then move to the nenextlt one the men rhoohowho have been assigned to do this are doing a very good T job in gettingge ttftingtufting danymany appointappointmentsmilts I1 anticipate hattthat when othtotocht nr men leamlearnteam of it wlwellweliweilolloli011 have repeoplemorepeoplemoremo people sittsittinging iinn the parkpankpa rk 3 7 in many instances the missionaries were denied access to large apartment buildings sometimes gates or doormen prohibited soliciting of any kind streestreetstreebS t rehree t contcontactingarting helped solve that problem

to increase effectiveness on the street riissionariemissionariest s becanbegan to use large pictures and display boards the visuals explained some gospel principle or a church activity such as the churchs family homehouiehoule

evening prograiprogramliiiii herhere12 fathers are instructed to qathertheirgather their miliesfamiliesfatfai

a together one night za weekwe ek and have lelessonsschonsscsons 5 activities and refreshments to help strengthen the fafamilyiiifly unit one missionary stated that by using visuals many peopleppople are interested some arewiltingare willingwilting to hear doredureronemoremure we suggest that viewe come tto0 their home where we can meet their

37 W whitney smith jlisjpjpresinjfcemijiarmission presidents seminar V I1 appp 132133132 133 27 38J familymilyfelamileml flyomy and some are willing tolwo110two1 do thistahit1hi s the picture boards only attracted interest to accomplish lneutiautin0 above to enter their homes religiousB Lsla10l0 y-l censusen sus in those cities where there wiewieleweei e large central parks or other meeting7 places where people went to relax visit or in other ways pass the time missionaries found it helpful to conduct religious censuses thosemose were done byhy having the missionariesmissio narjes use a lipboardclipboardclipboardc lipboard with sufficient copies of questionnaires and stop people on the streets or sit down beside them on benches and asktheask the questions listed if interest was shown by the individual the missionaries sought an appointment at his homehoinehorne with the entire family ifIT heitehievie was not interested they left him a tract and invited him to attend a meeting or some other activity this technique not only worked inlargeunlargein largetargetange central parks but in busy downtown reasareasa where people shopped worked and participated in entertainment in some instances the elders used the religious census 39 to tract from door to door foeimrejqLSPLBIJn yi t1taqqsjnD jiryjistractintrachin missionamissionalmlsMismissionarysionaslona ry work was subject to the laws and customs of the country in japan for example there were strict rulesrutes of politeness that were observed the missionaries first opened the door to the entrance to the home which was a waiting room and called out some polite expression of greeting the person in the house responded appropriately and opened the inner doors to the house this person was kneeling on a

3800oo the deseret news thetjiejchujdtchurch news salt lake city june 1 1974 p4ppa 3 hereafter cited as the church news 39 A personal experience of the writer 2 8

1 mat just inside the door and the1 I elldereiderselders bowed and politely excused him-h M

N self for being rude or other such appropriate greeting theythithlt y then explained the purpose of the visit and offered a tract if the tract was accepted a certain procedure was followed the hands of the person receiving the tract are arranged so that they cross and back of the right hand rests in the palm of the leftI1 e f the rnissanissmissionaryconaryonary lays the small bbooklet upon theathemtheam and the lady raises it above her head nceonce0 bowing sliqhttyslighstightlyaly thentherl laying it before her on the floor 5 slowly draws her andshandshl togeltogetheraher before her until the point of her fingers tornformtorm thethabhe apapexex of a thirty degree angle 40 missionaries needebeedeneededd instruction and help when they were assigned to a foreign lendlandtend to insure they were thoroughly acquainted with the local customs jjljjill0the challenechalleueChal leeeleueteke oftracjl tilsinqipq 1 actingtradingtractingtrackingTr was probably the most difficultdif f f I1 cult of allatlal I proselytingproselytfing methods one missionary reported his experiences with these words hewe have resumed tractingtrading from house to house my district is largely catholic and has ranymany tenement houses or flatsflats11 containing ten twelve and even twenty families the catholics generally accord me respectful treatment and as a rule politely decline ac-ai cepting a tract while a few others act quite differently it is somewhat discouraging to climb up six flights of stairs and then gelgeiget the proffered tract thrown back and the door slammed in ones face there are many ups and downs in more than one sense to this branchbralbraibyalitchlich of missionary work still I1 meet a few here and there who take an inteinterestinterestreslrestcest in the truthandtruttruthhandand though exceutionalexceptional thesethesle suffice to make the work encouraging and bright 41

it was not uncouncommonmimon to find in the records instances where mi- sioslosionssionariesariesarlesnarlesnayles traded all day without obtainingobtcobyci lining entrance to a horehome yetyeeye t because oiof1 their faith and testimony they continued to labor knowing

40 A 01 n n 1 mp ray olpinpi the art of tractitraceitradingng ini japan 5 the improvementI rovemen t ereraa XXI november 1917 43 hereafter cited as ereraeva

41 MH of eastern states mission may 18 1897 npap 29

vihavlha thythley were doingdoiny was correct and thatth t thetheyy kereverevorekeyewerewore willing to pay tethen price to proclaimproc laim their flesFiesmessagesage evenoven when that price meant rejection

A returned missionary from germany and switzerland suggessuggestedt E d two reasons why some missionaries had an aversion to actingtrtradingtrddingtracting one

1 1 iterpis missionaries felt thathatthab1 tracts did not discusdiscucssss i teffsterns relevant to the social ills of the day for example temperance hasauasawasawas d major issue during the early twentieththen lliethflieth cenicentcenturyury and one elder commented that instead of handing out tracts on baptism for therhe dead he desired a tract that discdiscusseduss ed the word of wisdom which talked about those things that were harmfulharlnharinfUl to the body like tobacco and alcohol the second reason mentioned was tractingtrading seemed to be a waste of time few people listilistenedmed tothembothemto thenthem or their message because it was so difficult somedislikedsome disliked actingtrtractingtracking and avoided it by sleeping iiiilli loafing little studyingorstudying or purposeless visiting of the members while the returned missionary mentioned above was attending yale universityuniversityfie hiefhehefie assisted four elders laboringlaboring there to becomebezbececonie1conie acquainted with faculty andstudentsand students they spend their time in the lecture halls or libraries they ca attend the relreligiousyel i biousgious serviservicece and bibledibleclassesbi bl e c1 asses 3 and take part iinn thetho discussions giving to the students the mormon interpretinterpretationalionaCion of religion they work shoulder to shoulder with the yale boys in the missionary activities among the slums of new haven and are cultivating a conradcomradshipcgmradshipcomradcomradeshipship and fellowship with the students the new haven elders are also active among the churches and the YMCA of this city through attendattendinging riblebible classes and assisting these societies in their effortsforefforts for good they have made manmanyy friends among whom are an influential sunday school teacher and a prominent minister the former entertains the elders at evening dinner once a week As another example of the good results the friends of one of the released missionaries gave him a farewell social which was attendedbyattendattendededbyby some twenty of the best people of the city 42

42A eugene L1 roberts the missionary problem era XIII june 1910 appp 706709706 709 30 in spite of the obstaobstaclesciescles and challenges of actingtrtractingtrackingtracfcing it has been a majormzamzdorjor means of personalp1pa rhonalrsonal contacting no mattermattey what method of contacting was used the important principle emphasized was that the missionary should work if he worked with the correccorneccorrectC spirit anandd attitude theuleuievie method was successfulsuccessful but if he did not work itU mattered littletittle what method was attempted 1 13 Cchapter1 1 a P te r 3

GROUPGROUIP loivfactingcontpcihng

porsee traitrakTRAVELINGeunoEUNC1 WITHOUT PURSEporsePURSEE OR SCRIP

missionaries retiedreliedretted1 upon divine guidance in all aspects of

theitheirr work frolfrcjfrej 1 i 1830 to the early part of the twentieth century most missionaries traveled without money or personal belongings thewthey were to have only the clothes on their backs and were to trust the lord to provide for food shelter clothing andaridarld the other necessitieslecessinecessi ti e s of lifetifeI1 i fe this ppracticeractice was called traveltravelingng without purse or scrip latterlatterdayday saint scripture said

andaridbildblid thou shaltshallshfalashfalt take no pulputpulseputsepursese otori scrips cricrl p neinelneitherther staves neneithertneraeyney two coacoatsts for the church shall give unto thee in the very hour what thou needest foyfor fodfood0 and forfo raiment and for shoes and for money and for scrip the word purse referred to money and the word scrip to a satchel or a knapsackknapsacksknapsack112 1111ihhitewhitele this represented a real challenge for most brighamBrig haroharn young stastalstatedlledmed

for iliellieme to traertravrtraveltrovel11 withoutivifthoult puisepulsepulPUIpursese or scrip wa-wasc never hard JI1 neverri vervey had I1 never saw the day I1 never was in the placepi ricepice nor went into da house when I1 was alonealonecaloneaayone1 or when I1 would take the lead and do thethelthey tdikingtlalking5 1iutbutjut1jut whatwhilt I1 rouldcould get all I1 wanted others had been turned out of doersdoors a great many tiitiltimesbesHes and could not get a nights lodging but when I1T was routhnouthroumouthmou th I1 neneverneveyvervey was turnturneded out of doors

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taverns and hotelsho Is also were places where the elders solicited food and shifshiffershifcershitsh-al tercerteycey such was the experience of wilford woodruff oilon one of his first missions

I1 wentwont to the best taverntiaverntravern in the place I1 told hilihillhitihimi I1 was a cyr strangstrangerclr and had no money and asked him ififf he would keep me overov 1 r night he inquired what my business was and I1 told him I1 was a preacher of the gaspsgospsgospel1 he laughed and said that I1 did not look tiluchmuch like a preacher the landlord wanted a littlelit tieblebie fun so sasaidsaldd he would keep me if I1 would preach he took mym1vav valiseva lisse and the landlady got memc a good supper I1 sitsat down in a large hallhalthatthatlhail to eateats before I1 ciotclotgot IF A through the room beganb 1 1ganagan to be titledfilled by soisolsomeie ofoifoorf thithe rich andendanaena fashion- able people of memphis dressed in their broadcloth and silk uhliewhilewhite my appearance viaswiaswlaswas such as you can imagine after traveling through the mud as I1 had done when I11 had finished eating the table haswas carried out of the room I1 was placed in the corner of the room with a stand having a bible hymn book and candlbandlcandleP on it hemmed in by a dozen men with the landlord in the centecenter there was present some five hundred persons who had come together not to hear a gospel sersendonmion but to have some funtuntup I1T read ahymeahymna hymn and asked them to sing not a soulsout would sing a wordacordwcord I1 told them I1 had not thethlethie gift of singing but with the help of the 1 1 lord 5 I would both pravpray and preach I knelt down to praxprayproxpram andendan the ientenrenntenmennienn around me droppdroppednd on their knerkneess I1 Pprayedayed to the lord to give rmee his spirit and to show me the hearts of the people I1 anaano a arose and spoke one hourholar and half and it was one of the bestbesl1 sermons of liyllyrnytillyllly fifeiffelofelooe the 1lives1 ves of the congregation were open to the vision of itymy mind and I1 totold1dad them of their wicked deeds and theithe reward they would obtain the men who surrounded Pmeie dropped their heads three minutes after I1 closed I1 was the onlyonty person in the room 4 this experience was a fulfillmentjuitjuif iai1 linenelinenz of what they had been taught

concerning travelravelitravelin ingig without purse or scrip and any rani- that shallshalishattshaft

1 go andalidaridarld preach this gospel 0off the kingdom and fafailfaitfalll not to continuecont inive faith-

fulr U in ailallattc 11 lingsthingsti shall not be vlearywehryweary in mind and they shallshalishaft not 5 go hungry neinelneithertherthey athirst

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intn order to preach to large audiences and contact more people 5 missionaries attempted lo10 scheduleiuleluieiuie nilsmilshalls chapelsdheoheIha pels andalidaridarld publicpubl c buibugbuildingsI1 di ngs to deliver their message to seisefset up a hallhalihail meeting they ffirsfirstflysirstlyst1 arranged a place tottofcotco meet and then gave out appointments or in someso 0rine other way announced to the public tietlethe forthcoming rleesleetingmeetingmleetingmlee ting on the given day the meetingmeet ing was conconductedducted arranjgjjjqA rrajqjajaj i 9 ajyjP cesaces totp mee t

comrie ricbicyicerr i preceding the comriicommencementit of proselyting efforts in an area 3 6 elderseidersel&2 i s appealed to god for divine help upon entering the coocommunitycomunitybiunityniunityni the missionaries inquired aboltaboutabovt a public place where they could preach the local ministersm iniste s hadhi1ad1d such buildings under their direction and the 7 elders took advantage of whatwhateverev Y the ministerninisminis tertey wouldWOU ld grangrantt theinthemthern some am were amenable1 nable to the request while others opposedopposeed it vigorously churches were not the only rplacespieceslaces to preach and othotherer facilitifacilitiesfacilityfecilfacil iti 7 s werewore always pursued missionaries applied to the sheriff for ehethefhe use

1 4 1 11 of01 the court house and then to thefhet authorities1 for a aubipubipublicI1 rroomyoonyoom00 f i in 8 f

i7 the market placepl ace those elderseiderstc were couragcouragecourageous1 ous and dldidd not give up easily they used every possible opportunityoppoytunity to0 o deliandelivndeliver their r1ramessageetsels sage

6 parley parker pratt autobiography of parley parker pratt ed parley P pratt salt lake city deseret book co 1938 p 83

7 ibjjdibiibl d p 135

8 ibidI1 b I1 ct 34 in botiboth towtown and countrvcounteycountyy speakspeakingng irin grovesq ove s schoolschoolhousschoolhouseschoolhouseshousses barns and 9 other dwellings

it was not lommonmommonunkuncommon for a missionary in the early days to return to his forefathers homahome area there he had acquaintancesacquaintainces who riotnot only knew hinhim but would likely provide food lodging and a place to preach such wiswas ththe case ofCDCDFF one eidereldereldey miowhoMmlo io seratservtservedd in the eastern states rissMiSsmissiontorllorl

18701870s3 in the he arrived dtat farnfarm insing ton 3 maine and pacpocpaccededP cededoceededoce eded to the home of a schoolmate of his father halielleile was well received so much so that he gave out an appointmentA- Cfortor a meetingI1 in that buildinabuildingbui ldina 10 the village church on the rollingfollowing sunday morning at 10 oclock at the appointed time the chuichchulchchurch was filled and he delivered a sermon on whawhatt the lala&fcortr day saints believe and why they believebelleve 11 it his niesPiesmessageples sage waswa-s accepted by all who atattendedattendedL ended and the next jayday he was invited to stspeakn ak again thischis7his timtime1 he was permitted to use the p local schoolhouse arranging for and using public buildings rademadema A iti possible to reach many people and give them the message of the storedsturedscoredrestoredrp

gospel 4 illyjgivinbillyj aqnq outolat awointrilentsappointrpents throughout the early missionamissionarymissional ty histories is found the phrase giving out appointmentsappointments11 the missionaries needed to communicate that representatives of the church of desujesudesusjesuss christ of latterlatterdayday saints werewerre

