Apology to LDS Church | Kingdom Business Fellowship
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- Alex and Ashley Finch are passionate about growing their influence in the marketplace while honoring their faith in Christ. Connect, learn and grow as they share experiences and valuable insight on how to cultivate Kingdom culture in your business. Check out our website, thekingdombusinessfellowship.com/ for more information, or to submit your question.
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Oh that's it! That is IT! You guys mess with us mormons? I'm gonna find you and bring you a plate of cookies! That's what happens when you mess with us! ;)
Mormon mafia 😂
Jonah!! Love you man!
Wazzup Jonah! The professor of all things Apocryphal!
This is hilarious! White chocolate macadamia is my fave lol…. Thanks for the kind respond
LOL such sarcasm
As a member of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, I appreciate your willingness to link arms with us and preach Jesus Christ. What a world we would have if all Christians joined forces in following Him…
We are Christians. We love Jesus Christ.
Respect for doing this guys. You should talk with Ward Radio!
Nope. LDS is a false religion from the Antichrist.
I think there are many other podcasts that better reflect the actual values of beliefs of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints than Ward Radio.
@@kimberleegalaxyy it’s demonic regardless
David alexander would be better
@@blue-planet-cinema which is demonic?
Thank you. It's The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are Christians.
I really appreciate that you were able to admit missteps and extend us the hand of fellowship. That’s awesome, we love ya back. Keep doin what you do.
We appreciate your sensitivity. Thanks. I'm a lifetime member and have pioneer ancestors. We are called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Our persecutors called us that after our book of Scriptures, the Book of Mormon, another testament of Jesus Christ. We don't worship Mormon, but he was a good man.
I’m glad you had the humility to apologize. Not many people have that kind of mentality, much less are willing to say sorry for misleading, intentionally or not, people about our faith and what kind of people we are. In fact this is probably the first apology I’ve ever seen from another Christian influencer.
It’s takes a humble heart to repent. I love other faiths. We have more in common than we have different. Apology accepted with a virtual hug!
LDS convert in the UK here. RUclips just put this on my feed. It's so refreshing to hear Evangelical Christians speak kindly of us. Thanks 👍
I think someone else has already answered the question about why we don't refer to ourselves as Mormons. But very simply, our Prophet challenged the worldwide membership a few years back to refer to the full name of the church in our dialogue and interactions with others. Whilst we believe in both the Book of Mormon and the Bible, people really need to know that ultimately we believe in and follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 🙂
You're not Christians. LDS are the Antichrist.
Well said.
Thank you for this video. Such a hand of fellowship is appreciated among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It shows so much Christ-like love, humility, and compassion to reach out like that.
Instead of Mormons or even LDS, we go by members of The Church of Jesus Christ because many people do not think that we believe in Jesus Christ, even though that is the name of our church. We are Christians and believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer.
I have friends of all faiths and love learning of their beliefs in a supportive and friendly way. I love that y’all do the same. It is how God would want us to treat each other!
This video has a very positive vibe to it, which being LDS myself i greatly appreciate. You asked about our views on Christ so as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints i would love to share my own viewpoint.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and came into the world to redeem mankind, based on faith in Christ, true repentance and baptism along with being born again of changing our natures from carnal and devilish to one of being filled with the Spirit of God. Mankind must repent. Jesus Christ is the only name by which we can be saved! Christ was known in the Old Testament as Jehovah, and he led the children of Israel as recorded in the Bible. Christ created this earth and the universe as we know it. Jesus Christ was born of Mary, walked among men and taught His gospel. He was crucified and was ressurected from the dead and he sits on the right hand of God!
This is soo touching. Thank you! We get so much hostility but in these troubling times, none of us have time for infighting. We should all be working together as Christian’s. Yes, we have differences but mostly we are all striving to serve and be like Jesus.
So many people think that we aren't Christians because of our nicknames (The full name being The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). Mormon is the name of an ancient prophet who compiled and abridged a book of spiritual and historical records which became known as The Book of Mormon after it was translated by a modern prophet Joseph Smith. The subtitle on The Book of Mormon is literally "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" so when people call us Mormons or LDS I find it a little sad because one of the foremost principals of our gospel is being Disciples of Jesus Christ (plus our prophet has asked us to not remove the name of our Savior when we speak of the church and ourselves).
