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In another thread, Peter1000 said: Where is the office of "Pastor" in the Mormon church? Where is the office of "Evangelist" in the Mormon church?

What are the sacraments or ordinances practiced in your church? Why does your church do them? What, if anything, do they "do"? Is there Biblical evidence and/or other ancient evidence for those individual sacraments being performed in the New Testament and early post-New Testament church?

One of the things that caused me great difficulty when an active member of the LDS church was the priesthood (and temple) ban on blacks, which was in place until 1978. When I was asked about this as an active member by others, I would say something like although it is sad, there is precedent...

LDS, is there any criteria or way to know when a prophet is speaking/acting as a prophet? If so, what is it? When the prophets, seers, and revelators speak in General Conference, are they inspired?

To anyone interested: Do you believe that the Book of Mormon is a true, historical record? If so, where do you believe the events recorded in the Book took place? Are there any evidences supporting the events taking place in the Book of Mormon as actual, historic ones? I'm not interested in...

Going off of 1 Corinthians 15:29, what, if any, is the ancient evidence that Christians performed proxy water baptisms for the dead, presumably sharing in the LDS interpretation of that verse?

Going off RevelationTestament's thread "Was the Pre-Nicene Church Orthodox?", does anyone believe that the Pre-Nicene Church was "Mormon", i.e. had the uniquely Mormon doctrines and practices?

So now that General Conference is over (I saw some of it, including the declaration by Elder Bednar that we know that today (April 6th) is Jesus Christ's actual birthday, known by revelation), what new revelations and/or prophecies were given by the prophets, seers, and revelators? Any new...

For the LDS Church to be necessary, there must have been a total apostasy of the Church established by Jesus Christ as we read in the New Testament. If this total apostasy did not occur, then Mormonism, no matter how much it may be "nice" or make someone feel good, is unnecessary, and is...

Were the New Testament Christians participating in a temple Endowment ritual? Did they view the/an Endowment as a necessary ordinance to receive eternal life?

The thread title says it all. How is the LDS Church like the Church we read about in the New Testament, the Church that Christ established anciently?

LDS, how do you view Brigham Young's teaching on Adam-God? He taught, to put it simply, that Adam is "our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do". Was he speaking as a prophet? Was this a revealed doctrine, as he claimed?

The question is in the thread title. Mormonism claims to be a restoration. What exactly has it restored? I'm not talking about priesthood authority, since yes, I do know that that is part of the claim. The claim also includes the restoration of doctrines and practices. So, what are they...

The LDS Church claims that it is a restoration of the original Church established by Jesus Christ. It claims that, in addition to newly revealed beliefs and practices, it has also restored ancient ones. LDS claim to be unique in having temples, and believe that their temples are patterned...

One of the things that attracted me to the LDS Church were the claims surrounding revelation and prophecy. -The Church is led by living apostles and prophets, just like the New Testament Church -Revelation and prophecy continue to this day, and the prophets receive revelation to guide the...

Can someone please explain how saying that there are three distinct Persons (who are not each other) that are one in being/substance/essence/nature/etc and are one God is just as monotheistic as saying that there is only one Person that is God.

Hi everyone! I'm LDS (Mormon), and one of my coworkers is Seventh-day Adventist. I know a little about the history of this church, as well as some of the beliefs. I've read through the official website. Am I correct in understanding that Adventists believe that the Seventh-day Adventist...