Missionary Work

“Chapter 33: Missionary Work,” Gospel Principles, (2009), pg 189–95

The Lord Revealed the Gospel Plan to Adam

“And thus the Gospel began to be preached, from the beginning” (Moses 5:58).

The Lord’s Church Is a Missionary Church

The Apostle

Paul was a great

missionary sent to the

Gentiles.

Missionary work

began again when the

Lord’s Church was

restored through the

Prophet Joseph Smith.

Elder Russell M Nelson declared that the Lord is also “inspiring the minds of great people to create inventions that further the work of theLord in ways never known. Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, satellites, computers, the Internet, and related technology help give the gospel message to millions of people. We who have the fulness of the gospel need to use these inventions to fulfill the Lord’s commandment: ‘For, verily, the sound must go forth from this place into all the world, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth—the gospel must be preached unto every [person]’ (D&C 58:64).“

The Gospel Will Be Preached to All the

World

Pres. Ezra Taft Benson stated:

“This is our first interest

as a Church—to save and exalt the souls of the children

of men.”

Missionary Work

Is Important

As we teach the gospel to our brothers and sisters, we are preparing the way for the

Second Coming of the Savior

We Should All Be Missionaries

The sons of Mosiah willingly accepted their

responsibility to teach the gospel,

“for they could not bear that any

human soul should perish;

yea, even the very thoughts that any

soul should endure endless

torment did cause them to quake and

tremble” (Mosiah 28:3).

10 WAYS That We CAN SHARE The GOSPEL

1. SHOW friends and others the joy we experience from living the truths of the gospel. 2. OVERCOME our natural shyness by being friendly to others and doing kind things for them. 3. EXPLAIN the gospel to nonmember friends and others.4. INVITE friends who are interested in learning more about the gospel into our homes to be taught by the missionaries. 5. TEACH our children the importance of sharing the gospel, and we can prepare them spiritually and financially to go on missions. 6. PAY our tithing and CONTRIBUTE to the missionary fund. 7. CONTRIBUTE to the ward, branch, or general missionary fund to give financial support to missionaries whose families are unable to support them.8. DO family history research and temple work to help our ancestors receive the full blessings of the gospel.9. INVITE nonmembers to activities such as family home evenings and Church socials, conferences, and meetings.10. GIVE copies of Church magazines. We can also share gospel messages by using features available on the Church’s official Internet sites, LDS.org and Mormon.org.

The Lord Promises

Us Blessings for Doing Missionar

y Work