Thank you for just asking questions and being open to learning more, I just stumbled upon this video but it was great! Thank you!
LDS is a false religion from Satan
Glen beck lives in Texas. See if he will have a chat with you. He,s LDS
I bet Glenn Beck would spend a few minutes and talk about his conversion story
His health challenges might prevent him from being in person for the podcast. But there are others they could bring on like Jonah Barns up above in the comments section :)
Thanks. One thing to understand about Latter-day Saints is that we do consider ourselves Christians. We follow Jesus Christ and He is the center of our faith.
You're not Christians
@@blue-planet-cinema I would never deny you your right to be a follower of Christ. I'm sorry that you can not do the same for me. But that is your issue, not mine. I know who I serve.
@@kylelieb2977 you’re denying it yourself by following a false religion and false prophets that teach a false Christ.
I can tell, by their words, whether Kyle Lieb or "blue-planet-cinema" is more likely to be a follower of the true Jesus Christ.
It's pretty easy to tell: "Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
@@blue-planet-cinema if your test for being a Christian is whether a person accepts a creed, then you are saying that Jesus' disciples were not Christians, because the creeds were decided hundreds of years after they all died.
Thank you so much for reaching out and being willing to discuss. It's honestly a miracle to find people who are willing to talk and hold a discussion. We love this
As a Latter-Day Saint, I'm honestly getting a little choked up watching this, this is very sweet of you, thank you! We are all children of God.
Amazing Fellowshipping. Thank you for having such open hearts and being incredible examples of the Savior and his love. :)
Nope. LDS is a false religion from the Antichrist.
Mormon is a prophet in the Book of Mormon. We dont worship Mormon nor is it his church.
You guys should also reach out to Ward Radio to talk.
We will check them out!!
I concur.
yes!
@@KingdomBusinessFellowship Jacob Hansen at Thoughtful Faith would be another great person to reach out to.
I think david alexander would be the best person to talk to as he was evangelical so he has literally been in there place
Thank you guys so much for this video! It gives me hope that all who strive to follow Christ and believe on Him will come together and fight against the real evil in the world and stop fighting with each other 🙏
As a Latter-day Saint, I am very impressed with this video.
As this is the first video that I've ever seen from your channel, I'm not sure what misrepresentations you may or may not have inadvertently made before; but the kindness, love, and humility that you've shown here is both refreshing and exemplary.
I hope that all y'all are doing well.
Wow! This was a beautiful video. ❤❤❤❤
"We love ya'all!" "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." This is what members of any faith or no faith should be able to expect from the true sheep of Christ. Sadly, it is often not so. So thanks for that. We love you right back!
You're not Christians. LDS are the Antichrist.
I just viewed your first video. Congratulations on accepting Jesus and overcoming your addictions. You should look at the videos from David Alexander. He left the hippie drug culture to accept Christ when he was 21 and spent 47 years trying to serve God. After multiple disappointment s, he finally decided to find out what the 'Mormons', believe. His experience could be valuable for you.
yes^!
I've never seen your channel before, but this just came up on my feed.
I have to say, this is one of the most respectful, humble, mature, and Christlike responses I've ever seen from a RUclipsr or influencer who found out they may have been wrong about another religion.
Way to go, & I hope you find some great Latter-Day Saints to talk with! My husband & I would be happy to chat, but we're definitely not in Texas.
Hi Alex and Ashley,
As a born and raised member of the Mormon/LDS church all my life in the OKC area, I appreciate your great love for others and for business/prosperity. I take interest in business aspects with an emphasis on faith and purpose.
I am an open book and have heard most every argument or question about my faith. So nothing offends me when asked in good nature to simply understand more of my relationship with God.
I’ll share this: growing up in OK I referred to many of my friends as “Indians”. At one point my HS coach asked us to not say “Indian” but instead “Native American” when around his wife. At first I thought it was odd and thought she’s just being too anal. I can relate to her now as our President Russell M. Nelson asked media and others to please reference us/the church other than Mormon.