9 didmid p 84

10 MH of eastern states mission V 1 october 121 1876

11 ibidI1 lid114 35

thethcrfcre and desdesiredi redyed to deliverde I1 i ve r gospelgos e 1 ilietiieillemessagessa clescies loto10 anannouncen 0 u n ce da iiiehiieneetiyige ti n g tthebheh e

chidanidnid 1 I L 1 iderselderseiders published noticesriot ices circulars a placed aidnnoiincoentsinounceiments in localI newspapers A circular in a nevlsnewspapernewisnewts paperpapey consisted of sorrinsomethingthing like the

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repent ye eoplehoplepeoplep of0 F california forfoyrnoyknownov asuassurediassur reyfeyedledI the jinrjomrkialdompldom ot god has come nlhjintpoilniihniah uflt0 YOU prapya roanvornhrombromro1nfrom I 4 h-mrr prattpyatttt missionary saltlesalelesaltsaitsaiSal Tleylelakelahe kiilkillwill jnjpjyimpartt instruction on thechoechou fullness of tiietchatchebileblie gospel to individuals miliosfamiliesra or congre- gations who may desire it mr pratt willwiltwiil accept with pleasure any invitation from his fellow citizens to preach in their houses 9 hallshaltshails churches without respect to party or sect uhenwhen nototherwnot otherwiselseise engaged he will hold public meetings at on his residence each sunday 3 at 9eaethe usual hours also prayer meetings onOP thursday at twtjotio PM

a 10 handbills were a vvryI1 ry common type announcement of meetings loto

be held sample appointment noticeshotihotl cles are included on the follolvifollowinging

three pageshpagespegespageso see figurfigures42s 1 2 and 33.31.31 Occasionoccasionalzil invitationinvitationsinvitatioyIs to speak from the pulpit were also given

I1 visited rev james albion several times he believed in our mission and offered me his chapelchaipel which would seat about a thousand personpeysonpersonss on susundayadaynday morning we accomptaccompaccompaniedamed our reveireverendjendd end trlfritylfriendfrieriderideliderld and convert to his chapel and werweroweyweyeweyo introduced to the committee at the close of the meeting the rev damesjames albion gavgave faf3 .1 10 1 r out an appoappointmentntment fori us to preach on theth next Ssabbathibbatabbat h evening

antlantiannouncements0 uncementuncemen ts and circulars were often inserted into the pag2spagspagas of potphletgpamphletspamphl ets when some pamphlets wereworewerre printed announcements of meeting times and locations were printed on the first or last pages of the tract so that those who readfeadroadcoadyead it would bebo informed

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theT e gospel ofcbilsof chrisfcb isiS the perfect larlawlag of sal- vfluouvation unchargeableunchangeable and mustmuat not be preverprevertedpreventedted by manmau we ask docloCIO youyon ellelieilenjoy0yay the gospel Mnzanz taurrhttataughtught by ththeteec saviour ifII11 not seeksee1see1 it the LATTERDAYLATTER DAY SAINTS testify to itsiteimeimm rcsion tion by ana holyjholujy1ya angelAnoyel iiniuu fulfilmentfulfiluientfulfillment of rcitonecitonrestorationiton 410 holhoi god s word rev xiv 66. xouyonyou are carnestlrearnestly invitedihiibi citedvited to attend our meetings where souyou may learalearnleava furfchcrconceznfu vt1icr c01ceru inoin those thathuthingsICTS neccbsary11ecesisiaty for your salvation

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the missionaries have always been noted for their ingenuity and creative ability as well as their persistence A notice that appelappearedappeciredtred in a swiss newspaper read incredible but true for one franc and fifty centimes I1 will tell anyone how to becomebr come happy both temporally 14 1 R anda n d spirituallyp ri tu a 11 y signed kirchhofer geneva this particularpa f culartiticularnicularcuyar advertadvertisementi semen t broughtbrO tightLIght many inquiries upon receipt of the letters the missionary

0 0 sent the inquirer a printed letter with the advice to become a latterlatterdayday saint when helielleile would realize the fulfillmentfulfillfu1fill mentmenk of his wishes to the utmost giving our address as we were the men authorized to give full particulars with regard to the mormon church 15 because there was a more favorable image of the churchwithchurch with the news media during thttheaht1 second and thirdthl vdV d decade of the twentieth century the missionaries were counseled to mamahemake better use of such it was suggested that there be one missionary assigned inin each community to whom the press could looktook for informationinformaltion and important news relereleasesyele ases

A missionary who approached an editor in a warm and friendly manner with newsworthy items and not propaganda found the newspaper willingwitling to pub blish the notices some things hiisionarinsmissionariess were constantlycoricorl stanllystanGly alert to included the visit of a church leader the transfer of missionaries and the arrival of new elders into a branch or district the appointment of a new branch or president cricrtcreationcreatlonationatlonaaion district 1 of a new branch or district buiduibuildingI1 ding of a chapechapel l unusual activities or progrprogaprogramsansams of any kind items of hhistoricali s to ri cal interest special notices of conferences or unusual gather- ings1.1 rlgsolgs SOsocietyacleacieocie ityilylly notices of sociasocialssociatsls announcements of church sponsored radio proprogramsgrains 166

14 illl9rhefhe millennial star XXXIIIXXXTII october 10 1871 p 652 15 ibidluidd

16 thehssjojiarsthe missionarys hand book 1937 appp 969896 98 40

winwihlarniesarnielleile some of hosetthose ideas wwerearerre presented to hellhelihetihelp get the church before as many people as possible most announcements of public meelmeetingsings

activitiactivitiesactivityaesacsnes and gatherings vierewierewere to encourage nonmerilnonnonmernbersmerilmellameila bersbecs to come to hearheafheair

the gospelgospe preached As the church incincireaseincreasedirease i in umbersnumbersy1ya many announce-

mentsMEints were cgivenii ven primarily to church members those not 0ofT thetha faith were invited to attend meetings but were not encouraged to as they had been in the past in the decade of the 1960s members began to be encouraged tozo4 bring nonmembers to functions in some instances the latter were the members tickets to attend without such members were discouraged from attending in one meeting the president of the church wass the speaker 17 and 7000 members brought 6000 nonmembersnonnonmembeersmembers

A iticaljyj311 hallhatthatlhaly meeting once a building had been scheduled announcements or appointments given out and the people present the meeting commenced it was usuallyusual ly started with prayer and a hymn sometimes the elderseiders sang it alone since few knew the lalatterlatterdaytterater day saint hymns but on other occasions they sang a familiar christian hymn following this inreductionsroductionsintroductions were usually given telling who they were and what they were doing andaridarld then the messages were delivered the topics varied but wereware usually based upon the fundamental principles taught in the church one of the most

well knolknownanqn hall meetings in early church history was heldheidhe ld bbyt wilford woodruff in england

when I1 arose to speak at brobrotheridieydley benbowsBen bows a man entered the door and informed me that helieilehie was a constable and had been sent by the rector of the parish with a warrant to arrest me I1 asked him focfortormorwoy what crime P he said for preaching to the people I1

TT17 jilhyijlthe church news june 15 1974 p 3 41

told hibhim that I1 as wellweliweil as the rector had a licialicilicensense for preaching the gospel toito the people and that if helleilefie would take a chair I1 would waltwaitwijtMIJ t Uponupon himh im after meeting hehn took my chair andaridarld sat be- sidedo me for an hourhouy and a quarterguarterquarguarte I1 preached the first princprinciples ples of the everlasting gospeljo spel the power of god rested upon me the spirit titledfilled the householi se and the people were conv1convyconvincednc d Aatt ttheh 1 clo-close0 o of the meeting I opened the door for baptism and seiveralseveral offered thethemselvesselvesipselvesIP artongamong the number were four preachers and the constable the latter arose and said mr woodruff I1 would like to be baptized I1 todtold him I1 would liketike to baptize hinhim I1 went down into the pool and baptized the seven we then came together I1 confibonficonfirmedrmedamed thirtythirteenleblen ministeredadministeredId the sacrament and we all re- joiced togetherthirtc10M debatesdebater missionaries whrewere often challenged by a sectarian minister to participate in a public debadebatetteebe elders puarleyparley P pratt and

a m 1 orson feydf1ydhyde had been meeting withi th considerableconsidarable 1success in their mission-ssionassion ary endeavors and were challenged to a public debate by a learnetearnelearnedd clergyman it was decided to hold the meeting in the opetoperopenairoperlairlairialy and thousands attended the conditions of the debate were as follows the bible to be recognized as a standard of truth we were to have the opening speech ini n which we were to set forthourkorthourforthour principles when the reverend gentleman was to have aca certain length of time to reply and so on alternately eleldereiderderdev 0 hyde took up the matter lckicklq after laying down the premises elder hyde demanded ancm admis- sion or a denial and this made it very difficult for the opponents

111 IIifI they agreed to his statements that meant their own religion was wrong yet if they deniedden led them they were denying the bible from which he was quoting after some time and many futile attempts to distract

21 the missionaries to other points of dedebate1 bate they gave up elder hyde addressed the audience exhorting them to submit to the gospel he was

181 0 cowleycowl ey op cciti t p 118 19 pratt op citci t 5 appp 156157156 157 424 20 tteachingclia c h i n g theho journals containcontaineadconfcdinedeadend accotaccodaccountsntsants of many debatesdeldei ates but by thetheu turn of the twentieth century this proselyting approach was frowned

upon and finally discourageddiscousdiscouy aged entirely for example inn 1913 one pu- liblicationcation said there should be few if any debates held if a minister wants to know our position on any principle of the gospel 2101 11 & tellte it to him and his people iinn any meeting he calls for but if thethinthim minister or clergyman still desired a debate missionaries were permittedperm ittedbitted to enter into a writtenwhitten agreement to discuss the topictoajrpjr 22 what must we do to be saved and then allow the people to judge for themselves

in just a few years that edxiceotionexception was also eliminatedelimina led frotfronfromii a handbook oif0 instructions

public debates should beliebiebhe avolavoidedjaj0 jd little if any good comes of acrimonious discussions where necessity arises and youthinkyou think a challchallengeenge to a debate should be accepted report itirnmcit immediatelydiately to the mission president for instructions 23 that same directive was repeated in 192719273 but by 1cac1937137 a more firm polpotpolicyircy was given

A safe rule to follow is to nexneverney a ue orojrjiebdebate in 0 enaironairenaseon airaiease 1 ejjjue mjsetgjineetinqs ittlelittlelittletittlebittle1 good is gained by such great evil oftenof tengen suTtsreresuresuttsresutasatshts argument only serves to entrencheatrenntren c h others in their own beliefs anda nd often leads to bad feelings the spi rrtrrbirit of argument isi s not the sriritcirit 0 f ttltiit h s039goseel 24

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24 241jlethe missionalmissionarMiss ionaryljiandlelndljlnd bookbclokbalok 1937 P 92 43

r ENAIROPENAIROPENODI1 EN AIR MEETINGS OR sireSFREETSFRE r MEETINGS

openairopen air or street m1maetingsbetingsmeetingsn etings have always played an important role in the proselyting efforts it was a difficultdl T f i cu I1 t method especially for

new 5 inexperienced elderseiders when a new missionary arrives in the field we advise him within a few minutes of his coming that he will have to preparer him- a S self for street meeting thatthabthatt night and he saysays why 5 youre kidding of course becausebecallsebecaLiselSe I1 dont speak their language and we say that doesntdoesn1doelsnt oakemake any different sic we know somebody who can interpretinteiantei plletmet for you now weirewere serious and heres an outline and you can prepare your talk we 11ll he now knows that about thetiletllethle worst thing on earth is about to happen to him and he fears more than anything in his life but you ought to see thentheinthemthern corecortecome home when they come home from that street meeting they could jump over the moon they say we did it we have conquered the greatest unknown of allaltatiatlatt our lives there isntlsne anything were afraid of in this mission now ZD25

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its holding street meetings the greatest experience of alymy mission to stand on a street cornerandcorner andend proclaim the gospelgospelsgospel0 I1 want everyone of my missionaries to have that opportunity if they couldcou ld do that they could knock on any door they couldconductcould conduct any group meeting and their spirits will grow as nothing perhaps will make it grow 26 these young men were frightened due to four major causes first thrtheyahray were inexperienced second they had not encountered many difficult questions like the ones thrown at them frolfromn a group of hecklers third they had little or no experiexpertexperienceence in handling hecklers and fourth in a foreign country they did not know the lariguaglanguage but in just a short time they developed poise confidence and good speaking abiability1 i ty

25 C V I1 william bangerter miskmjidenjsemjnjmission presidents seminar 1 p 120120.120

269 president weilenmann mission p1cls14ej1t2aenllpresidents seminar V I1 p 123 444

soiasolasoinsonesome streetst reetroet decainmeetingsmecain S Ccamea 11 e boutabout becausehecobecoluseauseiuse thre was rejection in tradingr ra c t i n g such was thetiietile case with wilfordwit fordfoyd woodruffhooMoo druffT in england

iveigeme hadhael spent twelve days in going to and fro through london trtryingyi ng to findN nd 0a peoplpeohlpeoplee wiwillingI1 I1 i ng to recelreceiveve oufourot r testimony but findingI1 the doors shut against us we defcenrnned to go into the streets and tiftliftsifthift up our voices in tithetlellette nanename of god aiaccordinglyco rd i ri g I1 y 1 1 1 4 1 eiderseldersE I d ers kimbatikiKiminbabalibatiballI I smithsn I1 E h anda n d myselfmy I fstdrstdrceded orlon sunday morning au- gustgusguc t 30 bialkvialkwalkedd threethroe miles and stopped in tabernacle squariesquare old street where we foundfolmebolme1 anun aitkenite preaching to the people he was followed by a presbyterian dustdusijustjusi as the latter was about to begin elder kinballkimlhallKimlhallballhatl in formedinformed him that there was a preacher from america present who would like1 af4f to speak when he gotgob througthrongthroughh 27

not only would the inmissionariesi conduct street meetings when

ay tahtkh 1 1y actingtrtrading was slow but they were quick to take advantage of festivities 3

1 holidays and other public catherinngatherinngatheringsgatherinns wilwllhi lordfordloydjoyd1 woodruff recorded on this day queen victoria of england was married to prinaprinkprince aidertaidentat cert As niamanyny wereweawem re 0onn hstthis clayd ay celebrating theathe marriage of the 1 queen I thoughthoughtL it right to honorhorlor the king of heaven by advocating his cause and preachingp rea ching the gospel of jesus christ I1 wawalked1 keed iinton to the market place and we began to sing and pray unto god and call upon his name A congregationcongregationflcongregational flockedcockedflocked around us and we preached to thenthem 28 procedures forf-horporpoyor Conductconductinginq street metjqgmeetameetj ns

A constant byword of the missionaries was to be prepared suchsuoSUCah1h was thetiietiletlle counsel concernconcerningi ng a street memeetinget i ng before ever going forth good organization and planning should occur concerning praying in

1 public the recotrimeorecommendation1lationlabion was to pray before leaving for the meeting 299 and always have a prayer ifin your heart while conductconductinging it

