May/June 2014 FrontLine

The New Face of Mormonism

Excerpt:

Fifty years ago, when church planters came to the “Mormon West” with the gospel and a desire to plant churches in areas where there were few non-LDS (Latter-Day Saint) churches, they found open resistance. Many pastors and their families experienced rejection and hostility due to the gospel. In those days Mormons were adamant that they were not Christian.

The face of Mormonism began to change in the early 1990s. That change was announced by a new logo. According to an article in the Salt Lake Tribune, the reason for this new face was because Mormonism was not considered “Christian” by some Protestant and Catholic groups. The leadership of the LDS Church decided they wanted to emphasize the words “Jesus Christ” in their title. This move seemed to mark a new effort by the LDS to seek acceptance by Christian denominations.

(Full article to follow in tomorrow’s posting.)

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