by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 28, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
I joined the church when Spencer W. Kimball was the prophet. He was the prophet for so long after I joined that when he died, it was hard to accept that anyone else could be the prophet. He was, to me, the “real” prophet and I struggled to accept the next prophet. In...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 25, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
As I was investigating the church, I asked the missionaries some very difficult questions about the church on the very first day. This was before the Internet, so I couldn’t look up the answers myself and needed the information from the missionaries. To my...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 23, 2008 | Home and Family
When you joined the church, did you find yourself making lists of all the things you needed to “catch up” on? It might seem there are a lot of tasks that would be easier if you had joined the church sooner and started doing them at a younger age, such as writing your...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 23, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
The first year of church membership is challenging. The new member has just made a tremendous commitment, and may be nervous and worried about whether he made the right choice. As he begins to see that members are less than perfect, and learns things about the church...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 22, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
As a youth leader, you may be one of the most important people in the life of a teenager who joins the church without her parents. While her parents should always be the most important resource for her, there will now be some things they simply won’t understand, and...