27 cowley op cit p 123 28 jjljlibid P 148148b 29OP 29eiderelderEIder M russellRUSSP 11 ballardbollard and elder quinn G mckay streestreetfc meeting suciaestionssuggestions england british missionedmissionndMission nd p 1 45

in 1 LL mimissionariess s i 0n a r J e s nerewerewe eencouragedn c0 u r ag d to holdh 0 I d theh e memeetinge t i n g iinn aass Pprom-r0ra 11 i

a inent place as possible hopefulhopefully1ly onone11 in a respectable part of the

tche cicityty in order to select such a site the attitude 9 demeanordemeailorbiorrior arid dis-

position of the people vierewere to be studied Chooschoosinginqing thetiletlle best time of 30 day to conduct the street meeting was also important in some areas there were laws restrictresrestrictingtricbrict ing such activities and it was necessary to obtain permission of the local police before con-

4 A a ducting such a reemeetingmeet ing letter a phone call 5 or personal visit

withw ithi the local police authorities was necessary to request permission missionaries were taught to be sensitivelosensitivesensitivelyloto the effect the meet 31 ing would have upon traffic both vehicle and pedestrian 13 it would be very wiswisee to secure aboodagooda good street meeting stand for the speakers to talk fronfromfrohn and on this stand we should have the

name fillfull of the church displayed by doing this 9 people that walk 32 intoi nt0 the meeting wiwill11 know at the first glance what church we represent 11 in some instances the missionaries were among gathering crowds where they attempted to usher the people towards the eidereldereidenelden standing

a conecohconcome on you on box or some herstandotherstandotother stand they entreated e in a people

of the city come on lipuipulpup close and listen to us we have something

we want to tellte11 you gather close come on up here please coicolcomerfie 33 up ai1i the important thing was to have a crowd gather and move toward the person standing on the box to begin the street meeting

30 the elderseiders1 journal V 2 p 70 31 the miluu sssionmss i on a ry s handjloohand dookbookdoohk appp 919291 92 323 balbaiballardbellardbeliardI1 ard and mckay op cit p 2 33 33williamwilliam C bangerter missionmi sesionsosion presidents seiselseminariiinar VI p122 4 6

ththe elders seldom two and uusually four or rioremore were counseled to

i begin with a hymn Ccommence0 i im E fl cethethe meetmeetinging promptly at the appointrappointeappointedd

1 I I1 ttimeri t e in announcing theth hymn state the page or number andalidaridarld read the 34 first verse in a clear distinct tone of voice one mission recommended that the condliccondlinconductingtillatillg elder announce who they were what they were doing where they were from what they represented and how this 35 type of missmissionaryjonaryconary activity was oing9going on around the world regard-

I1lesses s of the introduction it was importantiuiportant to attract attention and get interest in ththe1 subject about to be presented most missionaries grewquicgrew qui kly withthesewith these types of experiences some teamedlearned that in delivering their rnessamessageanessa ge it was most effective to be brief in their topitopicC it has been our experience in all of the streestreetstremt meetingsinee tings that we have held that a good snappy ten minute talk on ondofone of the first principles of the gospelgospe i goes over far better thanathan a lengthy drawnoutdrawn out discourse that is nonot pertinent to the salvation of the people vouyou are talking to where thetherere are teotvotwo elders your talks should probably be fifteen minutes apiece intn the case where there are four you should limit them to ten minutes apiece the elder conducting should speak only if there are just two at the meeting we suggest that you hold your Pieetingmeeting as close to one hour as possible 360 following each elders talk a short question and answer period 37 was held while the memeetings1 1ting3 were proceedingproceedings and especially while a speaker was delivering his message the 0otherheyher missionaresmissiorfiissionaresmissionariesnares were

34 ijljersjtanuthe elders anualplantalplanualPl p 24 35 35ballardbollardboliardBallard and mckay op cit p I11

353.5 dmdjmd1 b i d 37 ibid 47 were counseledco unsel ed not to ll11 read a book or converse wiwifchwiachth another lidereiderelderlideyeldey or person 38 unless it waiswalsw absolutely necessary at ttheh e conclusionconc luciontuelon of the street meeting it was appropriate to summarize sing another hymn and then distribute tracts the missionaries circulatedc i rcuacu lated among the crowds seekingeekinbeekin 9 wpointmeappointmentsi antsnts answering questions and in other ways trying toslektoseekto seekseeh sincere people they could actively teach sometimesS the elders held d street meeting near a latterlatterdayday saint ineetineatmeetinging house and folfoifollowingtowinglowing the street meetmeetingmeetirigirig invited those who would like to visit thelh chapel and participate in the services heldtheraheld thera large conferences were especially appealing to invite1 people to atattendteind in the afternoon and evening sessions of conference were held at thethes YMCA hall where spiritual food was had and given out to all before thetha evening meeting slveralseveral of the elders held a street meeting about four blocks from thethath hall in the main section of town andthroughand through that meetingmaetinameetina many more were inspired to attend the last session of conference 393 some general inciplesprinciplespi of good street etingsbetingsmeetingsme were presentedpresen te d to the elders to help them be more successful missionaries hefelwere instructed to 1letietet the spirit of the lord dictate the subject on which ththeyay2y should speak for what would be effective for one evening would not be suitable for another they should always keep in mind that it was nelneinolnot always the eloquence of speech but thethe spirit that brought conviction

0lo10o the heart they should bear sinceresinc re andstrand strongong testimoniestestimoniessti monies of the gospel when appropriate they should keep a good supply of literature

38 381hethe eldeljiajlel ders tilanual P 24 39 39lhajldillm1althe elders journal v2va PP 707170 71 48

especially the book of korMorkormonmormonfrion so hatthat people could study on their owhovinounown and further their knowledge and desire to investigate thethelthek message of the restored gospel 40

visualsajyj s ua s i n street meetingmee ti n cs mentioned earlier in this thesis was the use of picture boards in street contacting these and other type of displays were used in street meetings especially during the decade of the 1960s one mission

designed a lanormapanorma that containedcontla ined pictures scriscripturepureG references and charts much like some of the books that wereware mentioned earlier in thithiss study the display was assembled and disassembled easily and could be transported to almost any location to be used as the need arose it was usedinuseuseddinin street meetings street contacting large meetings and even large fairs 41

OTHER METHODS OF GROUP contacting

the latterlatterdayday saint people have been tedfornotedfornonoted for their interest oneon and activity in many social 5 cultural and athletic activities of the articles of faith given by the prophet joseph smith said in part if there is anything virtuous lovely or of good report 14242 or praiseworthy viewe seek after these things many missionaries had set aside iovlovlovelyay iy or praispraiseworthyorthyeworthyedworthyew endeavors to go on a mission and when an oppopportunityortortunityunity presented itself to use a talent they

40 bailardbaibal lard and mckay op cit p 3 41 california north mission brochure locatedloyClatedmated in the writers personal files nd npap 42 42joseephjosephjoselphjosoephJoseeph smith the articles of faith the pearl of great arkeprkeprice salt lake city the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints 1968 p 60 49

cz had develdevelopedapedoped eailearleariearlieri they werfwertwere1 not afraid toitotto nakemake use of it ini n helheihelp-P ing to convellconvertcon vellverlvelu someone to the church many have joined the church as a result of the athleticathleathie ic proprogramsgrannis musicalip usiczpusiczA groups sociasolsocialssociatsSOObalsialsls and radio

programsI1 mission leaders discouraged their use only when tthesenese were cacarriedfri e d to the extreme with missiomissionamissionalmissionariesmissionoriesnarlesnorieslirilcas spending too much timn-timetimmee in the activity at the expeneexpense of teaching and proseproselytinglatilyti ng socials when and where the first socials were held to interest people in mormonismmormon ism and its message is not important01 that theythley were held and that converts resulted is the significant iteitem one purpose of the earlier socials was to break barricebarrikebarriersrs of prejqdicprejudicee

1 1 I can only touchI1 oilorlorion methods of work jnin this article but I suppose our methods are similarsimisiml I1 ar to those adolteadopteadoptedA ini n other fieldsf i el ds the elders in new york live in groups of four they rent a simallsmall suite of rooms where they have a spare room for study which serves as a reception room they are supposed to study from nine to eleven am meet in class from eleven to twelve tract in the afternoon hold meetings or visit saints or investigators in the evening wtwe rakemake a special effort to get our friends acquainted with each atherother and we enlarge our circle of friends and bind them closer together by occasionally giving entertainment or sociasocialssociatsls Rmembersmaarsmbars can get their friends to attend an entertainment when they rouldcould not come to a religious service but after coming in contact with the people and hearing of the faiththeirfaithfalth their prejudice disappears they grow more bold and commalecommaicecommacecomoacemaicemalcemelcemecemace to attend the regular sunday neetimeetingsnt htj thatI1 nat same principle was applied in many other areas itfc was the recommendation of one mission president to have each oeroenmenmembertberaber family select a bonmernonmernonmemberber family and do something with them that the investigators would like to do do something they want to do or something you know will interestin tpeape restyest them especially something they may not yet have

43 millennial star lxvin3lxvi113 50

experexperienced1 encedencee this does not neeneed0 to behe a church activity but merelythereltnerel y an n n 44h 1 11 opportunity to deepen and broaden your friendship 1followingol lowingtowing thehe sociasocialssociatsls missionaries arfarrarrangedayrangeld appointalappoappointmentsintaltents where possible to teach the

families cithereitherelthercitheyelthey in theirI1 I1 own homes or in the members home

athlaahlA thletjetietl cs in the latetate 1800s and the early 1900s baseballbaselballbasel ball and basketball gained popularity in the united states and other parts of the world field sports and athletic tournaments were part of the young

wolwoiwomensnens and mensnengmeng mutual improvement association program this church 45 auxiliary provided such programs as early as 1909 As the young nannenmanmen

became involved in such events they developeddeeveloped a great love for thethiathin sports later during their fulltimefull time missions they often participated in local athletic contests by the 1920s and 30s missiomissionaryinary basketball and baseball teams werewareweavweaveweaye organized to improve the image of 4A f thechurchthe church and increase the possibility of converticonverting1 ng investinvestigators1 gators in 1971 the church leaders instructed missionaries that the church athletic program under no conditconditionconditionisionislonisis open to fulltimefull time proselyting 114747 missionaries the phasisemphasiseimehm following that declaration was to have

the embersmembersillrii invite their friends to such events and help the missionariesMission ariles set up cottage me-meetingsetings with them

44 ernest eberhard how to share the gospel A stepbystepstep by step approach for you and your neighbors jmjebijigjlthe ens IMp IV june 19741974. 8 hereafter cited as theT he ensinaensi2ansigj 45GS B H roberts sphere of YMMIA activities era XVI january 1913 p 187188187 188 46 the church news july 24 1932193-9 p 3 47 policies and procedures trewtjewthe new erara II11 october 1971 39 hereafter cited as the new era 51 musjcmusacMU S i C

As mentioned earlier in this thesis missionaries frequently sang hymns to begin meetings in latterlatterdayday saint theology was the revelation of joseph smithsmitch to his wife emma and it shallshailshait be given thethee also to makemahema ke a selection of sacred hymns as it shall be given thee which isi s pleasing unto me to be had in my church for my soul1 delightethdetightethdelighteth in the song of the heart yea the song of the righteous in a prayer unto inalnamerna and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads 4348

choirs and singing groups have appeared in many missionsi as a proselyting tool the burnley england latterlatterdayday saints choir successfully entertained the burnley good templarstemplaryTemp lars at the templarsTemplarstafstars hall on wed- nesday evening august ath9th 1911 at the conclusion of the ograinprprogram the choir leader and thetiletlle elderseiders addressed the audience the utrostututrosaalostmlost courtecourtestycourteseysey waswas given the choir and at the close many expressed themselves as having their opinion altered concerning the Morcormonsmormonsmons I1 the choir was invited to coinecomecorne again and the elders were asked to0 o address the lodge in the near future 49 the most famous of allaltatlatt mormon singing groups has been the tabernacle choir their music has opened doors to missionary work wherewhare other approaches have failed it would be impossible to leasuremeasureri their great effectiveness as a proselyting tool talented missionaries formed singing groups and were granted permission to tour entire missions presenting programs in some missions 50 they appeared on teletelevisiotelevisionvisio n and were granted tiretilintimee on radradioradloradiolo stations

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a 49 millennial star LXXIII august 17 1911 p 526

50en aleaierhefhe churchchyicji news december 5 1964 p 10 52 radio arid television

since the advent of radioratclifadiofadlolo10 missionaries weitweitewevieweree encouraged to liseuse itI1 t as a tootool to preach the gospel radio is today an outstanding medium of expressionex presson and ranks with the public press as a moldtmolderir of public opinion musicalmuslmusiHUSi cial andaridarld dramatic opportunities may be extended in some cases missionaries have been formed into traveling quartets and choruses of such Ecelexcellencelence that broadcasting facilities have been granted them the most farfarreachingreaching means of making the people of americaan ericabrica conscious of mormon artarbav has been the weekly broadcasts of the tabernacle choir and organ from 1templetempieeempiopiopl e square 51 television has been a tool the church and the missionaries have been able to use in proselyting much like radio has been in the past many hours of television time were granted to the church to broadcast their annual and semisemiannualaniluannual conference session from salt lake city in addition special programs were develdevelopedapedoped to give a positive image of the mormon people and their teachings business contacting in the early handbooks of the twentieth century it was recommended that missionaries take advantage of business contacts the tmatmmmanajormajora j 0 r emphasis was to converse with that group of people when cashing their checks from hoinehomehoideholde or when purchasing goods in spending a considerable sum of money every month often in small communities missionaries have r2ra 2 excellent opportunities to becomebe come acquainted with blisinelbusinessbtlbLi Sinelsinewss people alert missionaries took advantage of such contacts

51 51tjlejmlsslojjisathe missionlysMission Lys hand book 1946 PP 101102101 102 52KO ilrlihrlibid P 103 53

it was in the later part of thethe 1950s continuing through the 1970s that elderseiders were instructed to set appointments with business executives in their offices and explain the message sometimes those 53 meetings were attended by many employeese and investigators resulted

exhibitsxhjbjts

the use of visuals pictures and otherofaher such media was mentionedmen t 1 onedboned earlier in this thesis missionaries were encouraged to tolookok for oppo- rtunitiestuni ties to present large exhibits in buildings clubs parks fairs and expositions window displays and exhibits can with proper preparation be made an effective means OTof interesting people there are a variety of subjects pertinent to the gospel which may be used the exhibit must be in good taste reflecting mormonisms elevating message and it must be interestinterestcompellingcompelling to attract the attention of those who pass public fairs and expositions offer opportunities fairsfalfai rs of national and internationalinternationalreputationreputation have leased space to ththed church wheredisplayswherewhe displaysredisplays have been built and missionary work done with gratifying results 54 the church participated in the expositions and world fairs in the 1960sIQGOs and 70s with large pavilions and displays most took several months to construconstrueconstructct in the exposition in japan the main objectives werewareweyewaye to make friends with these people teach them about a living god and jesus christ and to explain with visual aids the 115555 lords plan and purpose of life the visual aids consisted of films paintings dioramas and charts that explained such topics as