The label “Indian” (India) really has nothing to do with Native Americans- a mistaken identity. It’s not quite the same but the word Mormon doesn’t truly represent who we actually are. I mean it was a guy’s name back in ancient days. It’s not an offense to refer to Mormon but yes Latter-Day Saints (LDS) or “members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints even reminds myself of who I represent.
I’d love to support you both in the cause for bridging our gaps for understanding and find commonalities to further Christian values in our communities. I’m not too far from north Texas and would be happy to learn from you as well. No egg shells around me. I can even make fun of my own thoughts beliefs but for me I know them to be true and it’s a joy to share as well as learn more from others.
Thank you, Jason
Thank you guys for this honesty. Subscribing to this channel
As a Latter-day Saint from Australia I really saw Jesus in your words. Thank you for your respect and I will definitely come back more often to watch videos on your channel. Thank you
This sort of humility is a rare occurance from personal experience. Thank you for living this Christ-like attribute. I know it's been 6 days at this point, and others have explained, but yes, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" is the full and proper name. What you might not know is, with a Modern-day Prophet and Apostles, the Church is a very living thing. So, despite being able to find many wonderful talks and things embracing the nickname "Mormon", the Lord has found it expedient (fit for a purpose), that we embrace and properly utilize the Full-and-Proper name for the Church. From personal experiences, I've found that as I follow the Lord's guidance through a Modern-day Prophet, I receive blessings.
Good choices for people to talk with are:
Ward Radio
Thoughtful Faith
Cwic Media
Christian Homestead
For All The Saints With Ben Hancock
Much respect to y'all for this video 🙏❤️
This made me happy to see. It's far too common where mainstream Christians will make a video about Latter-Day Saints, and then when Latter-Day Saints say, "no actually, that's not what we think." they just double down and tell us that actually yes we do believe whatever straw man they heard. So thank you for being so respectful and acting in good faith, you're setting a good example for Christ-like behavior, and it's refreshing. It's honestly to be expected that you would have some misconceptions, just because there's so much stuff in the zeitgeist that are half truths, and what's commendable is that you actually believe us when you're told that you have some misconceptions, rather than just doubling down, which is what many people do.
@@matthewsmith5967 LDS is demonic
Amen! My thoughts exactly! Thank you guys so much for this video! It gives me hope that all who strive to follow Christ and believe on Him will come together and fight against real evil in the world and stop fighting with each other 🙏
Thanks for your kind words! I think we ALL (on both sides) can do better in striving for more accuracy in our understanding of others' beliefs. Making a video about trying to correct some of those is very mature and Christlike you both. Thanks for leading by example!
Appreciate yall for taking the time to clarify and say something about this. Sadly most people in this world aren’t humble enough to publicly apologize on misunderstandings.
We love all of our fellow Christian brothers and sisters. We are subbing now 🙏🏾
You mentioned you were suprized so many " Mormons" responed to your video.... You said I thought I talking to only Christians.
Your were correct sir ! We are also Christians !!
You also refered to us as "Church of Latter day Saints". You unfortunitly left out two very inportant words from our name... they are Jesus Christ..
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the most accurate term. Because it's a mouthful, people revert LDS short for Latter day Saint (even though technically thats still not perfect though it is a step closer in our minds) The reasoning behind this preference away from Mormon is because our prophet Russell M. Nelson instructed us about 5 years ago to remember the name of our Church having Jesus Christ in it. "Mormon" was always a 3rd party term that was used by those who only knew us by the special Book we had, The Book of Mormon and it inadvertently took our name away from the name of Jesus Christ over time. We are trying to repent from that as well. Appreciate your apology, though to be honest I don't know what it was for.
Mormon is still an appropriate term.
Nelson was trying to get that removed prior to his presidency while he was still deemed an apostle.
Thank you so much.❤
Thank you for being so respectful. Myself and many other LDS members see a lot of hate against us, and so I again say thanks for showing respect.
