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Originally Posted by justamere10
It seems that you have had some different experiences with missionary work.
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Just noticed you served in China. Much success there?
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I very much disagree with your idea that missionaries are salesmen out to make a "sale".
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Which is expected.
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The Holy Spirit speaks to the investigators in His own way and that Spirit is what converts, not the missionaries.
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Sure, sure. But if we're completely honest, we know that the LDS church employs marketing teams to make this 'spiritual' conversion much easier. The LDS church has placed an incredible emphasis on knowing their customers, especially in the last 10 years.
Their focus now is brand development rather than direct marketing.
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After months of research, Kelly's team concluded that "people do not know the church or care about it." To increase awareness and understanding of the church, Kelly's team decided to shift from a direct marketing strategy to brand development.
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Missionaries are expected to be obedient to their mission president and on down through zone and district leaders.
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Sure, but weren't we talking about knocking doors? Politics within the mission field are a completely different beast to tackle.
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As they keep the rules and live temple worthy and anxiously engage in the good cause set before them each morning, the Holy Spirit guides them and "coincidence" miracles occur almost daily.
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Sales opportunities?
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Door knocking may not be the most effective way to get teaching opportunties, but door knocking is a frequent experience most likely for most young missionaries in most missions.
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I agree. All missionaries will have that task. It's sad that they have to resort to it.
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I fail to understand why you are arguing with me if you are in fact an experienced LDS Missionary and a faithful member of the LDS Church, as your screen name implies.
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My profile should still be working. I'm an open ex-Mormon. I did serve a full-time mission in Mexico.
The point we've been speaking to, for my part anyway, is knocking doors. I truly feel terrible that missionaries are reduced to knocking doors like vacuum cleaner salesmen.
This time could be better spent on humanitarian efforts rather than annoying people in their homes.