This interests me because years ago I knew a Baptist minister who also believed the Book of Mormon and preached some of its teachings in his sermons. I queried why he remained a Baptist minister and didn't become LDS and there were lots of reasons. One was that he hoped he could bring his parishioners to understand that the BOM teachings are not incompatible with the Bible, one was that he would lose his job if he became LDS because his livlihood was from preaching in the Baptist church. It would have been a huge step of faith for a man with a family to support and he just didn't have the nerve to do that.
I don't know what ever became of him because he left the area. My late husband and I became quite friendly with the pastor who replaced him and although he didn't accept the BOM as scripture he did accept us as Christians.
Sadly that congregation dwindled to the extent that the church has now closed down and the few that were left have joined with another denomination.
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