53 the church news julyduly 1 1974 P ab33b 54 JL 54tmjlsslnarjljithe missionarys hand book 1946 P 102 55 bernard P brockbank era LXXIII december 1970 p 121 54

the creation of man the teachings of jesus christ the apostasy frfronfromqtj hihiss teachings the first vision of joseph smith and the plan of eternal life one church leader said concerning visual aidsthataidselds that the 1156 main exhibit was thetho missiomissionariesnarles 4pap manyvisitorsmany visitors were impressed by their faith example and dedication mostexhibitsmost exhibits were planned to blend the testimony of missionaries with effective visuals with the intent of creating a spirtspirlspiritualCual feeling in the observer the exhibits were very successful in providing investigators for the fulltimefull time missionaries the attendance at the mormon pavilion in japan was 6658532 and of that number 780000 signed the guest register books many of that number expressed desires to know more about the mormon 57 beliefs with those results 5 thetho church began to provide port- able exhibits patterned after the largefarge ones mentioned above that were 58 easily set up in ward and stake meeting houses with the missionaries serving as guides and lecturers in each exhibit much good came to them also in the church exhibit at expo 74 held in spokane washington the fulltimefull time elders will work the daytimeday time hours and the stake missionaries the eveninghoursevening hours and sundays this will let our elders be in their own districts to proselyte in the 59 evenings and be near their homes

56 11IIibid LXVII june 1964 p 500 57 57nndibid LXXIII december 1970 appp 120121120 121

58 imdibid LXVII june 1964 p 501 59CQ therhefhe church news may 11 1974 p 3 55 ypytopytyouth h jlqiir5propyo S the two major aspects of youth programs consisted in what the fulltimefull time missionaries did to convert youthyouths and what the youth who wereweye members of the church did to convert their friends the latter will be discussed in another place in this thesis

in the decade of the 1950s 3 and especially the early part of the 1960s missionaries attempted to work with youth in socials 9 athletics and other activities with the hope of converting the entire family through the childrens involvement in the church the writer conducted a track meet for youth while serving a fulltimefull time mission seven of the thirtythirtypluspluspiusp lus nonmember youthyauthouth who participated vietevierewere baptized the weakness of the youth program was that only one family of the seven showed interest in the church and eventually the six stopped attending because there was neither parental support nor encouragement 60rr to actively participate in the mormormonnonmon religion the major emphasis in recent yealyeatyeatsyearss has bebeenan to have missionaries teach fathers and families this type of group contacting has been the most successful in terms of convert baptisms

60 A personal experience of the writer chapter 4

EVERY MEMBER A missionary

the decade of the 1960sIQSOs witnessed one of the most productive missionary efforts in the history of the church toro bring this about the church members gave names of their friends acquaintances and relatives who might be interested in the gospel message to the missionaries those names were called referrals A second aspect of the referral program was to invite these nonmembers into the members homehorne where the missionaries came and taught them in what was called a group meeting those two programs came under the motto of every member a missionary

BRING AT LEAST ONE CONVERT INTO t1taTHE1eae CHURCH EVERY YEAR

the challenge to bring at least one convert into the church every yearwasyear wasfoundedwas founded on a revelation given to the prophet joseph smith

I1 warn becoirneth behold 5 sent you out to testify and the people and it conethcomethbecomethbe every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor that directive did not receive strong emphasis in a missionary setting until the fall of 1922 david 0 mckay was appointed president of the lucCureuropeangurr opean mission and arrived at the headquarters of the mission in the last week of november of that year the first conference he attended was at liverpool the minutes indicated that

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betbetweenodeenojeen the afafternianterniafternoonterni on and evening sessions a meeting of officers and tecteachersxcheirs of the auxiliaauxiliaryI1 Y associations was held at which it was resolved that each renberrembermember of the church in liverpool conference put forthhisforth his best efforts to bring at leleastst one moremormoyemoy e individual into the church during the coming year

in the london conference held decemberdecember 17 1921922 president mckay

0 announced the aim of the british mission for 1923 which is that each member of the church do his best to bring at least one soul to a knowledge of the gospel 3 As he traveletravaletraveledd to each conference in the european mission that year he reminded the saints and missionaries of their goal that goalgoat soon became the slogan for the mission 11 eveeveryry

114r imbermemberme of the church a missionary after david 0 mckay became president of the church in 1951 the concept becambecamea a slogan for allaltatlatiatt church members to introduce that idea to the mission presidents in their seminar in june 19019611 l helieilehie reviewed the progress of missionary work by outlining four phases he had observed over the years the means of contacting up to date are many the fastfjstfi rst I1 name is the distrdietrdistributionautionbution of literature actingtrtractingtracking from door to door for one hundred years it has been partially successful and we can quote many instances of great renmen who have had their firstfi rstosti introduction to the church as the result of a tract given by a humble missionary the secondsec on means of coming into contact with them is outdoor meetings third person to person contact fourthfourt-h by every members taking advantage of every oppo- buntunrtunityi ty

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many church leaders have reminded members of their important resporcresporresponsibilitysi bilityabilitybi lity new emphasis has been given to the responsibility of members to becomebeaconebelcomebeacome involved in taking the gospel to others priesthood correlation affords the impetus and the means to ordinatecoordinateco the interest and the obligation of the members to find investigators 5 with the responsibility and capacity of the missionary to teach those investigators we have long realized that the most potent missionary is a good member of the church 6 under the direction of the priesthood missionary work was divid- ed intointoI1 three phases the first was finding the sincere seeker of truth through both precept and example on the part of the member second teaching the investigator by the fulltimefull time missionaries and third fellowfetlowfellowshippingfeltowshippingshipping the new convert through the organized proprogramsgrains of the church it was diagrammed as follows

figure 4 the tripartitetripartateTripartate missionary program

abrian6brianrian kelley A visit with gordon B hinckley about missionary work theiheahe newneejnewjerard june 1973 p 31 599

THE REFERRAL PROGRAM

if everyovery member of the church took advantage of every opportunity to be a missionary many names could be provided for the missionaries to teach that recommendation was a major emphasis of the 1961 mission presidents seminar in that meeting T boweringbower ing woodbury former president of the british mission presented to others his experience with referrals he discussed four cacategoriescegorles4 the first was the referral where the member said 1 I think soandsoso and so will make a great mormon they looktook 11liketikeke a mormon please send the missionaries over to see them 7 but dont use my name the second type referral was considered better than the first 5 for in this instance the member said something like

well I1 havent got time to really take you over and do any workvifthwork with you but ill write to my friends and tell them you are coicolcomingflngfang and 0 they will expect you 118 the third type was even more effective the member of the church said well fine ill take you over and I1illlit11111 personally in 9 traducetroduce you and sometimes bear testitnestittestimonyhonybonynony 0 the most effective and the most desirable referral was the fourth type here the investigator was taken by the church member to a meeting held in the local chapel such as a fireside sunday school or sacrament meetmeetingana or0 r even a social event under those conditions the members did much to prepare the people for organized gospel instruction

at7tT bowering woodbury missionhi s s i on presidentsP fesres i dents seminarsemi na r vol 1 p 66

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one of the most desireabledesi reable places to take referrals was the members own home and there invite the missionaries to come and instruct theitheltheathemfi the melmetmemberabernber family set the proper stage for the missionaries in this approach and in so doing more converts were realized it was reported in the first type referral missionaries baptized 676.7 percent of those referred in the second type 787.8 percent were baptized in the third the success was even greater about one out of three joined the church or 34 percent but the most desireabledesi reable referral produced the most number of convert baptisms 43 percent or nearly one out of 10 every two joined the church A very real testimony of the effective-effectaveove ness of the referral program was found in comparing the statistics above with tractingtrading statistics in tractingtrading in the last 11 monthmonths illi1111 we baptized one person fofor every 1057 homes we call on missionaries visited the latterlatterdayday saints to encourage them to obtain quality referrals members were not only reirelremindedriindedto be missionary conscious but to set the proper example and provide the fellowfetlowfellowshippingfeltowshippingshipping the nonmember needed an aid used in this aspect was the referral card it contained allatiatl necessary information concerning the referral as well as pertinent information about the member who made it the cards were distributed following church meetings placed in conspicuous places in chapels and taken personally to members referral cards were also left in copies of the book of mormon that were placed in motels hotels railroad and bus stations airports stores

10 handlingdandlingCandlingFI referrals in missionary work priesthood MissmissionalmissionarmissionaryionarlonarY committee the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints apnp nd p 2

11 woodburyHoodwood burybuny op cit p 66 61

the referral card

TO THE MISSION PRESIDENT I1 PLEASE HAVE missionaries CALL ON date

fi Sstreettre e city state single family vocation

this is a neighbor s friend acquaintance relative

acquaintancacquaintanceAcquaintanc 12made12 nademade in the auxiliary organizations present religious affiliation

referred by name and address may vewe use your name in ca1lingcabling will you makeinakemokeinoke an appointment for the missionaries remarks use other side if necessary

the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints

figure 5 the referral card 62 business houses professional offices and other establishments open to 12i the public referrals came from guest register books placed in bureaus of information fairs 5 expositions and other exhibits if the investigator desired more information he indicated such when signing the guest book and missionaries contacted himlaterhim later in obtaining referrals from members missionaries were instructed to lt be businesslike they must not become familiar with family members they must remember real tragedies have come from overfamiliar 13 ity with member families when contacting them the elders were cautioned to limilimitit their visit to twenty minutes leave a short spiritual thought and have prayer with the family when appropriate if dinner appointments were accepted by the missionaries they were to stay only the hour recommended and maintain a missionary image by not taking off their suit coats sprawling on the furniture or watching television 14 other ideas were suggested to help members fulfill their responsibility to be a missionary recent converts were a source of referrals because of their enthusiasm andexcitementand excitement for their new life as members of the church the youth were used to invite their peer groups to activities firesides and meetings with the intent of creating an opportunity to teach their parents young children were encouraged to invite their nonmember playmates to attend primary a meeting for children ages three to twelve with the help of their childrens

12 suggestions for operating stake missions fhetherhe missionary executive committee the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints salt lake city deseret news press 1965 p 15 13 ibjatlfthe mission presidents hand book 1973 P h3ha 14 141 bidibid p H 4 63 enthusiasm it was hoped that the parents would inquire about and eventually be taught the gospel when new church buildings were ded- icatedicatical ed members were reminded to bring their nonmember friends to what was called an open house where they witnessed the church programs in action every six months there is conducted in the church a general conference where the leading church authorities speak members were en- couragedcou raged to invite nonmember friends to watch television coverage or listen on radio where television was not available missionaries also distributed handouts advertising the conference in neighborhoods where there were member families who had offered their homes to those who would come many other functions such as roadroadshowsshows plays musical productions dinners athletic events scouting events and choirs were possible activities to which members could invite nonmember friends and neighbors even missionaries sought new contacts when teaching discussionsdiscus siolis to receptive investigators by saying mr brown I1 know you have a witness thatthisthat this principle is true whom do you knowthatknow that you love that you would like to have hear this message jjustus t the way you have heard 15 it here tonighttonight15 tractiqltract i ng a nd referrals in one mission elders worked together in neighborhoods when a particular pair did not have as many investigators as they needed on a given day other missionaries in that district went to the neighborhood or area and actedtrtractedbracted at the conclusion of the actingtrtrading experience the missionaries turned over to the two elders nanesnannamesnames of people who had been

15 ibid p H 434 H 5 64

16 contcontactedactea who deffionstraldemonstrateded interest in the message such a process allowed thlthee cooperating pairs to screen thoothosese who were nostmost interested and direct the two missionaries towards them it was not uncommon to have members of the church tract to aid the fulltimefull time missionaries attheat the first conference of the church in south africa held september 13 1853 many of the thirtythirtysevenseven memberss 17 were called on neighborhood Tractingtrading missions 1 this not only provided referrals for the fulltimefull time missionaries but it also strengthened the members in their ovinown beliefs

group teachindeachinteachingg having as large an audience as possible to instruct and teach was encouraged from the beginning of missionaryofmissionary efforts in 1830 the openair and hall meetings were the first large group gatherings the emphasis given in the 1960s and 1970s was towards holding smaller group meetings the ideal was a group who gathered by invitation in a members home to be instructed by thethelthen fulltimefull time missionaries

to set up and hold group meetings a missionaries assembled the investigators together thlthythroughough actingtrtrading referrals or other means gatherings were held each week or more frequently where possible it was hoped the group consisted of sincere investigators who avoided con- tentionstent ions the lesson was to be the best the elderscouldelders could give before the closing prayer the next meeting time and place were scheduled

1ell animatoranimadorAni mador may 19631- 06363.63 p 11 ferreliferreti17farrell17 farrell ray monson history of the south african mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints unpublished masters thesis brigham young university 1971 p 66 65 withw ith1 the hope thatbhat all would commitconimit themselves to attend effort was made to keep the entire group together throughout the six lessons 181 R Atcurateaccurate records vierewere kept of each individuals progress group meetings were set up anywhere possible in some missions where there were few mlembersmembers the missionaries rented a home or building or in some cases they invited a kindkindnorimceambernonmember to open his home to 19 those people the missionaries invited to the group meeting instructions were given on how to set the stage for such gatherings

A person desiring to hold a group meeting in his home should set asiastasidede a definite date and time and notify the seventies group leader who will arrange to have two speakers there those who are invited to attend the group meeting should be asked sincerely directly and well in advance everyone should be comfortable in a group meeting regardless of how much or how little they know about the church the ideal group consists of about two to six members of the church three to eight nonmember friends and one or two pairs of missionaries the atmosphere should always be easy intimate personal and informal the guest register may be conveniently located and atlallattalk who attend should sign there should be enough copies of the book of mormon and the joseph smith pamphlet to put one of each into the hand of every person attending so that when passages are read they can be easily followed light refreshments should be served before the meeting so the group may become better acquainted so that the contacts will leave the home on a hhigh1 gh spiritual plane 20 the actual format and content of talks to be given in the meeting werewerkeweren outlined in the handbooks

1 0 18operation group teaching apnp nd copy located in the writers personal file

191 Q don C wood mission presidents seminar VIVJ appp 138139138 139

20on the mission presidents handbook 1973 appp h6ha H 7 6606r the person conducting and those speaking should jointly decide on perhaps two persons in attendance who will be asked to give brief testimonies following the speakers the head of thetheaA family should conduct he will welcome everyone into his home introduce the opening hymn if one is sung it should be one of the more familiar christian hymns from our hymn book as nonmembers would not be familiar with our distinctively mormon hymns ask a member to give the opening prayer intiintroduceanti aduceoduce the speakers simply and without formality talks should set the spiritual tone the talks given should mormon centcenterer around joseph smithsmithy the book of 3 family home evening living prophets eternal family etc stress the book sic of mormon those attending the group meeting should never leave with the feeling that those things contained in the book of mormon are nice or interesting it should be made clear that this book is as joseph smith said the keystone of our religion the book is true all else in our religion is based upon that truth testimonies should be brief and relevant to those things presented in the meeting they should be specificspec ihic and should concern the book of mormon and the joseph smith story 21

the importance of group meetings was taught by elder gordon 6 hinckley of the council of the twelve apostles we have come to the conclusion that we should place our major emphasis on group teaching in the homes of the members here lies the finest opportunity for prose latinglvtinqlyting 22 the goldengo 1 den questionsquest i on s one of the most effective tools to accompany the share the gospel program by every member being a missionaryi and soliciting referrals was the introduction of the golden questions the first question was what do you know about the mormon church and the secondsecondasecondy 23OQ would you like to know more those two questions began to