Mark 9: 38-40 is one of my favorite verses because we may disagree on some things but we all have one thing in common, that is we believe in Christ and want to share his love with everyone we can.
Thank you for the kind words! You're navigating a mine field, sorting out what we believe vs what some evangelicals claim we believe. I'd be happy to chat if you're looking for random saints to interview!
@@cognitiveresonance339 LDS is a satanic cult sending people to hell
New subscriber here. Not LDS Anglican. But enjoy making friends from all denominations.
Welcome aboard!
I would love to be your friend and to understand the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints the most important part to understand is that it all about family. Family is the most signaificant aspect to life and in heaven.
Glad this came up on my feed. This apology video is amazing. Nobody does this. Apology accepted even though it was not expected. I’ve subscribed to your channel. Our 13th article of faith encourages us to follow the admonition of Paul, if there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. I believe you have this same mindset. ❤️
I just want to point out how freaking RARE it is for ANY Christian group especially smaller ones, to withdrawal hurtful statements like this. Too many will build their platform on misinformation and lies about us, that are very hurtful and biggoted.
This is huge my dudes. Holy cow! You just earned basically all of the respect from us LDS (Mormon) friends over here! Very well done!
Such humility is Christlike! Much Love and Respect!
Caught covid and had to stay home from church today. Your video came up as I was looking for some church content to watch.
So refreshing to actually receive a sincere and heartfelt apology instead of the usual slander and mockery that I'm used to seeing. Wow! First of all, thank you so much for your humility and sincerity. I think this is a mark of true discipleship to our Savior Jesus Christ! As an Latter-Day Saint myself, it always warms my heart to meet other sincere brothers and sisters in Christ.
The official name of the Church is given by Jesus Christ Himself through His prophet Joseph Smith by revelation. Our Lord revealed to Joseph Smith to name His church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's funny that you had called our church, the Church of Latter-day Saints. I believe Historically that was one of the many names that it went by before this particular revelation. But once His Church was fully established and restored, the Lord Himself through put an end to all confusion and gave this name to His Church.
Because it is His church, the Lord counseled us that it must bear His name. And why ...of Latter-Day Saints ? Because we are taught that this is the last dispensation and we are living in the latter days. We are no longer as the Saints of the ancient biblical times. And therefore we are distinguished as Latter-Day Saints. And so we choose to call ourselves "LDS", or "Latter-Day Saints" sometimes because calling ourselves "members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" every time we need to refer to ourselves might not be efficient in every case.
Since one of the distinguishing features of the Church is the Book of Mormon, the name Mormon was applied to the members of the Church. The nickname "Mormon" was actually placed on us by those who reviled against us historically, and was almost always used in a derogatory spirit. It was never the name of the Lord's Church. "Mormon" is actually the name of the ancient prophet and historian who put together the Book of Mormon with all the different sacred records that were collected and preserved in the ancient Americas.
However, over time, even members started accepting being referred to as the Mormons. It has become part of our culture, but was never our doctrine. However, in recent years, the Lord stepped in and through our beloved prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, we were admonished and reminded in no unclear terms of what He had revealed His Church's name is to be and what His people are to be referred to. And therefore, we have this recent emphasis on referring to ourselves as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or, Latter-Day Saints or LDS... depending on context and purpose of use.
Hope this helps you to understand this emphasis, what might some people feel to be an idiosyncrasy, of ours.
Like you, we love our Savior Jesus Christ. He is our Brother, our Advocate to the Father, our Redeemer, our only way back to our Heavenly home. We see ourselves as His disciples, and we strive to follow Him and become more like Him. We also believe in repentance, just like you. And it is only through His infinite atonement that repentance is made possible for us. We are counseled to repent every day so that we can recalibrate our hearts and minds to Him every day. This is what Jesus Christ means to us.
Once again, I rejoice in finding you, my brother and sister in Christ, through finding this video. I admire your zeal and your love for our Savior Jesus Christ and for sincerely practicing what He has thought. Just by producing this video, shows that you are so in tune with the Holy Spirit! Keep following the Spirit as you keep doing what you're doing in building the Lord's Kingdom. You are an example to me. And I will strive to continue my labor in my corner of the Lord's vineyard, encouraged and strengthened in the knowledge that we are friends.
