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From Friend to Convert: The New Role of Facebook in Mormon Missions

31/01/2014

The woman that he was trying to reach almost never picked up her phone, and she lived more than 50 miles away. Plus, he had to watch (...)
The woman that he was trying to reach almost never picked up her phone, and she lived more than 50 miles away. Plus, he had to watch his gas mileage. So Brandon Gonzales, a then-20-year-old missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints, stationed in Slatington, Pa., looked her up on Facebook. The young Mormon found that she was almost always free to chat online in the mornings, and soon they were chatting every day. He would send her links to church videos and sermons that explained aspects of Mormon faith, family life, or church theology. This was 2010, and, as far as most Mormons knew, what he was doing was completely forbidden. Read more...More about Facebook, Mormon, Church Of Jesus Christ And Latter Day Saints, Religion, and Social Media
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