Mormon Bloggers

Review the Sharing the Gospel Online section of LDS.org to learn about using various types of social media to share the Gospel. Go to the updated page Internet Tasks that Promote the LDS Church to find specific tasks (many of them only taking 5-10 minutes) you can do to share the Gospel using the Internet. Share on Facebook  Read More →

The Church has just launched a new LDS Media Library, an online resource available for members to download and use high-quality video, audio, and images to help share the gospel. You can reach the site from the LDS.org menu by clicking Media Library under the heading Study, or by going directly to medialibrary.lds.org. This first release of the LDS Media Library includes just the video portion, including 700 videos for online streaming and downloading. Future releases will include audio and images. Browse through videos in 24 different categories. Read guidelines on how you can download and use these videos. You can contribute your photography to help build the online gallery. Your photos may be used in Church magazines, brochures, posters, blogs, videos, websites, and members’ blogs, lessons, and other media. You can submit your photos now through Helping in the Vineyard, a Church website that helps you take part in a variety of service opportunities. The Media Library includes information... Read the rest of this entry »

We spent an hour with Gary Lawrence last night. He was gracious enough to come up to visit our stake in Camarillo from his home in Orange County. Dr. Lawrence is an American opinion pollster who also happens to be a Latter-day Saint. He has been travelling around the church sharing the results of a poll he conducted in the spring of 2007 on American’s perception of Latter-day Saints in the United States. He published a book in 2008 with the findings of his poll, How Americans View Mormonism: Seven Steps to Improve Our Image. Dr. Lawrence received a PhD in communications psychology from Stanford University in 1972. He said that of over twenty doctoral candidates in his group, he was the only LDS, Republican, conservative hawk among them. So he knows a little about being in the minority. Lawrence Research Now if you know anything about recent events in California, you’ll recognize that Gary’s business, Lawrence Research was the opinion polling company that was heavily involved in Proposition... Read the rest of this entry »

The Church provides many ways you can share the gospel with your friends. Here are just a few ideas. Share the latest words from Prophets and Apostles Speak Today with your friends and family. Share your favorite news story from Church News and Events on LDS.org. Fill out a Mormon.org profile. Share your testimony on your blog or record a video testimony on YouTube. Click the “like” buttons or “share” links on articles on Mormon.org. Click “like” on the Church’s official Facebook Page. Subscribe to MormonMessages and share your favorites with your friends, or write a blog post about your favorite video and embed the video in your blog. Put an “I’m a Mormon” badge on your website or blog. Share your favorite Scriptures from the Gospel Library Mobile Apps or share your favorite videos from the Mormon Channel. Subscribe to and retweet some of the Church’s official Twitter Accounts Submit interesting news stories about the Church on Digg.com or Reddit.com... Read the rest of this entry »

The More Good Foundation has put out a call for Mormon temple photos and reflections. The following is from their blog: More Good Foundation would like to include your reflections upon temples and temple worship on our websites. These should be personal — in the first-person voice, 300 to 1000 words. Be sure to tell us which temple is closest to you, or where you were when these thoughts occurred to you. Include a photo of yourself or of you and significant others if you’d like (preferably on temple grounds) and a simple sentence giving us permission to mount your article and photo(s) online. Click here for a sample article on Mormon temples, written by a lay member, for you to consider. We’re looking for authentic thoughts and feelings to share with the world. We are not necessarily looking for gospel scholars’ doctrinal statements–though those are welcome–but our desire is to capture the kaleidoscope of faith-promoting insights and experiences we have as we regularly worship... Read the rest of this entry »

The More Good Foundation recently celebrated the 5th anniversary of MormonWiki.com, an online encyclopedia about Mormonism created by members who wanted to share with the world the truth about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s like Wikipedia for Mormons by Mormons. Today, MormonWiki.com has thousands of articles, many translated into multiple languages. This is a great resources for the millions of people who are searching the web for spiritual direction and education. As a group of committed Christians, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are working together to dispel misperceptions about their faith and provide snapshots of their lives. To learn more about MormonWiki.com, see the blog post “Social Media: Collaborating Online as People of Faith.” Share on Facebook  Read More →

The report “Many LDS faithful becoming ‘digital missionaries’” was posted on KSL.com. Video Courtesy of KSL.com By Carole Mikita SALT LAKE CITY — Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been sharing stories of faith and lifestyle on the blogosphere for awhile, now some are taking it one step further. They call themselves “digital missionaries” and hope to reach out to people who have questions about their church. Alan Osmond says even as a singer, he was serving a musical mission for his faith. Now he’s a Latter-day Saint digital missionary. Alan and his wife, Suzanne, are on InternetMTC.org. The site includes Janice Kapp Perry, the singing group One Clear Voice, and is operated by Gospel Ideals International with Strategic Partners, Scot and Maurine Proctor — the founders of Meridian Magazine. “It’s a way for LDS people to share their testimonies with the world,” Alan says. “I get calls... Read the rest of this entry »

This is extremely touching about the role one person can play in sharing the gospel and lifting others’.  Please watch and then, share with others’!  Read More →

The new Mormon.org site, which launched less than two months ago, provides the opportunity for Mormons to participate personally by completing a profile to tell about themselves. The site now has about 4,000 profiles with over 20,000 in the review or creation process. News reports show the attention this site has received across the country. A new article in the Church News talks about the success of the site. Share on Facebook  Read More →

Looking for images to help illustrate stories about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Follow the link above to find images that may be used by bloggers, news media, or anyone needing images that describe the Church. Other images can be found at images.lds.org, although there are some restrictions on use of some of those images. Share on Facebook  Read More →

In the September Ensign, the article “Role of Members Important in Sharing the Gospel Online” points out a real problem about the information people find about the Church online. “Missionaries across the world have encountered a problem in recent years: after only a visit or two, an investigator who had shown real interest cuts off contact. Researchers have found that most of those investigators have one thing in common: they lose interest after finding negative, inaccurate information about the Church online.” As recent as six years ago, the general information you could find on the Internet about the Church was largely negative, and growing in its negativity. It is now in a reverse trend. “Six years ago 80 percent of search engine results for the term ‘Mormon’ were negative or inaccurate. Today the situation has improved. In some countries, Internet search results for ‘Mormon’ are now up to 80 percent positive.” “Why the significant change? In addition to... Read the rest of this entry »

An LDS apostle, Elder Quentin L. Cook, has written a blog post “Partnering With Our Friends of Other Faiths” on the Web site Patheos.com. This may be the first publicly posted blog by an LDS apostle. Patheos.com is a site dedicated to religious and spiritual dialogue. This summer, they have focused on a different religious tradition each week in a section called the Future of Religion. Last week, the focus was on the Future of Mormonism. In addition to Elder Cook, many authors contributed, including Michael Otterson, managing director of the Church Public Affairs Department, who wrote “The Church’s Reputation: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunity.” Since at least 2007, the Church has encouraged members to blog and engage in Internet conversations. Share on Facebook  Read More →