An introduction to
the Book Of Mormon: Key To Conversion
by Glenn L. Pearson

Click to order (or get price) of
The Book of Mormon, Key to Conversion,
which went out of print as of May 1, 2002.
A wonderful missionary tool by Glenn L. Pearson

This book was written in the space of just over a week. It gives specific examples and a 4-step program to eliminate contention between missionaries and investigators so the Lord's Spirit can be present. The dialogues Brother Pearson uses to illustrate the principals in this book came back to him verbatim as they occurred some 30 years prior while then Elder Pearson served as a full-time missionary in the Northern States Mission. We are attempting to gain the rights to this book so we can publish additional copies. We are also attempting to gain the rights to the companion book, Moroni's Promise, also by Brother Pearson and which is also now out of print.



From the FOREWARD

      When a missionary goes into the field today he is provided with an excellent missionary plan that makes it possible for him to become immediately fruitful. Nevertheless, problems will arise. This book is written to show missionaries, prospective missionaries, and teachers a method which takes most of the pain out of these problems. if a member of the Church knows this method well, he can meet every objection to the gospel without knowing anything else.

      This is not to say that there is a short-cut to knowledge, or a substitute for knowledge. In The World and The Prophets, Dr. Hugh Nibley, of the Brigham Young University Faculty, tells how rhetoric destroyed education in the ancient world. Rhetoric is what they called the ancient version of "how to win friends and influence people." It was a substitute for knowledge. And it seemed to succeed. It did succeed if material rewards and fame are the only criteria of success. But there really is no substitute for true spiritual knowledge. And I do not wish to have any part in schemes which lead missionaries to hope for a substitute.

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Glenn Laurentz Pearson

Brother Pearson graduated from Utah State in 1949 as Valedictorian after serving a full-time mission to the North Central States Mission from 1941 to 1943. He then served in the European Theater of Operations as a glider infantryman in the XVIII Airborne Corps. He was awarded the Expert Medal on the M-1 rifle, the Bronze Star Medal for his part in planning the crossing of the Rhine River, 3 campaign stars and ribbons, and the Good Conduct Medal.

Brother Pearson worked for the LDS Church Educational System (CES) until his retirement. To read more, click on his name above, and you will be taken to his obituary as it appeared in the newspapers.