21 ibidM PP 14714 7 H 8 22 gordon B hinckley mission presidentsprespros i dent s serlseriseminarsemi na r vipwip 172 23 franklin D richards conference repartrepqrtreportofRep ortofof thethechurchofchurch of jesus christchri st of latterlatterdayday saintssaisal antsnts salt lake city deseret news press april 8 l96tj1961 PP 848584 85 hereafter cited as CR 6707r appear about 1960 franklinfrank in D richards president of the northwestern states mission found the two inquiries to be helpful in determining a nonmembers interest ananyone yone could ask them 1 for ebaniexaniexamplealeple a housewife wrote that she was afraid to ask the questions at first but after thought avidprayerandalidavidavld prayer she found a way to create a teaching moment she said her day was often interrupted by phone calls strangers at the door neighbors visiting and salesmen he simple approach was similar to a recommendation of the anderson plan on using a word or a phrase following an objection or statement of the contact she said use a connecting word now but a and or then to connect the last sentence of the investigator to the first sentence of the person who desired to ask the golden questions A possible sentenceincludingsentence including the connecting word was

now 1 1 0 0 may I ask something or but maybe I can help you followed by the golden questions A sample dialogue was

good show you morning a maam id like to the most exciting and revolutionary appliance our company manufactures today iloitoiiooh15 1.1imm sorry weve been on a very tight budget this year and cant consider anythinganythingin in that price range for a while thank you anyway but maybe I1 can help you hows that 1124 do you mind if I1 ask you a couple of questions following that she asked the golden questions to arouse interest and increase the possibility and opportunity to ask the golden questions some missions used the tracts showing the angel moroni the letters LDS latter day saints or a simple question mark while others printed buttons with the letters GQ written on 25 them

244 karen reilleyRe lileyitley you can ask the golden questions the jjl310instructor wvjulyduly 1969 appp 258259258 259 25OK el AnfinanimatoranimadoranfinadorAni adormadormadon february 1963 p 12 68 otherpjherpaherothey membermelimell iber approaches the 1 I care program was much like the golden questions in that the member of the church used each to obtain referrals for the full time missionaries and thus fulfill his responsibilities of being a member missionary it consisted of four simple steps COMMIT yourself APPROACH relativesisjbjvesjfrfriendslends andaldjld nejaborsij bors because of my regard for you I1 would like to ask you just one question is 1 that alraara I rightightll newlplt8contacts youou aparpparappear to hebe a person who 1- ibes I1 1 appreciaappreciatesites the truth and would like to ask you jusjustyus1 onieone question is that alright REQUEST if you know the question on care card this question is if you knew that the savior had been on the earth in this latter day and had establishedreestablishedre his church as he promised he would and it was here today with all its glory blessings and authority would you be interested EXPEDITE may I1 send messengers to tell you this exciting story of the restorationrestoration2611 26 if the person showed interest a referral card was filled out and renttosenttosent to the appropriate missionaries this approach was adaptadapteded by one missionmismls sionslon as the how why what program the same basic questions were used plus others that determined the interest to make it workable with the contact at the appropriate moment in a conversation between a member and a nonmember the former said how important would these things be to you if you knew there was a living prophet of god upon the earth today if the person felt it was important the inquirer asked why would it be important for you to find out and if the nonmember showed further interest the next question was 0 what would it mean to you if you could know in a short time that there is a true living 27 prophet of god upon the earth today those who said it mattered to

260 I1 care a card in the personal file of the writer npap nd 27 R H morgan hoijhwhathow wh what mesa millett brothers nd appp 131 3 69

DO yohYOU cile OM MIT yourself

PPKOACH jelatiif b alemi and eihborsneihbors because of my regard for1iorbior you I1 ould likeilke to akask vouyou just orleorteone ellkquestionqllk stion is that alrightalriht new contacts you ajappearatarptar to hebe a person who appreciates the truth and I1 would like to akask you just one questionqU estionastion isio hatthatt alright

EUESTEQUEST if you knew the questionluleluieillestierlstiorl on care card

XPEDITEXPEDIICE niyntynilmayay I1 send messengers to tell you this exciting story of the restoration be not afraid buthut sleakspeak and hold not thy peace for I1 aniam with thee and no man shall set on thee to hhiirihiirtlirt thee for I1 havhave much people in this city acts 18910189 10

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I1 rexoalwendRECOMMEND THIS PERSON TO HEAR THE MESSAGE OF THE restoration

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know such a principle wedewodewerewore invited to the meilmellmemberslibersiiberseibers home for a discussion arrangements were made to have the missionaries come and explain the

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since many members were afraid to ask the golden questions to

1 wh use the I care approach 5 or to try the how why 5 whatat program other ideas were suggested one mission president outlined in detail a prac- tical stepbystepstep by step approach to introduce the gospel to friends and neighbors firstfirsts he suggested the member family prayerfully select a nonmember family to approach next get acquaintedacqua in itedcited with them in getting acquainted show genuine interest in each member of the family an in- vitationvi tation to the members home was the following recommendation and after that it was suggestedug gested they do something together to broaden their friendship iftheintheif the nonmember family wanted to do something inappropriate to latterlatterdayday saint standards tactfully suggest alzeraloeratzeralternativesnatives the fifth step was to iinform them you belbelongong to the mormon church thithlthiss coulcouldd be accomplaccomptaccomplished1 shed by taltalkingki ng about some leculpeculiarpecul i ar mormon practiprackipracticece such as a son on a mission or an assignment to give a talk next was to give the family something to read about the church following that he recommended inviting the nonmembers to participate in the members family horehome evening where the former could see the latter sing pray participate in lessons and enjoy each others company step number eight was to invite them to attend a meeting like a relief society function which is for women of the church or primary for the children and aaronic priesthood MIA for single youth twelve years of age and older next invite thetiletlle family to participate in a church social being careful to select one that meets their interests following a social it was recommendedrecommendedto to invite them to attend a meeting where priesthood 71

authauthorityarityority presided 1liketikei ke at a sacrament meeting sunday school etc the eleventh step was to testify to them concerning your convictions

earingbearingbeavingES testimony was an important climax to the previous experiences the last step was to ask them the golden questions the I1 care questions or other appropriate inquiries and the last step was invite the missionaries to come into the members home to teach the discussion to the 2800 non-nonmemberi nemberbemberhembey family

correlation OF missionary WORK

As seen above a major emphasis of the approach was to have every member111 do all in his ability to set the stage for the missionaries to come iinn and teach with a fulltimefull time missionary program in operation there had been no morethanmormoreethanthan 18000 serving but with everymemberevery rembermember doing his part that force could increase to over three million that type of effort required correlationcorrel atioriatnori in the 1960s priesthood correlation was inaugurated to place all programs of the church under the direction of the priesthood concerning missionary work it was taught the responsibility to do missionary work rests with every member of the church thoserhose called as fulltimefull time missionaries are to help members of the church discharge their missionary responsibilities allaliail organizations and programsprogranis of the church should utilize their capacities for proselyting home teachingteaching2929 is the vehicle that makes available to the members of the church theehe help of the missionaries and the organizations of the church

28pp ernest eberhard howflow to share the gospel the ensijnenslaqensign IV june 1974 appp 6116 11 hereafter cited as the ensigensign

29OQ home teaching referred to a priepriesthoodstroodsthood program where two men who held an office in the priesthood and made monthly visits to families in the ward each set of home teachers normally had one to five fam- ilies1 es to visivlsivisit 72 missimissionaryonaryconary work is now a varwarwardoruardwarddordocd or branchcenteredbranch centered tivityactivityac that revolves around the ward mission leader and is correlatedtivittthrough the ward priesthood executive committee and the ward council 30

RESULTS

evidence of the effect of every member being more missionary minded was seen in the convert baptisms from 1957 to 1973 from a low of 3012930j29 in 1957 to a high of 115834 in 96219621 and averaging 79980 a year from 1963 to 1973 the total number of convert baptisms from

196191961 when the slogan was given that every member strive to bring auat4- least one other person into the church every year through 1973 was 31 1084423150845423

30 eberhard op cit p 11

31 CR statistical report given april of each year 9571957197419571 95711 9741974 7 3

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proselyting LESSON PLANS

EARLY PLANS

therethero were no organized missionary lesson plans for use in cottage meetings until the twentieth century prior to that time missionaries relied upon divine guidance their own knowledge and experiences plus the literature available such as the bible the book of mormon and other tracts and pamphlets beginning about 1930 several missions outlined for theirthe r mi- sionssionariesaries possible topics to present in cottage meetings each topictop 1.1 C was based largely upon a tract or a series of tracts for example a series written bbyy charles penrose entitled rays of living light presented the first principles of the gospel with little mention of joseph smith and the restoration A different series of tracts written by

B H roberts entitled why mormonism presented the rfiessagmessagea of the restoration

14 ithklith the many tracts available elderswereelderseiders were counseled to be flexible in their approach the variety of subjects available makes it possible to satisfy almost any interest some are more directly related to the gospel than others some can be used with good effect on the scholarly minded while others are of a lighter nature carefully consider

the missionarxqyjlenisslmissi onaryconary gu i de appp 444644 46

74 75

the typeype of people to whom you willwilt speak before determining the partpaytparticularicularicolar message1 ieslesiessagelsagel to use no matter what approach the elders took 5 they left adequate time at the end of the cottage meeting for informal discussion and questions and 3 answers ihthe message of mormonismmormon ism legrande richards served as president of the southern states mission from 193319371933 1937 heilelip recognized the need to provide an outline of discussion topics

1 1 1 0 I shall attempt to outline what I feel would be a proper presentation of OUR MESSAGE under twentyfourtwenty four separate headings or subjects each suitable for one nights discussion and sufficient for six months at one night a week 4 that the discussions should last forsixfornixfor six months was balbakbasedt ed on his feelings that when we find a home where the son of peace be there 9 we should have a definite aim to visit that home once a week for at least six we months and if hlllulitwill do this 9 and present our message in a systemssystema tice and orderly manner the people will as I1 have often said ithereitherelthere 1 join the church or admit that the message is true but their social and family ties will not permit their accepting the same at thistimethithisstimetime if they have followed with interest your presentation 5 he recognized that to be presented effectively some subjectsubjects would last more than one night and other topics not included in the lesson plan were worthy of discussion however the inexperienced missionary profited by the lessons because he was able to preparehimselfprepare himself in advance in the specific gospel topic

2 athe2thethe missionarysMissionM i s s i ona rysarys hand book 1946 p 90

bibid3ibidbid 5 p 91

4legrande ap legrande richards the mesdagmessagmessage of mormon ism1 sm np nd p 2

1 albu5lbu5ibid 5 P 76

there was an orderly flow of subject headings beginning with a philosophical basis of mormonism and continuing through topics on the 6 restoration of the gospel and all its blessings for a complete list of the lesson titles see appendix A the major emphasis of the message of mormonism was to teach the gospel little mention was made of the need for the investigator to accept baptism at the hands of the elders

A typical lesson consisted of three major headings written in outline form first was a listing of topics to be discussed with appropriate scriptures supporting each major idea second supplementary readings in the form of tracts were outlined for the missionaries to refer to and leave for the investigator to read thirdthirds questions concerning the important principles taught in the discussion were provided the questions were used in the discussion or left with the co- 7 ntacts to answer as they read the literature left following each visitvisits the actual dialogue was determined by the missionaries see appendix

leonelpwelp190i90i90forlllllpjijll5missionaries other missions adopted the plan of elder legrande richards but as with most early plaplansns they were adapted to meet the particular needs of a given area in a different part of the world such was the case of lllpeljiljhelps for missionaries compiled and written by two missionaries of the east central states mission the topics followed the suggestions

brnbwlbibid6ibidbul appp 3213 21

7ibidbibidbid 77 in the smejmesslcjsgejof mormonism A major difference was a reduction in lessons the earlier plplanan contained twentyfourtwenty four lessons and the latter 8 nineteen but the topics were basicalbasicallyly the same see appendix B for a I1listst of I1lessontessonesson titlesti tl es the format of the two plans was similar and although the latter had more detailed headings and discussion ideas both required the missionaries to use the suggestions in their own words helps for missionaries was later published primarily to serve as the basis of a missionary doctrine class being taught at 9 ricks college rexburgredburgRex burg idaho

FOUR MAJOR missionary LESSON PLANS

neinelneitherther of the above plplansans was used worlworldworldwidedwid widewi de but sinces i nce worlworldd war II11 there have been four proselyting lesson plans used in the churchchurchs missionary program the anderson plan

this lesson plan was officially titled hA plan for effectiveeffectifecci ve missionary work since it came about largely through the efforts of elder richard L anderson a missionary in the northwestern states mission it has more commonly been known aass the anderson planpianp1pa an however he did not develop the plan without assistance from others this missionary plan or guide is a combination of the experiences of elder

thyrum8hyrumhyrum L andrus and E paul palmer helpshel ps for missionariesmi ss i onarionart es published by division of religion ricks college rexburgredburgRex burg redburgrexburg journal 1949 appp ii iii 9 1 bidbi d 78 reid E bankhead in the north central statestatess mission and president lilo1110 joel richards in the northwestern states mission 1.1 this plan stressed two essential objectives to the success of the missionary efforts first and foremost is the spirit of the lord

0 0 1 and the second is1s a knowledge of the gospel of jesus christ to assist the missionaries in achieving those goals it was recommended elders be thoroughly conversant with each subject by reading the scripture references and the books listed that supported each topic also they were taught to memorize scriptures dont letI1 et a day go by that 12 you dont memorize AT LEAST ONE PASSAGE not only were they to memorize them but review each systematically As a key to conversion emphasis was placed on the book of mormon the missionaries used the book in actingtrtractingtracking in teaching and in their personal study to help bring about success and the conversion of the contacts the plan strongly emphasized the importance of reason and logic if

J thef he missionary does all the talking he can lull the contact into mentaln 13 slusluistulstuibersluiberkluiberiber to avoid that missionaries were taught to ask questions that brought a commitment of belief on the part of the investigator arouse the prospect to active thinking and definite reaction on each I1 a point the missionaries asked questions that permitted a contact to

