An idea I've been thinking of for a while

[HaggisShuu]

I would love to do more to share the gospel. Unfortunately, I've tried joining lessons with the missionaries and couldn't hack it. Too many times I would get to an agreed location at an agreed time and then they would send me a message to say it's cancelled. This is definitely more of an issue to do with the locals and not the missionaries but still, I don't like my time being wasted. (There is also an issue of we only have sisters and I happen to be a man.)
 

I don't have the confidence to stand preaching on the street like others. 
 

So I had an idea - one of talents is winding people up. I have an idea, to home produce simple, borderline inflammatory (not contentious) posters to post on public notice boards to bate people into discussing the gospel. 
 

It would be a white back ground, bold black text. Perhaps even comic sans with quite a bold statement. Something like "There is more evidence for the book of Mormon than there is Jesus Christ, so why do you only believe one and not the other?" Or "Faithful Latter-Day Saint marriages are happier than yours" 
 

with an anonymous email address at the bottom, so anybody wishing to call me a heretic and satanic cultist may do so. 
 

The only thing I am concerned about, would this be considered to be "not church standard"? 

Edited April 7 by HaggisShuu

[Ironhold]

It's not much better than littering leaving hate literature lying around in your wake as you go shopping. 

If you do, truly, really want to share the gospel, you first must be living your life in such a fashion that your life *is* a part of your testimony. This is because once people so much as come to suspect that you're a member, everything you say and do will be under scrutiny. You need to make it so that there's as little to hold against you as possible. 

That being said, you also need to understand discretion. There's a time and place to bring the church up in a conversation, and knowing the difference can make or break your efforts to talk to a person about it. 

[HaggisShuu]

11 hours ago, Ironhold said:

If you do, truly, really want to share the gospel, you first must be living your life in such a fashion that your life *is* a part of your testimony. This is because once people so much as come to suspect that you're a member, everything you say and do will be under scrutiny. You need to make it so that there's as little to hold against you as possible. 

That being said, you also need to understand discretion. There's a time and place to bring the church up in a conversation, and knowing the difference can make or break your efforts to talk to a person about it. 

Perhaps the examples I shared were a bit too forceful. The church and gospel is one of my most defining characteristics and I'm not shy about people knowing that. 
 

I do appropriately talk about the gospel when possible too, but outside of a scripted talk or lesson, or online where I have time to ponder a response, I am a bit of a babbling fool, and so hearts remain hardened and the other persons curiosity never deepens beyond what makes us different. I have had more conversations about coffee and the law of chastity than literally anything else. Thankfully nobody I speak to seems to know about garments. 

But people don't take the church seriously, and I am often mocked. One of my nicknames at work for example is "The Moron" (a very clever play on words of "Mormon"). I had thought this could be a way of challenging such attitudes, in a format where I could do well. (If done properly) 

Edited April 8 by HaggisShuu

[Ironhold]

4 hours ago, HaggisShuu said:

But people don't take the church seriously, and I am often mocked. One of my nicknames at work for example is "The Moron" (a very clever play on words of "Mormon"). I had thought this could be a way of challenging such attitudes, in a format where I could do well. (If done properly) 

Whenever you're mocked like this, write it down in a notebook that you keep on your person for safety. Note who said it, what they said, when it was said, and if there are any witnesses who can confirm. 

Here in the United States we have a concept called "Hostile Work Environment", wherein the words and actions of individuals make the job site toxic and unsafe for people who are members of various protected groups... which include religious minorities. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_work_environment

Given how uptight the UK is compared to the US, you more than likely have some form of "Hostile Work Environment" regulations in place. 

If the company you work for doesn't have a human resources department, then look up your country's version of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 

EEOC claims and the like do tend to burn bridges, but if these people are smarting off to you to their face they'd gladly do the same to others. Sometimes the only way they'll learn is if they face consequences. 

A good lawyer will likely be able to advise you on how to proceed under UK law, so it might be worth a few quid for a consultation.