Thursday, July 3, 2008

Mormons Encouraged to Share Personal Perspectives Online to Explain Their Faith



SALT LAKE CITY - 3 July 2008 - The July edition of the Ensign, a monthly magazine distributed to English-speaking Church members, features an address given by Elder M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles.

Illustration - Ensign, the Church’s monthly magazine, © 2008 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.



Elder M. Russell Ballard asked graduating students at BYU-Hawaii to "join the conversation [about the Church] by participating on the Internet."

Illustration - © 2007 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.


"There are conversations going on about the Church constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or not we choose to participate in them. But we cannot stand on the sidelines while others, including our critics, attempt to define what the Church teaches. While some conversations have audiences in the thousands or even millions, most are much, much smaller. But all conversations have an impact on those who participate in them. Perceptions of the Church are established one conversation at a time."

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