Elder Ballard’s Questions Can Now Be Answered on MormonTestimonies.org

April 25th, 2008 by Richard K Miller | Filed under Announcements, Member missionary work, Mormon, Online missionary work, Testimonies.

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We’ve just launched a new version of MormonTestimonies.org and we’ve changed our assumption of what a “testimony” is. Instead of sharing your “one” testimony, MormonTestimonies.org now encourages you to share multiple “testimonies.” You might share your testimony of the Savior, or of tithing, or of the Book of Mormon.

You might also share applications of Gospel teachings. In fact, Elder Ballard recently spoke about “taking part in everyday conversations in an unforced way, where your values and your religious beliefs will arise naturally.” He listed several questions you might answer online:

  • How do your beliefs lift and shape your life for the better?
  • How does the gospel help you as a parent engage with your teens?
  • How do your values encourage you to participate in civic affairs?
  • How has your experience as a home or visiting teacher enlarged your compassion or care for the sick and needy?
  • How has your Church life helped you to avoid such things as pornography and immorality?
  • How have family councils or home evenings helped you resolve differences of opinion with members of your family?
  • How has your experience in speaking in church helped you address large public groups?
  • Where did you learn to respect and not to criticize other faiths?

Source: Elder Ballard’s speech given at BYU Management Society

We’ve preloaded these and other questions into MormonTestimonies.org. Each time you visit the site (or refresh your browser) a new question will be loaded. Feel free to answer these questions, or write something else entirely. If you think of other questions we might ask, please leave them in the comments below.

(If you had a user account on the old MormonTestimonies.org site, please contact us to get a new username and password.)

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2 Responses to “Elder Ballard’s Questions Can Now Be Answered on MormonTestimonies.org”

  1. Giuseppe | 26/04/08

    It may be useful to remember, however, that we still want to receive conversion stories to publish on MormonTestimonies. However, those who feel that they do not have a typical conversion story to share, can still help by sharing their experiences and testimonies about specific gospel topics.

  2. Michelle | 28/04/08

    Thanks to the More Good Foundation for providing places for people to share their thoughts and testimonies.

    There are a couple of other sites that have also tried to provide places for people to share their thoughts and feelings about the gospel and its impact on our lives. One is and the other is the Mormon Women website. FWIW.

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