Why Mormons are going inactive and HOW to re-activate them..
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:18 pm
Why so many Mormons are going iactive....
*In affluent Wards the "Gospel of Gain" is taught all the time (i.e. obey Church leaders and you'll get material rewards), but many in these Wards have lost jobs, businesses go down hill, laid off, the opposite of "blessings". Members see that material/earthly benefits don't necessarily follow obidience to brethren/Church activity/tithe-paying. Many Young Mormons raised in affluent Wards where "Gospel of Gain" is preached all the time, are discovering, like young Japanese, you don't need to make offerings to the God/gods in order to be a "success in life". Many young Mormons from affluent Wards are leaving for the same reason young Japanese are abandoning their "gods". They discover they simply don't need 'em.
*Church on Sunday is BORING. Same old things said over and over and over and over and over again. Same questions. Same people answering (who love to hear themselves speak). Boring as hell (nay..Hell is much more exciting).
*Three hour blocks too long, especially if you have children, especially if you live in Santiago and don't have a car and must take a bus for an hour each way and you must take little children with you and no air-conditioning and sit in hot chapel for three hours listening to the most boring talks immaginable.
*Internet causing many Members to being to see the REAL HISTORY of the Church; not the candy-coated/white-washed version they are fed on since birth. Many go "inactive" means they are no longer Believers but don't bother to send in a letter of resigation (many don't know they can resign..the Church never tells them that).
HOW TO RE-ACTIVATE Mormons WHO ARE IN-ACTIVE:
*Change three-hour block to two-hour block! One 10 minute Sacrament talk by one person, 20 minute Sunday School, and 20 minute priesthood/relief society! Serve pot lunch after every Sacrament meeting for the socializing (why most Mormon women go to Church in the first place) for 30 minutes. 30 min Sacrament. 20 minute priesthood/relief, 20 minute Sunday School, an 30 minutes "Agape Feast". Alow 5 minutes between meetings for people to get into their places.
Sacramento: 30 minutes plus 5
Sunday School: 20 minutes plus 5
Priesthood-Relief 20 minutes plus 5
Agape Feast: 30 minutes
People like it better if you don't have a sit too long and will get a reward (food/socializing) a the end. Currently,the "reward" for siting two hours in Church is an UBER-BORING priesthood or relief society meeting where you lean the same things and are askd the same questions and hear the same answers over and over and over and over ad infinitum ad nauseum....
*Make the Teachers actually "teach". Have them read from old General Conference talks. Plenty there. Have another read a few quotes from the Book of Mormon or Pslams or N.T. Let Teaches actually "teach". What a novel idea! Reading from talks by Church leaders or Scriptures is an improvement over the "uber-boring mindless rambling" of most Sacramento talks.
***Produce a book that answers most anti-Mormon questions. I worked on a such a book for many yeas, but the Church will NEVER DO THIS, because Church leaders think if you have "questions" such as "Did Joseph Smith really marry his own foster daughters?" or "Did Joseph Smith really pretend to see buried treasure?" than YOU will be considered a "Questioner" and bishops and other Church leaders don't think you have any sincere questions but that you are ENGROSSED IN SECRET UNREPENTEND SIN and they say "Don't worry about it" andleave it at that.
Or you can just join THE CHURCH OF ZION and be "done" with Mormonim completely.
Join the Church of Zion! You only meet one evening a month. No boring talks. Seances. Hypnotherapy. Real useful stuff you can use in your life.
http://churchofzion.webs.com
*In affluent Wards the "Gospel of Gain" is taught all the time (i.e. obey Church leaders and you'll get material rewards), but many in these Wards have lost jobs, businesses go down hill, laid off, the opposite of "blessings". Members see that material/earthly benefits don't necessarily follow obidience to brethren/Church activity/tithe-paying. Many Young Mormons raised in affluent Wards where "Gospel of Gain" is preached all the time, are discovering, like young Japanese, you don't need to make offerings to the God/gods in order to be a "success in life". Many young Mormons from affluent Wards are leaving for the same reason young Japanese are abandoning their "gods". They discover they simply don't need 'em.
*Church on Sunday is BORING. Same old things said over and over and over and over and over again. Same questions. Same people answering (who love to hear themselves speak). Boring as hell (nay..Hell is much more exciting).
*Three hour blocks too long, especially if you have children, especially if you live in Santiago and don't have a car and must take a bus for an hour each way and you must take little children with you and no air-conditioning and sit in hot chapel for three hours listening to the most boring talks immaginable.
*Internet causing many Members to being to see the REAL HISTORY of the Church; not the candy-coated/white-washed version they are fed on since birth. Many go "inactive" means they are no longer Believers but don't bother to send in a letter of resigation (many don't know they can resign..the Church never tells them that).
HOW TO RE-ACTIVATE Mormons WHO ARE IN-ACTIVE:
*Change three-hour block to two-hour block! One 10 minute Sacrament talk by one person, 20 minute Sunday School, and 20 minute priesthood/relief society! Serve pot lunch after every Sacrament meeting for the socializing (why most Mormon women go to Church in the first place) for 30 minutes. 30 min Sacrament. 20 minute priesthood/relief, 20 minute Sunday School, an 30 minutes "Agape Feast". Alow 5 minutes between meetings for people to get into their places.
Sacramento: 30 minutes plus 5
Sunday School: 20 minutes plus 5
Priesthood-Relief 20 minutes plus 5
Agape Feast: 30 minutes
People like it better if you don't have a sit too long and will get a reward (food/socializing) a the end. Currently,the "reward" for siting two hours in Church is an UBER-BORING priesthood or relief society meeting where you lean the same things and are askd the same questions and hear the same answers over and over and over and over ad infinitum ad nauseum....
*Make the Teachers actually "teach". Have them read from old General Conference talks. Plenty there. Have another read a few quotes from the Book of Mormon or Pslams or N.T. Let Teaches actually "teach". What a novel idea! Reading from talks by Church leaders or Scriptures is an improvement over the "uber-boring mindless rambling" of most Sacramento talks.
***Produce a book that answers most anti-Mormon questions. I worked on a such a book for many yeas, but the Church will NEVER DO THIS, because Church leaders think if you have "questions" such as "Did Joseph Smith really marry his own foster daughters?" or "Did Joseph Smith really pretend to see buried treasure?" than YOU will be considered a "Questioner" and bishops and other Church leaders don't think you have any sincere questions but that you are ENGROSSED IN SECRET UNREPENTEND SIN and they say "Don't worry about it" andleave it at that.
Or you can just join THE CHURCH OF ZION and be "done" with Mormonim completely.
Join the Church of Zion! You only meet one evening a month. No boring talks. Seances. Hypnotherapy. Real useful stuff you can use in your life.
http://churchofzion.webs.com