10 ajilfjiyjA plan for effective missionalmissionarMiss ionarlonarly work P i1 11 ibmI1 b 11 d 12 9 jjbijibid 2 p 13 abd 9 imibimlimllbd t P 14 ibidjoldjbldibid p 8 79

decidedec I1 de what each scripture meant and then they asked him to express his frank opinion after sufficient proof was presented for example if a scripture is supposed to prove that there is one true church say one church and not one way or some other hazy term alwayalwaatwaylys porpon make the prospectegyaqpq see thee consequencecancpnseunceseuseancence jofisbofisof his a gregreementqrqementagreementement forrorron example r you have agreed with me thatbhat the true church must have apostles does this mean that the churches of today are not gods true church ONE topicshouldTOPIC SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UNTIL AGREEMENT IS REACHED IT IS POINTLESS TO EVER HAND OUT information WITHOUT DEFINITE commitment ON THE PART OF THE investigator 15 open direct questions were characteristic of the lessons you have read the first two bookes sic of nephi now be honest with llieilieme do you actually feel gods spirit as you read this book that type of questionofquestion helped determine the investigators sincerity and served to strengthen him in his own testimony so that when it came time for his 16 baptism he was notnob shocked or unprepared therephere were sixteen major subjects to be discussed in the cottage meetings not unlike the two plans already mentioned lessons dealt with the book of mormon the first principles and ordinances of the gospel the restoration of the priesthood the plan of salvation and the duties of church membership the last two lessons contained twelve subh6adingssubheadings that were developed into individual lessons making a total of twentyeighttwenty eight different discussion topics in the anderson 17 piarplan see appendix C for the lesson titles

15 helpibidhmlpp 10 16 ibid appp lolllo1011ll 17 jbjdibid p ii 80

there was not a written dialdialgouegoue but the missionariesrflissionaries were

required to memorize the logical sequence of topics and use his own

words to explain the inesmessagesage the instructions were to

take mental notes of the planp lanian of attack plus crucial issues to be discussed and decided do ilotriotnot write this outline in your notebook and rely upon it you will simply rob your subject of the very animation that can put it over get each subject in mind and present it from nenimeninenorynemorymemoryory if you do not do as complete a job as you should study harder next time the biggest laklgkweak- ness of this outline is that you may rely too much upon it the actual format of each lesson consisted of the subject title followed by an agreement to be reached for example under the topic one church the agreement to be reached said christ organized only one true church he the investigator will accept only 19 one true church following the heading agreement to be reached was materialma tterialtherial to be discussed consisting of scriptures statements and key questions the last part was the conclusion including a list of supplementary material such as tracts books and related scripture references not listed under the headheadinging material to be 20 discussed see appendix hi althoughalthough the anderson pianPI an was never publishedpubl i shed by the church it was the forerunner to other plans and was used in many missions eleven thousandthou sendsand copies of this guide for missionary work have now been 211 published and requests for it have come from all over the world

1 Q bibid8ibiddmdjmd p 9 19 libjibJtbjtbjidibidjid appp 161716 17 20 ibidibjdI1 bid 21 iillaillibid P i1 1 1 881I jllyallyJlthefhelYsystematic fjanajanplan in 1952 the leaders of thetiletiietlle church published the first lesson planpolan that was officially to be used in allatl missions in the world it

A programpro yam gs was called systematic ram for teachindeachinteaching9.9 the g2sgospelggs el it viaswasyias provided to help the missionary accomplish two major tasks n making contacts to whom heileliefie may present his message and teaching the 11222 gospel in an effective mamannermannennner making contacts was discussed earlier in this thesis therefore the emphasis here will be on how the planplarl recommendedrecommenced teaching the gospel in an effective way the systematic approach much like the anderson plan recognized the importance of teaching by the spirit of the lord prayer obedience to the directions of the holy ghost and personal preparation were encouraged instead of so much emphasis on logic and proof as was found in the andersanderson or nalpalnajplan missionaries were to testify of their personal convictions you may not be able to prove every point to the satisfaction of he your investigator but cannot honestly refute your statement 23 that ycuyou know it to be true because of the witness of the spirit the plan further emphasized some personal qualities to be cultivated by those who taught the gospel now remember enthusienthusiasmenthuse asrflasral for it will maintain interest simplicity for it will give power repelrepetitionRepei tion for it will bring colvconvconvictionctionaction Tetestimontestimonystimon y for it will bring conversion 24

22 A systematisystematicSystematiatl c progpro 9-ram for teacdeacreachingh i ng the gospel p 5 2300oo librnibid p 24 24 ibid 82

A characteristiccharactericharaccharacteryterlteri st4cstacI1 of tillstilisthis plan and the previous one discussed was the objective of seeking converts always worktowardworkwoyk toward the goal of 255 baptibaptismsibsin missionaries were taught to noiboibotnotnob waste time debate or argue with contacts but they were there to teach when objections came they were to use logic reason firmness and testimony to per- suade the investigator the message was true and from god in order to achieve the goal of baptism it was necessary to make more frequent home 26Q visits than was suggested in previous lesson plans there were seven basic lessons compared to the twentyfourtwenty four lessons in the messaqemessage of mormonimormonism sm and the sixteen major discussiondiscussionssp in the andersnanderson jptaeptaplan missionaries still taught concepts concerning the godhead the apostasy the restoration the book of mormon the first principles and ordinances of the gospel and the plan of salvation in the anrsmjpjiaanderson plann lesson fourteen was written to help the missionaries obtain a baptismal commitment from the investigator but thele systematic plan contained a dialogue in lesson five to commit the contact to be baptized see appendix D elder in order to fulfill your end of the contract you must do what mr brady be baptized elder and when you understand all these basic commandments do you have a right to keep putting off doing them mr brady no elder then when should you be bytizedbaptized mr brady right away I1 guess 272 see appendix I1 for an additional sample dialogue

25 widibidmid 9 p 34

26 frnJKLibid p 36 27 jlmdibid p 125 83

the anderson piarplanpian topics werewore to be memorized but presented without reference to a dialogue the sjfcnatijcsystematic ajanplanpjan which was written in dialogue form was not to be memorized but the missionaries were in-in structedstructed to outline the subject matter in their mind practice presenting it to their companions and accept opportunities to teach cricrlcritic-ti isms of strengths and weaknesses of lesson presentations were expected from each other as companions paramount to a successful lesson pre- sentationsen tation as pointed out in both the anderson plan and the systematicSystemalicabic blallbeallplan was to lose yourself in expression telteli I1 iti t ffromroorom the bottom of your heart 11i28h28 some important innovations of this plan was the instruction to gather around a table to teach the family and use drawings to illuslilusilllillii us 29 trate the key concepts sample illustrations accompanied each lesson

A uniformun i fornformsystemform Systemy tem forfo r teachteachinging investiinvestsI1 n ves t i g atorsacorsa to rs As a part of the world mission presidents seminar in june 1961 A uniformun i forrform tentem for teachireachiTeaChteachinqteachinginqng inveshinves tiliali9gatorstors wawas inttntintroducedreducedroduced consisting of six discussions written out in dialogue form the missionaries were required to memorize the lessons forming a major portion of each discussion were questions written to lead the investigator to basic conclusions like the two previous plans the missionaries were

28 bidnidmidibid p 38 29 ibidabidibjdjbid 5 appp 252725 27

4 84 not to proceed from one conclusion to the next until the contact had 30 understood and agreed to the principle or concept taught

the principles of repetition enthusiaienthusenthusiamsenthusiasmsiamslamsi is simplicity and 31 ony were Ssystemem tche testinitestimony repeated in the uniform this plan 5 lilethelikethelike previous two emphasized the use of scriptures important passages were listed at the beginning of each lesson as well as in the dialogue logic reason 9 and persuasion were important parts of the discussion especially when scriptures were used with the success of visual illustrations in the systematic planplen m4ssmassmissionariesionariesfonariesionlonariesarles used flannel boards in the uniformuni form sys Aterntenntermem speciapecispecial-a I1 lyty prepared cutocutoutut strips and characters were to be arranged as diagrammed with each lesson one of the most significant differences of this plan was the content of each lesson the first discussion and they were called discussions not lessons combined into one the topics the godhead the joseph smith story the apostasy from the primitive church the restoration of the church and priesthood authority through joseph smith concluding the first discussion was a commitment from the investigator to be baptized study pray and attend church the commitment to be baptized did not come in the other lessons until after several visits and serious gospel study on the part of the contact an indepth review of the first disdiscussiviscussidiscussioncussi on and the story of the coming forth of the book of mormon and its contents were the basic conclusions of the second

30 A uniform system for TeacUnAteaching investiqatorsinyestigatorsinvestigators the church of jesus chrischrlschristf of latterlatterdayday saints august 1961 appp 343 4 3libid31 ibid 85 discussion in the earlier lesson plans the word of wisdom was usually not discussed until the end of the missionary visits the third discussion reviewed all previous coitcoifimitmentscommitments such as the baptismal date established in the first discussionalsodiscussion Also a promise to abstain from those items prohibited by the commandment of the lord in the word of wisdom was obtained from the investigator see appendix E the gift of god Is eternal life was the fourthdiscussionfourth discussion As with the first three discussions of this plan all commitments were reviewed to lead into a need for the contact to be baptized an explanation of the fall of adamandarld arid the redemption of christ were presented lowhow the atonement of christ affected each person and its relation ship to the investigators future baptismal date were discussed the law of eternal progression or mans premortalpre mortal mortal and post- mortal life was the fifth discussion the sixth and last one reviewed the first five discussions and introduced the need to obey the ten 323 commandments and pay tithing the elders alternated presenting parts of lessons periodically the elder not presenting a conclusion inter 3333 quotedruptedyuotederupted spontaneously to testify concernconcerningconcerninganinganan important principle with the adoption of the worldwideworld wide proselyting plplanpianan and the announcement of david 0 mckay to church members to be a missionary and bring at least one other individual into the church convert baptisms increased dramatically see figure 77.

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33 ibidabidjbid p 21 see appendix J for a sample dialogue 86 tlejnvormysenthe uniform X eni jilljj1for teachingTeach inqing farifarl lt63I1 i es church leaders announced in 1973 that a new lesson plan would be distributed to all missions of the church the uniformU n i fo rm systemsyst em for ljjijmiestea c h i ng fa alesjles contained features of the previous ujlijojsjbemuni fornformfoyn sy tq plus others never utilized before in all lesson plans missionaries were instructed to teach by theuthe inspiration and power of the holy ghost in the previous outline elders were told to memorize the discussions but with the new one they were allowed greater flexibility at first memorize the discussions exactly as they appear As you use them more and 1134 more you may be noremoremor6mora comfortable and effective using youyourr own words elders were not to deviate from the spirit and intent of the questions earlier lesson plans had relieduponrelieretieretlereliedretiedduponupon reason logic and testimony but this one encouraged missionaries to solicit the feelings of the listeners keep in mind how you want the family to feel do not force them to say what you want them to say TEACH thiemTHEMTHLEM help them feel good about the gospel people do not often express their real doubts or objections at first seek to understand their real reservations deal with the problem ilotriotnot the symptom r encourage the family to express their feelings honestly 35 the elders were instructed to help the investigator learn to 36q listen by the spirit in teaching the discussions missionaries observed when the listener seemed especially receptive to the concept at that monentmomentmomen tt in the presentation the elder paused and said

34 the uniformsystemforteachinguniform s stenstem for teachireachi families 1973 p a1A 1

dmd35jmdibid 36 p A 3 ibid 5 a3 87

mr and mrs brown what you are feeling right now is the spirit of the lord testifying to you that we are teaching you the truth you are beginning to receive your own testitestimonymony of the truthfulness of this message 07D the earlier plans recommended teaching one lesson a week but the last three emphasized the importance of allowing even less time to lapse between visits and lessons elders were told to plan to give each of the families you teach two or three dis- cussionscus sions per week depending on how rapidly the family is progress- ing between the regular discussions you will want to make supplementary visits to them no more than two days should go by without3hheirwithout their having a visit from you or other members of the church 38

the nismissionamissionarymissionalmismls sionaslona ry dialogue was found on the right side of the page and supplementary questions and helps were found on the left the additionadditionalallatlati aids were used to help missionaries answer questions when doubts or reservations occurred in the disccusion of A uniform syystefns terntenntemm for teachireachiteachin g investiinvestsinveshinves tigagg9ato rrsS 19619611 the written dialogue included responses for the contact but in the later plan only the dialogue for

the elders was given see appendixes J and K for a comparison for visual aids in the discussions a set of full color pictures used in expositions and bureaus of information plus short statements of scripturescrip zureoure were provided in a notebook at the conclusion of each discussion was a list of passages and tracts for the family to read prior to the next vvisitsit emphasis on reading appropriate literature was a part of each eroselyproselyproselytinginglingL plan in each of the previous outlines discussed a particular sequence of presentation was recommended this plan allowed the

jbjjibid p a3A 3 38 ibid 88 missionaries to teach the discussions in the equencesequences suggested ortoor to use them in altyailyartyany order they felt inspired the needs and interests of 39 the family were an important consideration in each discussion several concepts were taught and the elders alternated presenting them some concepts in one discussion were inserted into others without harming the flow and content sincesinco the comingforthcoming forth of the anderson plan there was a strong encouragement to use the book of mormon and bear testimony often the newest plan supported that pattern the discussions call for your testimony in many places both you and your companion should testify as inspired by the spirit simple statements that you know somethingsomethingissomethin iss true are not usually enough bear pure testimony testify bi40 the titles and content of the eight discussions were similar to earlier lessons in other plans withwi th some variations added the first discussion was concerning family home evenings and how to help fathers set one up the next one presented the restoration eternal progression continuing revelation responsibilities of church members and the role of the savior were other concepts taught in the eight discussions for a list of the topics see appendix F A significant feature to this lesson plan was the addition of a specific discussion called baptismal challenge it was used when the missionaries felt inspired by the holy ghost to commit a person to be baptized following an explanation of the restoration of the authority to baptize and the importance of baatbaptbaptismsm the missionary said

39 ibidabidibadibldibid p A 3.3 40 ibidI1 bi d 89

mr brown 9 will you and your family follow the savior by keeping the fathers commandment1 1 to repent and be baptized by those holholdingdirig the proper authority if the response was affirmative the missionary explained what the holy ghost was A baptibaptismalsmillsmial date was then established

mrbnorno brown we invite you and your family to be ready for baptism into the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints on date will you prepare for that date4datedated041 it was important to have the elders always speak to the father first on such a commitment respect the position of the father involve the whole family in the lessons but direct important commitment questions to 4A 11 him first fhe14e in prepyepreviousviOLIS lesson plans scriptures from the bible were used to teach important concepts and doctrines but in the uniform snsystemtem for teachingTeachachinfamijjesinqing families 1973passages1973 passages from the book of mormon were used ex- tensivelyten sively as well as selected verses from the other two books which latterlatterdayday saints considered to be scripture with the changes in the world there will probably be future improvements in the area of proselyting plans but this last one contained featfeaturesatresAires of flexibility doctrine and approach that were not found in earlier outlines

