Posted in Religionon Oct 17, 2006
The First Presidency message this month is from President Gordon B. Hinckley and is titled: A Perfect Brightness of Hope — to New Members of the Church. It is a special message written especially toward new converts and members of the Church. It talks to them about their transition into membership and the culture of the Church.
Throughout the message, President Hinckley tells the new members how we (existing members of the Church) will help them. Here are some quotes that help illustrate how we are suppose to help new members:
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As a footnote: according to the Church’s Member and Statistical Records Division, first-generation members made up 64 percent of the total Church membership as of July 2006.
3 Comments
Connor Boyack
October 17th, 2006 at 10:41 am
Jacob, do you have a source for that statistic regarding first-generation members? I’d like to get my hands on that.
webguy
October 17th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
Yup. It was a footnote on this general conference talk:
http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,49-1-646-4,00.html
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