hello - church beliefs

[romans8]

Hello 

My name is Matteo (Matt  for short). I joined the forum a few weeks ago and wish to learn something
about this church before I start meeting any missionaries. @Jane_Doe gave a link to https://www.comeuntochrist.org/beliefs. 
I currently attend a mainstream Protestant church. Thanks

Matt

[Fether]

38 minutes ago, romans8 said:

Hello 

My name is Matteo (Matt  for short). I joined the forum a few weeks ago and wish to learn something
about this church before I start meeting any missionaries. @Jane_Doe gave a link to https://www.comeuntochrist.org/beliefs. 
I currently attend a mainstream Protestant church. Thanks

Matt

Welcome!

are there any specific things you are wanting to learn? If you are looking for general information, go ahead and download the “Gospel Library” app. That is the church’s official Publication app. Contains all the books of scripture, church magazines, lesson manuals, and a ton more. 

[Jane_Doe]

1 hour ago, romans8 said:

Hello 

My name is Matteo (Matt  for short). I joined the forum a few weeks ago and wish to learn something
about this church before I start meeting any missionaries. @Jane_Doe gave a link to https://www.comeuntochrist.org/beliefs. 
I currently attend a mainstream Protestant church. Thanks

Matt

Hello

My husband is actually a mainstream Protestant.  

Let me or anyone else know if you have any particular areas of interest and we'll do our best to help you out. 

[Grunt]

Hi!   I found the Church filled quite a few gaps in my protestant beliefs.

[NeedleinA]

On 5/23/2020 at 12:30 PM, romans8 said:

 I joined the forum a few weeks ago and wish to learn something about this church

@romans8 Since the "keystone to our religion" is the Book of Mormon, and Book of Mormon is vital to learning about "this Church"... here is a promise from God that should be helpful in your learning process. This promise is given to anyone, yourself included. It is found in Moroni 10:3-5

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3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things (Book of Mormon), if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how ^amerciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ^bponder it in your ^chearts.

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ^aask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not ^btrue; and if ye shall ask with a ^csincere heart, with ^dreal intent, having ^efaith in Christ, he will ^fmanifest the ^gtruth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may ^aknow the ^btruth of all things.

Here are some highlights, lets say some necessary steps in order to learn for yourself if the Book of Mormon is true. I notice you have a variety of questions posted elsewhere on the forum. These same steps/requirements can be applied to any gospel learning:

Step 1: Have a sincere heart
Step 2: Have real intent
Step 3: Have faith in Christ
Step 4: Ask God if these things are true

I've seen, met and taught individuals who unfortunately want to gloss over these steps, rather wholeheartedly just ignore the necessity of a "Sincere heart" or "Real intent" for example. I met with a Pastor from another faith once. His goal was to prove those LDS missionaries wrong, he told us as much. In front of us he instantly decided to pray to God and ask if the Book of Mormon was true. Immediately after his 15 second prayer and without skipping a beat, he launched into, "See nothing happened, I felt nothing, you guys and your book are wrong".

While he did ask of God (I suppose), it was abundantly clear that he did so without a sincere heart or real intent. His goal wasn't to honestly seek out the truth, he just wanted to pick a fight under the guise of honest learning.

More often than not, those who willing exclude the above steps find that they are simply spinning their wheels as they seek answers from man rather than God. Sincere questions are typically responded to with sincere answers. I also invite you to follow the above steps as you sincerely learn more about the Church.