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conclusion

SUMMARY

with the restoration of the priesthood or authority from god to act in his name followed by the organization of the church of jesusjeslis christ of latterlatterdayday Ssaints in 1830 many members were called to preach to the inhabitants of the earth samuel smith the churchs first official missionary distributed copies of the book of mormon on hishi s brief journey others were called to proclaim the message of mormonism throughout the world they went with the belief that the field is hhitewhitewhile already to harvest and 10lo he that thrusteththru steth in his 1 sickle with his might would reap a great harvest in the early days of missionary work there were two basic ap- proachesproaches the first was personal contacting missionaries carried with them whatever literature was available and distributed it from door to door if the person was home elders solicitiedsoli citied an opportunity to explain more fully their message but if no one was home they left the tract or Damphpamphletlet on 1thehe door step with the hopes the occupant would read it and investigate further this practice of handing out or distributing literature door to door was called tractingtractingtracking

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few guidelines for tractingtrading were given at the beginning in later years suggested door approaches and visual aids were used to arouse interest and increase the possibility of enteringtheentering the homehorne even though other methods were more effective in obtaining interested contacts actingtrtrading has continued to be a major proselyting technique the second basic approach was called group contacting the elders conducted meetings in halls churches schools and public edi

ficiesfacies as wellweilwe 11ll as preaching to large groups in openair meetings in public parks and on the streets followingsuchfollowing such meetings missionaries solicited appointments with interested investigators other methods of group contacting employed public debates athletic programs sociasocialssociatsls exhibits fairs expositions radio and television programs and musical groups and choirs etc in 1923 and again in 1961 david 0 mckay challenged church members to bring at least one individual into the church every year every member a missionary became the slogan and programs to help identify interested persons were inaguratedinaugurated along with the member missionary program came new proselyting discussions lesson plans were not used during the first century of missionary work in 1930 legrande richards wrote one of the first outlinesoutlireslinesiines since then four major plans have been introduced found in latterlatterdayday saint scripture is the following verse 2 behold I1 the lord will hasten my work in its time general improvements in each phase of the missionary program supported the latterlatterdayday saint belief in a hastening

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one aspect was the emphasis placed on obtaining convert baptisms

from 18301330 to 1850 wiuhenwhenwilenienlen investigators heard the gospel many immediately accepted baptism from the late 1800s to about 1950 missionaries seldom baptized a contact until he had studied mormon theology at length by the 1960s and 1970s the direction was like that of the first decades of rmonismmormonismmo rmonymon ism if the investigator desired baptism he was permitted to receive the ordinance even though his understanding of mormon doctrines was still incomplete another development in the hastening has been the return to the use of the book of mormon the earliest elders in their contacting emphasized that scriptural text but as more literature was available missionaries sometimes distributed tracts and pamphlets in preference to the book of mormon elders were always encouraged to place copies of the book but cost was a factor for not leaving them in homes with the mostmo t recent lesson plans church leaders encouraged elders to useusne the book constantly this counsel paralleled more closely the earliest practices in placing the book of mormon in addition to the book of mormon a missionarys testimony of the truthfulness of the restored gospel was one of his major tools during the early years logic and reasonbasedreason based on scriptures were stressed from the latetate 1800s to the middle igonlgon however direction from church leaders from about 1950 to the present stressed bearing testimony often in the years following the 1961 mission presidents seminar a dramatic increase of convert baptisms resulted this was due not only to more fulltimefull time missionaries serving and improved methods and techniques 93

but it seemed also that divine powerspoliapoliq ers accompanying participants in

missionary work suchsufsur1 h strong influences from deity were also evident in the beginning years of mormonism when thousands joinrjohnrjoinedd the church even though only few elders were available the writer was a personal witness of the overshadowing influences of heaven when he served as a

I1 missmissimissionaryi onaryconary in those years following the inauguration of the every member a missionary program and the new lesson plans

recommendations

other topics for future consideration concerning the missionary work would be studies of the development of the stake missionary program and its relationship to the fulltimefull time program also topics concerningconce finingrining the use of literature the development of lesson plans and the origin and development of missionarytrainingmissionary training programs would be recommended in addition to the above it might be profitable to conduct studies dealing with the effectiveness of the different phases of missionary work bibliography

94 bibliography

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B MORMON periodicals AND PAMPHLETS conferencelpafijic1pontsrepentsrepontsRe salt lake cityy 195619731956 1973 jjll9deseret news churchliyr01 news saltsait lake cityy 193019741930 1974 iibiljjbhandlinqhandlingHandl inq referrals in missionamissionalmlsMis sionaslona work priesthood missionary committee 0of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints salt lake city mcconkie bruce R josljjjnpproselyaPropyo selyAlajlpj principlesn salt lake citcityy millennialjjjillibrstar liverpool england 185219391852 1939 missionMLIPO presidentsjj1515 jahandbook0 published by the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayJJday saintsj0 salt lake city utah 1973 missionLL presidentspres i deatdent s seolseiminarsemisefSeininarminarnar vol 1 published by the church of jesus christchrist btlatterof latterbatterlatterdayday S ailtsaintssaints salt lake citcityly utah 1961 itijipjlmissionarys hand book published by the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints independentindependencee press of zions printing and publishing co 1937 mljjlyMissionmissionsarysarygary s handijj111 book revised ed published by the church of jesusjeslisjesuis christ of latterlatterdayday saints independence press of zions printing and publishing co 1946

95 96 galpalcpalanoPALpal0ti ce0 M r R0 h-t 1 rt C ai kajkbj el 1 specialspec i at collectionscolcoi 1 ectiechi ons bribrighamghan young universityjjjcainlibralibrary 0operat1orj3rpupp ionjon group teachindeachinteach ijigiligg in1 the personal file of jay FE jensen orem U otahutahI1 a h panorama california north mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints sacramento pjlljlgjj0plan forfoy effective missionjyyork northwestern states mission of the church of jesus christ of tlattertatterlatterdaya fterafter day saints portland 1951 proqramprogram erjlhpdpriesthood correlationcancpn in the miss4onar Y published by the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints salt lake city deseret news press 1964

pres 1.1 elpjwocjsjcnpriesthood missionamissionalmlsMis sionaslona ry p landbookaandbook published bybY the first presidencydency of the church of jesus christchri t of latterlatterdayday saints salt lake city press deseret news 5 1970 priesthood mi ssionarymissiqjlry programr r am fellowshifetlowFellowfel1owshippingfellowshipshishl I1 anualmanualM publishedpublpubt isheddished by the missionary executive committee of thefliennie church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints salt lake city deseret news press 1970 richards legrande theth esemessageege0 afrmaarmof mormonism the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saintsaintss romney georgegeor e S and ettasEI i as S woodrufwoodrufff thefige jssionarj3ujjitait4i c si onaryconary GO ddekdeyek independence press of zions printing and publishingPublish insinq co circa 1935 surgsuggus9esjiorg j 0 ri s For qraljreratipa a missions the missionary executiveexeclo aieoieote0ie tomrnitomanicommitteetteeatee of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints salt lake city deseret news press 1965 SsuggestisuggestsSug gestigestlq jonyeryorons for stake miM iss sionariessionslons i onaariesaylesri es published by the missionary executive committee bf the Cfurchkurchchurchkuych of beslujeslujesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints salt lakelahelaikelaeke city deseretDeserefc news press 1965

t ma i c P ro go spelspey published by churchchlirch of yilfcmajlilrjj9rqlit- 9 for1 teachijqahejhe soel the ch- I jesus chrischrlsristt of afteratterlatterafterdaylatterdaylattey day saints 3 1953 zhejjugthe ensipenship salt lake city dunejunejuneajuneq 1974 ljmry0the improvement eraeya salt akeahelakelaheL city 189919701899 1970 ihthe llsjicj5tristructor salt lake city july 1969 thetiietife newfrairaera salt lake city dunedurleduriejunejurle 197319713 uniformuni fornform systemjem for teaching invest i gatorsitorsigors theTn e church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints sahsaltsau lake chyaffycuy 1961 97

uniform systesystemm falfplforfoy teachireachi famicami I1 i es theae1e church of jesus christ of jlpjlllatterlatterdaydaydey saintssaisal ntjjlelljjits salsaisaltsaitt lake Ccityi y deseret press 1973

C MISSION publications

andrus elder hyrum L and elder E paul palmer hjsjshelps forfpmijsionmission zirizirtanjssanesses published by division of religion ricks collegecottegev Rexrexburgrehburgrextburgburg thenhetlie edburgexburgrexburg journal 5 1949 dallardbattardballard elder russell M and elder quinn G mckay sreeeetstreet meetinsmeetinqni suggestions published by the british mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints london daynes robert W jjsjMissiomissionarvmissionaryoryjoryanarvnary helps salt lake citycicly y bookcraft 1967 doxey roy Wwo Mmissionarys s i 0nqnyananya guldeguideae4e provo brigham young university 1949 elEJ Anianimatoranimadoranmadqrmador monthly publication of the spanish american mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints 196119631961 1963 elderseiders journal atlanta 190319071903 1907 elders manual zions printing and publishing co independence 1918 elders referencere ferencenee eastern states mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints 1913 finding a way throuxthrouqthrough group and cottacottagee meetings published by the texas missionary of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints Friendfriendshippingfriendshippirlqshipping member missionary kit published by the arizona mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints

I1 care referral card in the personal file of jay E jensen orem utah inuainvitainvitalltajitwjiliondionmion special collections brigham young university library llaliahornaLia horbahorna the elders journal independence zions printing and pu- uhiilmblishing co 190819451908 1945 manuscript histories of missions the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints church historical department salt lake city morgan R H jwjhjwhow Jhwtxwax j1cac1 mesa minettmihettf1illettmchett brothers roberts B H on aSlinaaslingtraslinaactingtrasvinatractingTr tuttle A theodore A talk on actingtrtractingtracking given to mission presidents published by the french east mission 1960 98

D SECONDARY WORKSIWORKS allenalienatlen james B and richard 0 cowan mormonism in theth tyntjecyntjetwentieth th cenceitjjrytarytqry brigham young university extensionextensaonv 1961964 4 barrett ivan J josephdosephseph smithsjnuh anda nd tthe restoration provo brigham young universifuniversiauniversityUniversif press 1973 berrett lamar C history of the southern states mission 183118611831 1861 ll11 masters thesis brigham young university 1960 berrett william E and aldaaidaaimaalmaatma burton eds readi ngscj ini n IDSLDS churchchu rchach history 3 volsvois saltsait lake city deseretdeserefbobkbook co 1958 christensen marius A history of the danish mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints 185019641850 1964 mastersmas-tevsers thesis brighamBrig hartthartlharat young university 1966 cowley mathias F milfomalfowilford rd woodruffwood ru ff historyhi starystpry of hishi s lifeli fe andan d laborsL a bo rs salt lake city bookcraft 1964 eusworthensworthellsworth samuel george A history of mormon Missmissionsmisslionslions in the united stastatestes and canada 183018601830 1860 n unpublished doctoral disldialcertationcurtationdissertationcertation university of california 1953 hawkes john douglas A history of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints in austrilliaaustrialiaAustri alia to 1900 masters thesis brigham young university 1965 higdon barbara jean mcfarlaneMcFar lanetane the role of preaching in thetheathen early latterlatterdayday saint church 183018461830 1846 unpublished doctoral dissertation august 1961 university of missouri hunt brian william history of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in new zealand masters thesis brigham young university 1971 kirby dale Z history of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints in switerzland masters thesis brigham young university 1971 monson farrellfayrell ray history of the south african mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints 185319701853 1970 masters thesis brighaibrigham9.9 young university 1971 porter lawrence C A study of the origins of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints in the states of new york andaridarld pennsyl- vania 181618311816 1831 unpublished doctoral dissertation brigham young university 1971 roberts B H 192comprehensiveTp rehensiveprehensive hihistorysto ry of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdaylatteyrattrryajntsday saints 6 volsvoisvots salt lalakeke city deseret news press 1 9301930 99 scharffsschdrffsS ch a rf fs gilbertgi I1 bert W history of the chulchuychulchchurchch of jesus christ of latter 1 day sasaintsI1 ntsants in germany between 1840 and 1968 doctoralk dissertation 5 brigham young university 1969 smi 0 jesus day snismith th 5 joseph tiltflistoryqfglyply thefhe church of christ of latter saintsscnnfcs ed Bbab7 fl robertspijijl17 volsvois saltsaitsa irlakeinlakelake chycity deseretdeseretdet book coco7coa 1959 smith joseph fielding essentials in jhinchjchurch pistorpiston salt lake city deseret book co 196919 69 smith hyrum M and sjodahl janne M D octaneoctjnedoctrine andajvnpjencovenants bommencommen ttartaylry salt lake city deseret book co 1965 warner keith C history of the netherlands mission of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints 186119661861 1966 masters thesis brigham young university 1967 APPENDIX A

THE MESSAGE OF MORMONISM discussion TOPICS

lootoo100100 THE MESSAGE OF MORMONISM discussion TOPICS discussion I1 the philosophical basis of mormonism discussion II11 the visit of the father and son discussion iliIII111 the visit of the father and son contd discussion IV the restoration of the gospel foretold in the scriptures discussion V visit of moroni to the prophet joseph smith discussion VI visit of moroni to the prophet joseph smith contcontd1 discussion VII visit of moroni to the prophet joseph smith contd discussion VIII visit of john the baptist discussion ix visitofvisitorVisit of peter james and john discussion X visit of peter james and john condcontd discussion XK visit of peter james and john contd discussion XII visit of elijah the prophet discussion XIII visit of elijah the prophet contd discussion XIV moses returned with the keys of the gather of israel discussion XV moses returned with the keys of the gathering of isreal contd discussion XVI return of the prophet elias 101 102 discussion XVIIXVIT by their fruits ye shallishaasha 11 know them discussion XVIII the wordwondworld of wisdom discussion XIX if mormonism iiss a restored or revealed religion it should correct errors in doctrine and bring to light hidden and newly revealed truths discussion XX mormonismmormon isoism stands alone in its ability to explain where man came from why he Is here and where he Is going discussion XXI why Is man here discussion XXII where are we going discussion XXIII children without sin discussion XXIV miscellaneousmi seel laneous subjects APPENDIX B

HELPS FOR missionaries discussion TOPICS

103 MHEPHE pmjipP FOR missionaries discussion TOPICS discussion 1 the godhead and first vision discussion 2 the book of mormon no 1 discussion 3 the book of mormon no 2 discussion 4 revelation discussion 5 salvation grace faith discussion 6 faith and works repentance discussion 7 baptism discussion 8 holy ghost discussion 9 philosophical basis of mormonism discussion 10 apostasy discussion 11 restitution of all things priesthood

ATI god discussion 12 0 restitution of atlallaei things kingdom of discussion 13 restitution of all thinasthings gathering of israel discussion 14 restitution of allatlatt things salvation for the dead

156 1 discussion 15 0 plan of salvation no discussion 16 plan of salvation no 2 discussion 17 marriage discussion 18 fruits of mormonism church program discussion 19 fruits of mormonism welfare and economic sestetsystetsystemii

104 APPENDIXAPPFNDIX C

THE ANDERSON PLAN discussion TOPICS

105 THE ANDERSON PLAN discussion TOPICS book of mormon witnesses one church revelation apostlapostalapostleselsems and prophets apostasy restoration godhead faith repentance baptism authority holy ghost responsibility to be baptized dutiesdeities of membership word of wisdom tithing church attendance and keeping sabbath day holy prayer study children responsibility towards plan of salvation proexistenceprepropye existence earth life spirit world ressurectionRessurection baptism for dead eternal marriage

