The Lord's Church Is a Missionary Church
The Lord revealed the gospel plan to Adam: "And thus the Gospel
began to be preached, from the beginning" (Moses 5:58). Later, when
people became wicked
Missionary work began again when the Lord's Church was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Since that time over one million thousands of missionaries have been called and sent
forth to preach the gospel. The message they take to the world is that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and our Savior. They testify that the
gospel has been restored to the earth through a prophet of God (see
David O. McKay, Gospel Ideals, p. 132). The missionaries are
given the responsibility to preach the gospel to all people, to baptize
them, and to teach them to do all things that the Lord has commanded
(see Matthew 28:19-20). Latter-day Saint missionaries go at their own
expense to all parts of the world to preach the gospel message.
The Gospel Will Be Preached to All the
World
We have been told in latter-day revelation that we must take the
restored gospel to every nation and people (see D&C 133:37). The
Lord never gives us a commandment without preparing a way for us to
accomplish it (see 1 Nephi 3:7). The Lord has prepared ways for us to
teach the gospel in nations that were once closed to us. As we continue
to pray and exercise faith, the Lord will open other nations to
missionary work.
The Lord is also "inspiring the minds of great people to create
inventions that further the work of the Lord in ways this world has
never known" (Russell M. Nelson, "Computerized Scriptures Now
Available," Ensign, Apr. 1988, p. 73). Newspapers,
magazines, television, radio, satellites, computers, and related
discoveries help give the gospel message to millions of people (see
Spencer W. Kimball, "When the World Will Be Converted," Ensign,
Oct. 1974, pp. 10-14).
Every member of the Church is to be a missionary.