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The Internet’s disenchanting effect on Europe’s Mormons

November 1, 2012 by Richard Cimino

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Controversial information on their faith found on the Internet is reported to lead a number of European members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to develop questions and doubts about the church, according to a letter sent by the Europe-area presidency of the church to LDS Church leaders in Northern European countries and Germany, reports Sunstone magazine (September).

An information packet recommends resources for struggling members, including books by LDS Church academic historians. Last year a LDS Church leader had acknowledged that information found on the Internet had driven members away from the church as never before (Sunstone, June). During the last decade there has apparently been little or no growth in the LDS Church in Europe, where missionary forces have been reduced.

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