Elder W. Mark Bassett and David N. Weidman of the Church’s Missionary Department on the expanding role of missionary work
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🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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In an April 2022 general conference talk, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said, “The gospel of Jesus Christ has never been needed more than it is today.” Impelled by that need, the Church’s Missionary Department has developed new resources, tools and invitations to reach God’s children on this earth. This expansion includes integrating service missionaries into teaching missions, a new edition of “Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ” and the most recent announcement of expanded opportunities for senior single missionaries.
On this episode of the Church News podcast, Church News reporter Mary Richards is joined by Elder W. Mark Bassett, a General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Missionary Department, and David N. Weidman, managing director of the Missionary Department, to discuss how “if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work.”
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| 0:00.0 | So every missionary knows, and they can memorize this, but there's more to it than that. |
| 0:13.0 | But their purpose is to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel, |
| 0:20.0 | through faith in Jesus Christ, His |
| 0:22.4 | Atonement, repentance, baptism, and receiving the Holy Ghost. And that really is the why |
| 0:30.9 | behind all that a missionary does. So before they get to the what and certainly focus on how to |
| 0:36.9 | talk to people and how to teach, |
| 0:39.3 | but why do we do it? |
| 0:40.3 | And so beyond the memorization of a few lines that they're powerful, certainly, |
| 0:45.3 | but to understand when it gets into a person's heart, |
| 0:49.3 | it changes what they do and how they look at other people. |
| 0:53.3 | That every individual out there in the |
| 0:56.5 | world is a child of God, and we can bring them back home through making covenants. |
| 1:05.7 | This is John Ryan Jensen, editor of the Church News. |
| 1:09.4 | Welcome to the Church News podcast. Today we're taking you on a |
| 1:12.8 | journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 1:19.5 | President Russell M. Nelson has said the Gospel of Jesus Christ has never been needed more than it is today. |
| 1:27.1 | In April 2022 General Conference, as he |
| 1:29.9 | invited more young and senior adults to serve, he said, all missionaries teach and testify of the |
| 1:37.2 | Savior. This spiritual darkness in the world makes the light of Jesus Christ needed more than ever. |
| 1:43.7 | I'm Mary Richards, a church news reporter and a missionary mom, |
| 1:48.0 | hosting this episode of the church news podcast. |
| 1:50.7 | I'm joined by Elder W. Mark Bassett, a general authority 70, |
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