There has been a hard push the last few years with Mormon.org and the “I am a Mormon” campaign. I posted my own profile as everyone should.
But...is that our name?
I was talking with the pastor at a local
church the other day. We were discussing how his church had decided to change their name to project a more
community based image. This pastor and
I are good friends; enough so that he is comfortable commenting humorously about
the things he feels are strange about our church. At the end of the discussion, he threw in a comment about how
nice it is that he is able to pick
the name of his church. “Not like your
churches that all have to have the same name.”
He shot me a sly grin, as though he had just scored a touchdown. As he did, the
most overwhelming, warm spiritual feeling came over me. We don’t need to pick or change
our name; this is The Church of
Jesus Christ. The is no other name under heaven.
This is not just our name, its a declaration.
Since the restoration in 1830 there has been a concerted effort to marginalize The Church of Jesus Christ, by stripping it of its name. Has it finally worked? Are we Mormons?
This is not just our name, its a declaration.
Since the restoration in 1830 there has been a concerted effort to marginalize The Church of Jesus Christ, by stripping it of its name. Has it finally worked? Are we Mormons?
It is an honor
to have a nick-name fashioned after one of the greatest prophets in The Book of Mormon, but have we allowed that nickname to replace the true name of Christ's Church in an attempt to appease the dis-approving eye of the world.
3 Nephi 27:8
And how be it my church save it be called
in my name? For if a church be called in
Moses’ name then it be Moses’ church; or if it be called in the name of a man
then it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my name then it is my
church…
