Excommunication is defined by the LDS church as “A disciplinary process used only in extreme situations. This includes removal of an individual’s name from the records of the Church“. From my experience (which isn’t that extensive) with excommunication, one is removed for serious, repeated sexual sins or by having a very rebellious attitude towards the [...]
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Excommunication: The Lie that God Removes His Spirit
Posted in Church, Forgiveness, Jesus on June 20, 2011 | 19 Comments »
The Fastest Growing Christian Churches in 2010
Posted in Christianity, Church on February 19, 2011 | 8 Comments »
For the third year in a row the Jehovah’s Witness church grew significantly more than other churches (with the exception of Seventh Day Adventists, who also showed very strong growth). According to this year’s Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, the Jehovah’s Witness church doubled its growth jumping from 2% in 2009 to 4.37% growth [...]
Satellite View of all LDS Churches in North America
Posted in Church, Mormon Christians on February 13, 2011 | 11 Comments »
My wife found a pretty cool map on the LDS.org website. It has a satellite view of all the churches in the world. This link shows all the LDS churches in North America. So if you’re traveling and need to drop by a meeting, you can find one anywhere…even in Barrow, Alaksa!
LDS Definitions of Scripture: How do we know if something should be Considered Scripture?
Posted in Christianity, Church, Scripture Study on September 22, 2010 | 41 Comments »
On one of my most recent posts, some LDS and non-LDS christians were having a great discussion about what the definition of scripture is for each of us. I do not claim to be the expert on this topic for either LDS or non-LDS, but I can definitely share my personal thoughts and also point [...]
A Mormon Testifies of His Christian Faith
Posted in Christianity, Church, Mormon Christians on August 20, 2010 | 45 Comments »
Recently, a fellow friend from another Christian faith asked me to share my thoughts on Jesus Christ with the intention of posting it on his site in order to help other Christians with the concept of Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) being Christians. I’ll open with a quote taken [...]
Statistics on American’s Beliefs on God
Posted in Christianity, Church, Spirituality, tagged America, belief in god, Christian, God, Jesus on December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Taken from http://religions.pewforum.org/maps# Belief in God Importance of Religion in One’s Life Church Attendance Religious Affiliation Believe their Religion is One True Faith 71% Absolutely Certain 56% Very Important 39% Once a week 79% Christian 24% Their religion is one true faith leading to Eternal Life 17% Fairly Certain 26% Somewhat Important 33% Once/Twice per [...]
The United States’ Fastest growing Christian Church in 2008 is…
Posted in Church on May 5, 2009 | 34 Comments »
The Jehovah’s Witnesses up 2.12% from the year before. According to the 2009 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, only four churches reported an increase in converts for the year 2008. These churches were: Jehovah’s Witnesses (1,092,169 members, up 2.12 percent ) Church of God of Cleveland (1,053,642 members, up 2.04 percent) Church of Jesus [...]
Should We Accept a Church Calling if we’re not “into” it?
Posted in Christianity, Church, Latter-day Saints on January 17, 2009 | 31 Comments »
Today I was listening to a great sermon delivered by Dr David Jeremiah entitled “Giving in the Grace Zone.” If you have the time I recommend listening to this excellent sermon. During the sermon he discusses the term he calls “grace giving.” Grace giving is giving back to God because of the love that we [...]
Is God Denominational?
Posted in Church, God, tagged Church, Church of Jesus Christ, God, Mormon, Spirituality on July 7, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Today in church our bishop and some of his family members shared experiences they had while visiting Uganda, Africa. It impressed me how he shared his testimony of how the love of God is shown in all people throughout the world and how he was so grateful for his relationship with God and Jesus Christ. [...]
Doing “All You Can Do” to Support Ban on Gay Marriage…Should the Church Get Involved?
Posted in Church, tagged Family, gay, gay marriage, LDS, LDS Church, LDS in California, marriage, marriage and family, Mormon Church, Mormons, prophets on July 1, 2008 | 36 Comments »
I’m sure most people have heard the news by now about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encouraging it’s nearly 1million members in California to do “all they can do” to support the initiative in November to over-turn the ruling supporting bay marriage. If you haven’t heard about this, you can read the [...]
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