106 APPENDIX D

THE systematic PLAN discussion TOPICS

107 THE systematic PLAN discussion TOPICS lesson 1 the godhead lesson 2 the apostasy lesson 3 the restoration lesson 4 the book of mormon lesson 5 the first principles of the gospel lesson 6 the plan of salvation lesson 7 call to repentance

108 APPENDIX E

A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR TEACHING investigators

discussion TOPICS

109 A UNIFORMjfpay50SYSTEM FOR TEACHING investigators discusssionDISDISCUSSU USSSIONslovSION TOPICS first discussion the church of jesus christ second discussion A new witness for chirst third discussion ye shalshall1 know the truth fourth discussion the gift of god Is eternal life fifth discussion law of eternal progression sixth discussion be ye therefore perfect

llono110 APPENDIX F

THE UNFORM SYSTEM FOR TEACHING FAMILIES

discussion TOPICS

illiti JMTHE MMUNIFORM SYSTEMitizoajiiljFOR TEACHING FAMILIES discussion TOPICS family home evening the restoration eternal progression continuing RevenevereveauionrevealtionReveaUaltionaitionion and individual responsibility truth versus error baptismal challenge obedience to the lords commandments brings his blessings our relationship to christ membership in the kingdom

112 APPENDIX G

EXCERPT FROM THE MESSAGE OF MORMONISM

113 discussion I1

THE philosophical BASIS OF MORMONISM the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints iiss a missionary church why should they send their missionaries to christian people because they believe in a RESTORED or REVEALED religion the christian churches may be classified as follows 1 those who believe that the church has had an uninterrupted existence since founded by christ 2 a those who protest this claim and contend that thrtheahr1.1 church had to be reformed 3 those who believe that neither is correct but that the church has been restored discuss fullyfu ityilyltyalty these claims if the first be true there is not ex- cuse for the existence of the rest if the church had gone astray could a reformation restore its planting consistency of claim to restoration if heavenly messengers have visited this earth in this dispensation as claimed by the prophet joseph smith then we have the most important message in the world today which invites investigation if such messengers came they must have contributed that which is worthy a divine messenger and which was not already in possession of mortal man with this thought in view let us proceed to analyze the contribution of these messengers supplementaryY PP lementarylementaryelementary readingread i ng the philosophical basis of mormonism talmacetaimagetalmage questionsQuestjons 1 why is it inconsistent to believe that all churches in existence today were created by god 2 how does the claim that mormonism has been restored by revelation harmonize with allaliailatiatl bible disponsationsdispensations

114 APPENDIX H

EXCERPT FROM THE ANDERSON PLAN

115 OUTLINE FOR LESSONUESSON TWELVE

PLAN OF SALVATION if an investigator is thoroughly converted to restoration and authority but is really concerned with the status of loved ones it is often advisable to treat the plan of salvation if this is not the case it is usually best not to interrupt the continuity of thought teaching this material in the order it is listed the spirit of the prophets instructions should certainly govern our presentation preach and cry aloud repent and believe the gospel de- clare the first principles and let mysteries alone T of PJS p 292 experience has shown that a proper foundation is usually necessary before these advanced doctrines are accepted the princi- I1 ples here are almost alwabwalwaysays ini n the realm of indoctrination the method of question and answer should still apply following are suggested points to cover

A PRE EXISTENCE 1 christ existed as an individual before thisthlthi s earth john 173- 5 I1 pet 11820118 20 2 the spirit is a real substance with definite form and shape in exact likeness of the body eth 31517315 17 luke 2436392436 39 dacd&c 13178 3 christ and men are of same race since god is not our physical father the only possibility is prior to earth rom 829 heb 16 rom 81617 4 god is the father of our spirits men are sons of god heb 129 acts 17289 5 god planned earth life just as engineer plans building no justice unless our personalities known acts 17-1726026 6 eternal life promised us before world began titus 12 7 jeremiah chosen before birth jer 15 8 sons of god present at earthsearthy foundation job 384738438 4747.474 7 9 detail of preexistentpre existent council PGP abraham 32128321 28 10 we came to earth to a gain body dacd&c 93334933354933334 b acquire knowledge of good and evil dacd&c 2939 2 ne 21116211 16 c prove ourselves PGP abraham 325

B iarthbarthEARTH LIJELIFE 171 doctrine of eternaleternal progression matt 548 dacd&c 13018 19 rev 3213 121 2 we came to obey gospel what are requirements of the gospel

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C SPIRIT WORLDIWORLD T1 whatwilawhayf happensfi a p pens at death ecceca 127 aloaatoaatnaalmaatma 4011144011 14 D resurrectionresjjrrection T1 allatlaltAIT participate I1 cor 1520221520 22 acts 2415 alnaatnaalmaatma 1140451140 45 2 three degrees john 142 I1 cor 1540421540 42 3 requirements 4 celestial dacd&c 7650537650 53 terrestrial dacd&c 76 717571 75 telestialteiTet estial dacd&c 76818376817681835768183383583383 103 4 mormon conception of heaven dacd&c 13012

E BAPTISM FOR DEAD T1 todayf000be in paradise luke 23423 2 paradise not heaven john 2017 3 but spirit world I1 pet 31820318 20 4 christ preached gospel I1 pet 456 judged according to men in flesh Is baptism essential part of gospel cannot enter without john 35 5 loved ones can have faith repent how baptized I1 cor 15 29 matt 1619 6 only valid authority was restored mal 456 dacd&c 110131511013 15 7 consistent with central theme of salvation christ did something for us we could not do for ourselves Is 535 we can do same for loved ones does baptism for dead turn hearts of fathers to children vice versa heb 1140

F ETERNAL MARRIAGE ecceca 314 dacd&c 132151818215181321518215 18 dacd&c 131141311 4 supplementary scripture 1 pre existence john 11311 3 14 john 91391 3 heb 211 matt 6-699 luke 338 spirit dacd&c 932993 29 2 cor 58 2 pet 11314 matt 1425 6 dacd&c 129 agency dacd&c 933031 PGP moses 41441 4 rev 1279127 9 Is 1412151412 15 jude 6 purpose moses 139 moses 510 11 2 ne 22223 Judjudgementgement 2 cor 510 dacd&c 882122 1 I ne 1526361526 36 alma 4127412 7 morm 91214912 14 resurrection dan 122 john 52529525 29 rev 201213 etc etc 2 biblical proof of spirit this line of reasoning may help some- time a moses dies and is buried dent 3456 jude 9 b christ first resurrected acts 2624 I1 cor 152015 20 matt 27523 c moses appears matt 3 duringif christschrischrlsVs life 1713171 APPENDIX I1

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the purpose of this lesson is to teach that christ established his churchchurchy that after his death it was taken from the earth and that the authority to perform ordinances was lost As the scene opens on this occasion we find the elders and mr brady in the dining room they have seated themselves at the table with pencil and paper or have arranged their flannel board and pictures prayer has been said and the missionary begins the lesson by saying ELDER mr brady when we were here two or three days ago we left some little booklets did you have the opportunity to read them as you promised MR BRADY yes lets see they are over here on the piano no I1 didnt get them both read I1 think that I1 did pretty well to read the large one it was quite good ELDER we knew that youd like them and we are very glad that you were able to finish mr durant of salt lake city MR BRADY to tell you the truth I1 found it so interesting that I1 could hardly put it down its just like a story ELDER yes it is truly a wonderful little book and I1 am glad that you read it did you find anything that sounded unreasonable or untrue MR BRADY no it was find it cleared up a lot of questions in my mind in fact it covered the subject we discussed when you were here before somehow I1 hadnt thought too much about the ide- ntity of god before you elders came here day before yesterday to mmee it1 was sort of a mystery but yyouou have me thinkingI1 ELDER wecouldwe could tell from our first lesson mr brady that you were thinking and it is a pleasure to talk with someone who is inter ested enough to think these things out and who has a desire to learn the truth briefly before we start our lesson for today let usLIS review the last lesson

0 0 0 & 0 0 & 0 & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 & ELDER what was it that joseph smith asked god MR BRADY he asked him which churchwaschurchchurchwaywas true ELDER and what did he receive as an answer MR BRADY he was told that they were all wrong ELDER who else in the world at that time had the true knowledge of god MR BRADY it seensseems doubtful that anyone had ELDER mr brady you have no doubt wondered why the lord would be so emphatic in telling joseph smith that all churches were wrong and that he should join none of them and that is what we are going to explain to you tonight we thinthinkk that you will be very interested in the subject we are going to discuss we are going to ask you a lot of questions and you may think we are merely repeating what we went over before but it might surprise you how often you will not 119 120

remember when christ was here upon the earth he established something do you recall what it was MR BRADY no limrm not sure just what you mean ELDER well let me give you a hint when john the baptist went before him he preached repentance and baptism andaridarld cried repent ye repent ye 5 for the is at hand MR BRADY kingdom ELDER exactly and a kingdom in this case would be the same as the church for it is referred to as such in the scripture and so christ established what MR BRADY A church or kingdom ELDER making notation on paper thats right christ had a church 1 christ had a church APPENDIX J exc17EXCERPTRPT FROM A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR TEACHING investigators

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the church of jesus christ

ELDERR I1 mr I1 eldi and agree with you 5 brown know this is the way jesus intended his church to be now let us find out what happened to his church after he was crucified As the apostles went out to teach one by one what happened to them also BROWN they were killed too ELDER and when the foundation was gone from the church what happened to the rest of the building use flannel board character with separate foundation BROWN it collapsed ELDER exactly the church did collapse and why was the priesthood losttostost at that time BROWN because no one was left who had the right to pass it on ELDER WHY WAS THE LOSS OF THE priesthood SUCH A SERIOUS THING BROWN because men no longer had the authority to act for god ELDER HOW ABOUT THEIR BAPTISMS BROWN the lord would not recognize them ELDER I1 know that the church of jesus christ was taken completely from the earth once this true church had been lost other churches began they continued to use his name and some of his teachings these are the modern catholic and protestant churches let us see you were most familiar with the christian assembly church were you not

BROWN yes that is right ELDER that is one of the protestant groups AS lielleWEVIE COMPARE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST WITH THESE MODERN CATHOLIC AND protestant CHURCHES WHAT ARE SOME OF THE differences YOU SEE BROWN why none of the catholics or protestants have apostles in theitheltheirr churches ELDER what about the authority then BROWN they dont have that either ELDER in comaprisoncomaprison with the true church of jesus christ then what about these other churches BROWN they are false ELDER the things you have just said are true mr brown WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN THE SIGHT OF GOD WHEN A CATHOLIC PRIEST OR A protestant MINISTER BAPTIZES A MAN BROWN the lord does not recognize it ELDER now we do not want you to worry about the people in these other churches god is going to provide a way for these people eventually to learn the truth because he loves thealthem but you are right about those baptisms not being recognized IN FACT MR BROWN WHAT ABOUT A BAPTISM IN THE CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY CHURCH BROWN I1 wasnt really baptized them

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9 there was a complete apostasy and my church is false

ELDER now the beautiful thing that we are going to tell you about todotodayy is that the lord has restored his true church and the priest hoos back to the earth again WHEN YOU COME TO KNOW IN YOUR OWN HEART THAT THIS IS TRUE WILL YOU BE BAPTIZED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS THE priesthood BROWN yes of course when I1 know its true ELDER we hold regular baptismal services in the church we shallshattsha 11 be having a baptism on the date we want you to keep that date in mind as you continue to learn about the church IN YOUR OWN MIND MR BROWN IS BAPTISM INTO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST SOME- THING IMPORTANT FOR WHICH TO PREPARE BROWN yes it is 10 I1 will be baptized as I1 come to believe the restoration APPENDIX K

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ETERNAL progression concept 4 we will all hebe resurrected to varying degrees of glory depending on our individual faith and obedience to the lords commandments missionary after death which is the separation of the spirit from the body our mortal bodies of flesh and bones will be placed in the grave our spirits which can never die will go to a place called the spirit world to prepare for the resurrection the resurrection is the union of the spirit with the immortal body after the resurrection we will not die our physical body and our spirit will be inseparably joined for eternity we wilwllwin live forever the fact that we all hinuinwinwill be resurrected however does not mean that we all winwill return to the kingdom of heaven if we fail to keep the lords com- mandmentsmandments we witwinwill not be permitted to live with him christ taught that we winwill go to different places after the resurrection depending on how well we have kept his commandments will you please read verses 28 and 29 of the fifth chapter in john brown reads john 5285 28 29 missionary mr brown do you feel that god is just in preparing different rewards for each of us according to our faith and obedience

brown response missionary mr brown how would you feel if you knew that you and your family could live together forever in joy and peace

brown response missionary we bear testimony that as you and your family keep the commandments of god you winwill be able to live together forever in joy and peace if it is necessary this may be an appropriate place to divide this lesson if you dividedividivideitdavideitdeitit be sure to review the first part of the lesson before continuing on your next visit with the family

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if negative try to determine why he haslias1 tas reservations you might ask some of the following questions we realize that many christian churches teach that our reward is dependent on christ aloneatone and has nothing to do with our obeying or disobeying his commandments how do you feel about that idea if the reward will be the same for everyone why do you suppose the lord will judge us do you feel that someone who keeps only some of gods commandments will deserve the same blessing as someone who keeps all his laws are you concerned about your own ability to keep our heavenly fathers commandments when you feel you understand his reservations and have dealt with them properly bear testimony and go to the next concept proselytingPROSE y1ya ING IiichnjqulsECIINIQUES OF

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jay edwin jensen

department of church hishisfcoryborybocytory and doctrine

MA degree august 1974

ABSTRACT

this study is da review of proselyting techniques in the fullfu li tidetldetime missionary program of the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdaytaylayday saints fronfroinfrom 1830 to 1974 official handbooks as vellwell as mormon missionassionmission publications were the major sources the writers experience asQS a fulltimefull time missionary gave additional perspective missionary techniques involviinvolveinvolvedad personal contacting on the streets and door to door group contacting caicainecalnecatcamene through public rmeet- ings andalidaridarld the mass mediainediamedla church members played a vital oleroleroiepoleioie in contacting and fellowfeltowshippinqfellowshippingshipping nonmembersnon members early proselyting lesson plans writtenwritt en in outline fortfonafoylfonpi emohasizedniphasizedeemphasized logic and reason later ones brevrej 4 re in dialogue form and memorized by missionaries this study found that with improved techniques convert bap- ttismsslqs increased also emphasisreemphasisre emphasemphes 1.1 s in recent years on using the book of mormon and bearing testimony plus the urgency of baptizing converts A paralleledparapava ileled proselyting techniques of theaheeahemL heehem first decadesdoczdocuades of mssionaryrflssmissionaryi onaryconary work colyCOIMCOMMITTEEfre-e APPIAPPROVALr OVAL 0O a rColfe0 maiim6ii tteece C i ditailtailya

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