Very well said!! I love all of this explanation, perfect! If I may just clarify one this as I know some Christians of other denominations have issue with us referring to Christ as our brother and I do understand why. Though it’s not false to refer to Him as our brother because He is the firstborn of the Father and therefore our most eldest brother. We do also believe He is our Father. He is called the Father because when we are baptized and born again, taking His name upon us…we become spiritually begotten sons and daughters of Christ. He becomes our spiritually begotten Father. Who Jesus refers to as His Father is the Father of all of our spirits, our Heavenly Father. Christ is the spiritually begotten Father to all those who covenant with Him in baptism. Why Jesus is referred to as our Eternal Father sometimes in scripture and why sometimes He refers to us as His children. I prefer calling Him my Father over Brother personally for this reason, but I do love thinking about Him being our eldest brother in heaven when we all lived together as spirits before the world was made. 😊
@@janeenburke Agreed! Thank you for the clarification!
0:14 The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints is the correct name
You're not Christians. LDS are the Antichrist.
Very cool, thank you ❤ ... it was the prophet that asked us to start using the full name of the church a few years back, doing our best to follow his counsel 🙏
Yes! He actually said that “it’s a victory for Satan” to not use the correct name because it leaves out the name Jesus Christ and it is His church so we were rebuked by the Lord for not making sure we use His name!
As a member of the LDS church, thank you. Just want peace and love with everyone else. We are all just trying to do our best to live by God and spread some joy.
you guys are beautiful and awesome i will try to tune in when i can. even though im clueless when it come to businessy stuff.
GOD BLESS YOU!! This is genuinely amazing to see true Christ like love!! Frist video ove seen but yall seem like amazing and outstanding people for even just this small video. Definitely need to watch more of yalls videos.
Thank you so much!!
This is so nice and unexpected. Much more Christlike than some other people. Can we be friends?
You should have David Snell from Saints Unscripted come on your show.
I am a Latter-day Saints and i will support this channel. I subscribe, like and even share.
Most of us don't mind "mormon" as a term, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the most accurate. That has always been the case, but we've been more insistent on using the proper name. I think this is because we at least, believe we follow Jesus, and we believe His church should be called in His name. It's a bit of a mouthful, though.
You seem like great people. Most of us don't mind push back on our religion or beliefs either. I'm grateful when other people are concerned for my soul, truly.
You guys are great! Ward radio and/or Thoughtful Faith are good places to reach out to.
"There are some things we can take away from everybody." That's our (Latter-day Saint) 13th article of faith. If we can set aside our differences (not abandon them, just set them aside) and focus on 1) commonality and 2) what good perspective do you have that I can come to appreciate and perhaps add to my perspective, then we can have the same spirit Christ has when He goes and hangs out with the sinners and hanging out with some of the Pharisees who obviously have some misunderstandings. The folks He gives a hard time are those who use their religion to criticize others rather than lift them up.
May God bless you both.
Thank you for your kind thoughts. “Mormon” is a nick name given to us because we have the Book of Mormon, which is another testament of Jesus Christ. Mormon was a prophet in the Book of Mormon who abridged the ancient writings of the prophets in the Americas. However even in the Book of Mormon it says that the church shall be called The Church of Christ. I believe that the term, “ of Latter-day Saints” was added to distinguish it from the ancient church. The name was given by revelation to the prophet Joseph Smith in 1838. I hope this helps explain why we have this name. Thanks again for listening.😇
These are true Christian’s. Thank you for your kindness, it’s rare at time but I really appreciate your loving actions to make such a video
Love the reply’s/ comments. The original source of calling the LDS Mormons was during the early church. It was a derogatory term kinda like calling the blacks some of the things they have been called in derogatory terms. I’m sure you won’t find one member who is offended or bothered by being referred to as a Mormon, we called ourselves that for familiarity reasons when others have asked what church we go to for as long as I can remember. It is recently that the error of how we and others thoughtlessly identify us or ourselves has been brought to light. We are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Our religion is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We belong to the Church of Jesus Christ.
