Hi Everyone

[Christos]

Hi Everyone.

I found this forum by frantic searching of the internet to find a LDS forum. There are thousands of Christian forums.

The reason why I have joined is because I am interested in the church.

I have been for years now but it is only since two months ago when my mum invited the missionaries round that doors started to open.

I have been a born again Christian for 4 years now.

I was brought up in the Church of England but left it because I didn't feel it was "the church".

I then spent two years out of church life before searching for the right church.

At one time I would go to a different church every week. One was about 10 miles away and a difficult 30 minute bike ride through nearly vertical hills.

I soon had been to just about every church in my city but never felt right at any of them.

I have been at a free methodist now for about 3 months but even still I don't think it feels right and their doctrine is funky.

Ideas such as "original sin" really made me feel different from that church.

So now I have been going to the Longsands Chapel in the Preston Ward for 3 weeks and been seeing the missionaries for about 5 months.

One of the main reasons why I looked for the right church for me was because I was told by God to get baptised. I thought this was absurd because I had already been baptised.

But I was baptised as an infant.

Now I feel that being baptised as an infant is wrong and it should be a totally consious choice made by the individual and not just good wishes by the parents. Also it should be performed in full immersion, not just a little sprinking of water on the head.

Moroni 8 was a wonderful revelation to me on baptism.

I was stubborn at first to accept the Book of Mormon and in the first meeting I threw elaborate and complicated questions at the missionaries but now I have learnt to accept it and what more it is revealing itself to me as the truth.

This I learnt through much prayer and meditation.

So now I want to get baptised but my mum refuses to give permission, she says that I need more time to think it over in. But I have been thinking of getting baptised for 4 years. She doesn't believe that though and claims that I am being brainwashed.

Could you please pray for her so that she will grant me permission to be baptised.

I can do it on my own when I am 18 but that is in August and I feel I am ready now. Also the date available is pretty good :)

Baptism on New years eve, Priesthood on New years day B)

Oh and could you also pray that my mum will allow the missionaries to carry on coming to our house as she wants to stop that and next week the Bishop will be round to talk about the baptism (should it happen).

Thankyou and I am looking forward to talking to you all.

In Christ

Chrisos

[moroni]

Do not give out your real name. there could be preditors on this site.who knows never give out your info again. for your own safety

[glindakc]

so you're not going to actually say anything nice to the guy? wow.

hey i'm glad that you're interested in the church. you'll be in my prayers.

[lisajo]

Welcome Christos,

My prayers are with you!

[Guest Gilvisto]

Our prayers are with you.

Congratulations on finally finding what you've been looking for.

In the end, you won't regret it... I swear.

-Val

[Guest sugarbay]

Welcome. I will include you in B) my prayers.

[Mormongirl_611]

Welcome to LDS chat. I haven't been on for a few weeks, RL has been busy w/ Christmas, but anyways your in my prayers. I am very happy for you that you have found the gospel. I will pray for you that your mom will let you get baptized.

Mormongirl_611

[LionHeart]

Originally posted by moroni@Dec 22 2005, 07:16 AM

Do not give out your real name. there could be preditors on this site.who knows never give out your info again. for your own safety

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This is hilarious. I'm sorry; perhaps I shouldn't find it funny. Do you live in a rough neighborhood Moroni? I wonder how many people with the fist name of Christopher live in Preston, England.

You're awsome though Moroni. Keep it up.

Welcome Christos. I admire your determination to find right Church. There are not very many people who would go to such lengths for religion any more. So many worldly things to be desired these days.

[Christos]

Thankyou everyone for praying for me.

I am finding out loads of things recently.

Many from the Bible but not the bible. The book of Ecclesiasticus which is sometimes not included in the bible. It talks about wisdom and righteousness and what can be gained from it.

I think it may be to do with my mum being very Church of England she has become institutionalised and churches become sort of rivalling clubs. This I hate.

So I tell her, if I were bapised in the Methodist church does that stop me from going to a baptist church?

She has this idea that I will become a "Mormon" and I won't be part of the church anymore. I won't be able to go to any other churches (which I wouldn't choose to do anyway) and that I will effectively be locked away into the "mormon church".

I hate it when people talk about the church of J.C. of L.D.S. as the Mormon church, it is almost a derogarotative term against it giving it a sort of non-christian sound to it.

I think once she is convinced that the church of J.C. of L.D.S. is a christian church she will be nearer to accepting.

The Bishop will be round next Monday, though my mum will probably kill me for that as she has told me not to have the missionaries or anyone from the church round anymore, even though she was the one who invited them in the first place.

So I might have to find a new venue for it which will be interesting.

Keep praying, I am starting to see changes (subtle as they may be) in her attitude. :)

I am trying to tell her that I am not being baptised as a mormon but into the church of Jesus Christ, the church it talks about in the bible. The church that will become his bride according to Revelations.

To keep her happy I have told her that I will go to church with her to her church if she wants to go. It doesn't clash in the timing of the L.D.S. church service.

Anyway thanks for you prayers and I will alter my post for the confidentiality thing.....I don't want to get in trouble