{"id":9,"date":"2020-07-10T19:37:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T19:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2020-07-10T19:40:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T19:40:43","slug":"helping-new-converts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Helping New Converts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<font size=\"6\"><font color=\"#24678d\">How can I help new converts strengthen their faith?<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><font size=\"5\"><font color=\"#3a96b8\">How can we keep our new converts active in and committed to the church?<\/font><\/font><\/h2>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/uploads\/3\/1\/0\/3\/31038995\/howtohelpnewmembersbecomestrong.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helping New Members to Become Strong<\/a><br \/>This paper suggests the helping strengthen new members is a critical part of a ward mission&#8217;s responsibility. \u00a0This shows that when we try to keep people close to the church through assignments made one at a time rarely works &#8211; rather,\u00a0<em>processes<\/em>\u00a0are required. \u00a0These processes need to be initiated weeks before baptism. \u00a0When you do this, baptism becomes a step in processes in which members do their roles as a matter of course. \u00a0This paper tells us not just\u00a0<em>what<\/em>\u00a0we need to do in order to keep new converts active, but\u00a0<em>how<\/em>\u00a0to do it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/uploads\/3\/1\/0\/3\/31038995\/truly_converted_converts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Truly Converted Converts<\/a><br \/>This document builds upon &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/ensign\/2005\/02\/seven-lessons-on-sharing-the-gospel?lang=eng\" title=\"\">Seven Lessons on Sharing the Gospel<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0including additional insights gleaned from more years of practice as a member missionary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/uploads\/3\/1\/0\/3\/31038995\/lagwm_english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leading a Great Ward Mission<\/a><br \/>The second section of this booklet provides a summary of the longer article above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><font color=\"#3a96b8\">How can we bring less-active members back into full activity in the church?\u00a0<\/font><\/h2>\n<div class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydaymissionaries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everyday Missionaries<\/a><br \/>Chapters 2, 3, and 10 of this book address three important principles to follow as you work to bring less-active members back into the Church.\u00a0 They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;\">\u00a0Be sure to answer their questions, not your questions<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;\">\u00a0Ask for their help to do important work in the Church or in the lives of members of the Church<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; background-color: initial;\">Understanding the processes by which revelation is given, and the processes by which Satan does his work<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><\/span><br \/><span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I help new converts strengthen their faith? How can we keep our new converts active in and committed to the church? Helping New Members to Become StrongThis paper suggests the helping strengthen new members is a critical part of a ward mission&#8217;s responsibility. \u00a0This shows that when we try to keep people close &#8230; <a title=\"Helping New Converts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/?page_id=9\" aria-label=\"Read more about Helping New Converts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionaryleaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}