Tears of joy fill my eyes when I see Christians acting like Christians. Kudos for not casting judgment and I don’t think you’ll have to work very hard to find someone that will come and at least explain the base doctrines that we believe. Which you will probably discover is not what you’ve heard reach out to the shattering triangles, podcast on, RUclips and see if one of those gentlemen would come on.
It’s really the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The reason we don’t like using the name mormon is that we don’t follow Mormon, we follow Jesus Christ. Thanks for the question.
Ward Radio would be a perfect guest! That would be a banger collaboration!
yes
I love these podcasts
It is The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints. That has been the name of the church since April of 1838. The name was given by Christ Himself to the church. The reason the true name is being re-emphasized today is because other names leave out the name of The Lord and that is not pleasing to Him. Mormon was a great man, but it is not his church. The Latter-Day Saints is just another name for the members, but it is not our church.
Thanks for the information. Good to know the reasoning
@@KingdomBusinessFellowshipyes, it was actually even a rebuke by the Lord Himself that we weren’t using His name when we referred to ourselves as members and as a whole church. Our prophet received the revelation from Jesus Christ Himself and was told that us not using His name was a “victory for Satan” and we definitely don’t want that!! I’ve always made sure since to call myself a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Reach out to Ward Radio, they would love to have a conversation with you!
David alexander would be the best out of all. Convert so he will speak there evangelical language
Thank you
You guys are awesome. It takes a lot of courage and humility to do what you just did in this video.
I just wanted to see if I could tackle Ashley's question as to why we want to be called Latter-day Saints instead of Mormons. Before I do that, let me first explain why we don't really like to be called Latter-day Saints or members of the Church of Latter-day Saints either. While I, for one, do appreciate your efforts to use our churches actual name, (because as Alex said at the begining of the video, the shift is difficult when we have been known as Mormons to all of Christendom for decades). So thank you for your efforts. But to clarify it just a little more for you, we are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To go by LDS, or Latter-day Saints, or members of the Church of Latter-day Saints removes the name of our Savior from His Church. We believe the church to be His Church established on a foundation of prophets and apostles with Jesus Christ as the chief cornerstone. To remove His name from His Church, we feel, is an unacceptable omission. This is also why we prefer the use of the full name of the church over "Mormons" as well.
I hope that helps to clarify why we have made a collective effort to correct that unfortunate oversight. I hope that also gives you an idea of how we think of Jesus and what place He holds in our doctrine. He is at the forefront and heart of everything we teach and believe. Thanks for what you are doing. We wish you the best.
Pastor Jeff over at Hello Saints in Utah is a fantastic example of this kind of outreach ministry.
I am really impressed impressed with your bravery to offer this apology, I am a lifelong member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and live in central Texas. I would be happy to share my belief in and about Jesus Christ with you.
Good on you guys! Nothing better than getting it from the horses mouth👊🏻
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Thanks! Yeah the term “Mormon” was a nickname given by others and accepted by early members. It’s based on the name of an ancient prophet named Mormon who abridged the records that comprise the Book of Mormon. You can see why the name stuck. 😊
While it’s not offensive at all, it’s a name that we recognize is not representative of who we worship, that being Christ.
So the name of the church is, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. That name clarifies whose church it is (Christs) who we worship and who we are as Latter Day (last days) Saints (anyone who follows Christ).
I’m a lifelong member and live in New Jersey. I’d be happy to join your podcast, though it’d have to be a zoom call.
Anyway, thanks for the unnecessary, but appreciated apology.❤
I'll come on the podcast
Hi! The reason we prefer to be called Latter-Day Saints, is because we don't want people to think that we worship Mormon. We worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That is why the name of the church is the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, so when talking about the Church, we like to at least say the church of Jesus Christ, that way we don't leave out his name. When referring to the members we are happy to be called latter-day saints. Saints because that was a word used in Psalms and the New testament to refer to believers of Christ. Latter-day, because we believe we are in the last days. Hope that helps.
Also, super impressed with your apology. Repentance is one thing a true disciple of Christ must engage in. You have a new fan.
