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Thank you for your replies. :) I guess I am a little confused on "evangelical romance". We have been in love for quite some time and I don't want to give up on him just because his faith is a bit unsteady. Afterall, he does attend and does study with me. He is just very honest in saying that he's still unsure. I do respect him for trying. I am interested, however, in all of your comments and advice. Could any one go into further detail regarding the evangelical romance? Thank you!

Hello everyone. I am pretty new to this site and so far I lovvve it! I want to keep this short and sweet. My boyfriend Matthew is 23 and I am 22. He baptized me into the church about 2.5 years ago on April 22, 2007. We were both living in our college town and attending the ward in that area. During that time he was very active in the church and held the priesthood. He was my first inspiration (among many!) and since I was new in the church he was my "rock" per se concering all things LDS. When we left that ward and went home for the summer, he attended my hometown ward with me for the first time and I was welcomed into the ward nicely. Unfortunately, I became inactive about 3 Sundays after (due to heavy influence of non-believing family pressure) and I had been inactive up until about a month ago. Matthew and I broke up around the same time. I broke up with him in an email (ouch) since I didn't think it would work out (my family despised him because they thought he brainwashed me). Matthew and I reconnected back in September for the first time since our breakup. He was much the same but I asked about church and he said he had only attended for a short spurt of six months or so after we broke up and hasn't gone faithfully since. I felt horrible. He said he has struggled with the doctrine himself and had little to no interest in returning. I told him I wanted to get back into church and we both have been for the past month. I have been rather moved to read the scripture, study, pray and totally involve myself in church activities as well. Matthew is much more resistant and although he attends he is still unsure. My question is: How can I help the person who helped me establish my testimony and baptize me into the LDS church? I want him to be happy again. I know he feels confused and I am praying for him. I hope that all of you will pray with me for him. I would appreciate any other suggestions you may have.

Thank you everyone! I have already found the site extremely interesting and I am looking forward to reading more.

Thank you very much.

Hi everyone. My name is Alyssa :) It was nice to find out about this forum. I am looking forward to browsing through the threads. I am from a community where the people of the LDS faith are rare so I'm excited about this website.