I’m LDS and I have to say, it is beautiful seeing you all act in such a beautiful Christian manner. This is the way forward
@@raulofmustachio3d LDS is satanic and truly truly truly evil
As to why I preffer Latterday Saint, and Not Mormon its because the Book of Mormon Testifies of Jesus Christ not Mormon. When I used to be an Evangelical I didn't like being called a Bible Thumper. The Title of Christian was not taken away from me for becoming a Member of This Church rather it was The Holy Ghost that prompted me to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints yet in the past people have said basicly the same thing I just did, and were accused of being deceived by Satan for their Trouble...Oh Well....I cant change my Family, but I hope you guys are sincere, and not just trying to promote your Channel by getting a Bunch of Subs from Latterday Saint Viewers.
Take Care.
Thank you. Russell M. Nelson requested members use the full name of the organization. There are some great quotes centered on the Savior in his request. At the time he asked, I was an employee of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. My duties included research and editing for The Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, a peer reviewed publication.
It wasn't an easy request. In particular, Mormon Studies Review, an annual academic journal covering "Mormon studies" (published by the University of Illinois Press) was faced with a name change.
Yeah, it can be hard to call "Mormons" "Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", but imagine trying to publish a scholarly book with that title - "Studies of the ... of the ... of ... yeesh".
We made changes and worked as writers, scholars, and editors to follow the call to "more fully center our works on the Lord". That is the real heart of the name change. We love Jesus. We take His name upon us, and strive to honor His grace. Even if it has a higher character count and causes some extra hours before hitting the press.
Hi- I know this may feel like nit picking- but actually we do NOT prefer to be called LDS or The Church of Latter Day Saints.
Deleting Jesus Christ from the name of our church is actually pretty offensive, as I’m sure you would feel if someone did that about your church or beliefs.
The easiest short hand is The Church of Jesus Christ.
Or you can use the full name The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 😊
Has anyone reached out to you yet to speak with you about beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
Your good! 😊
Talk with Greg Matsen with Cwik Media
You guys should Collab with Ward Radio
@@savagepeacemaker I’ve reached out to them waiting on a response
you guys are cool
Ward radio would be great to contact with.
I don’t think yall did anything wrong. I think sometimes it might come off a way because people misunderstand
This is the first video I’ve seen from your channel and I had to subscribe. If Mainstream Christians were more like you, we’d have a lot less division within the body of Christ. Thanks for acting like true disciples of Christ. I’ll echo some other comments, it is refreshing to see content that doesn’t criticize our beliefs, even if you don’t agree with them.
Since you’re making the point to be respectful, I just want to help reiterate, that if you refer to it as “The Church of Latter-day Saints” that moots the whole point and feels very hard to hear.
Our point in the first place in using the correct name of this particular church is to not erase the name of Jesus Christ. :)
I wish more people of faith would humble themselves as you have. I believe that no matter what denomination you believe in, Jesus saves all who come into him. I don’t think there is only one right way to worship our savior. As long as we understand that we are all fallen and that through Jesus and his atonement can we be saved. The world is growing more wicked with each passing day and the return of the king is fast approaching. No matter what denomination you are, I am positive that we will all need to rely on each other in the coming days. Satan doesn’t care if you believe in the right Jesus. He wants to divide us regardless. I pray that all of us who follow the savior Jesus Christ, will lock arms and be a shield from the wicked world we live in. God bless and remember to live thy neighbor!
It's ok, I live in the United States South. I am so used to being misrepresented it's pretty much expected whenever evangelicals speak about my religion. I just learned to roll my eyes and move on. My kids have all been told by their evangelical fellow students that they are going to hell, their evangelical friends ostracized them when they find out they are LDS. It just is the way it is. I try to not have hard feelings against them, I strive to forgive, but it's hard when it keeps happening.
This takes a lot of courage, thank you so very much for being sincere.
I’m a Latter Day Saint and Priesthood holder so I love to see other faith leaders bridging gaps! ❤ I’m interested in a video chat to share about the faith if you’re interested.
Reach out to Jacob Hansen at Thoughtful Faith. He’s great at these types of conversations.
Our preferred name is members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sorry it's a mouthful 😃. That is the name that our prophet has asked us to use. Jesus Christ is the head of our church and he wants us to use his name when we refer to it. If that's too long, Latter-day Saints will also do 😊
A lot of the members of the LDS Church have been missionaries. We've had way worse things yelled, screamed and thrown at us! Lol
The name of the church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You missed out the the most critical part of the name, Jesus Christ, when you speak about Christ that should have been the first thing that you could expect. Thankyou.
A true Christian who obeys and loves our only Savior Jesus Christ is wiling to repent. In fact, repenting is a special level of relationship and brings joy to the heart. Thank you for being an example. Mormon was an ancient Prophet. He was the man who complied the Book of Morman from the original plates they were engraved on. Hense the title. In the early days, I think the named Mormons stuck because other Christians thought we woeshipped Mormon. It has been used in a mocking spirit against us. That isn't the reason we don't like it though. We 100% believe we are a church of Jesus Christ, the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and we collectively agreed to honor our Lord and give Him the Glory that is do Him. Morman was a great man to us but yet a man and cannot save even himself. The only name by which a man can be saved is Jesus Christ. A lot of our brother and sisters in Christ think that we are not Christian. We would like to show that we are. Our in church and the entire focus of the BOM is on Christ. Our generation wants to be less isolated and more out in the open. We feel the Lord is hastening His Work on the earth and we are in a different season of the latter days. If we claim Christ as a people then two "tribes" who both claim Christ, the only begotton Son of God the Father who loves both of us so much that He paid the price of our sins to atone for us. Surely, their is a unity in the same Christ and the same Spirit which raised Christ from the dead and now dwells in us. Our Prophet and President of the Church instructed us to do the work of Unity and to be peacemakers. We don't hate God's other children, even those who choose to worship a different god. It was thr Most High God who created us all and who gave us all the gift of angency - the ability to make our own choices. He even inspired and "brought forth this new nation" so He could have a people who were free to choose and worship Him without tryanny of other men from which His Church could go unto all the earth and fulfill Christ's command to share His Gospel. Right? For us His Gospel is to believe and recieve Jesus Christ, to repent of our sins, to be Baptised by immersion in water for the remission of our sins, to recieve The Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands(in prayer) and endure to the end. We believe God has restored the Abrahamic Covenant to His Saints of today. We make covenants with Father through Christ and help each other learn to keep them a little better today than yesterday. We believe that if we have true intent, God will give His witness to us and to anyone that reads the BOM without turning a hardened heart to it. We know that it is only the true witness of the Holy Spirit of God to our individual heart that creates the basis of our faith in Him. We each must have our own testimony of the truth of as revealed by the father of the Son and of his restored Church. As John prophesied to us in revelation. "By the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony they overcame and they loved not their life unto death. We are dedicated to preparing as many of God's children for the return of The Lord and King Jesus Christ as will. Having been in many "Christian" fellowships and some nonChristian religions in my life, I thing that this one committment to prepare ourselves and others is the single greatest influencer of my Christian life. I know that I was born for this time and I have found the church that is most capable of helping me prepare. Not just to praise at his return but to deeply understand Father's Plan for our Eternal salvation and progresssion. The things that I take seriously in my unperfect attempt to be a righteous daughter of God and desiple of Christ are so much clearer and dearer to me now.
Check out the Hello Saints podcast for more information on how to learn about the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.
Unfortunately, this is a bad recommendation. I question his motives and is not a member and pretty much goes around explaining why we are wrong from his narrow perspective. But he is nice, so there is some appeal even if he is wrong about us.
@CrackedCandy that's your opinion not mine
it is very simple.
god's church was founded on apostles and prophet with jesus being the chief corner stone.
which church today has apostles and prophets ?
only one.
Truly no offense is taken, especially when it is apparent that you are both sincere in your ministry. We prefer to be called members of the Church of Jesus Christ or, if you want to say a mouthful, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am sure someone would be happy to discuss our beliefs in the Savior of the world via Zoom or in studio. Thanks for your kindness!