The Mormons in India

Great article, but the title should have the name "Joseph Smith," not "John Smith."

Great article. One point of clarification to a comment. Mormon young men are strongly encouraged, but not required, to go on missions, usually at the age of 19, for 24 months. I served my mission in the Philippines, but my son chose not to go on a mission. Young women are offered the opportunity to go on missions, and are neither encouraged or discouraged, and go at the age of 21, for 18 months. I have known many young men and women who have gone on missions, all highly motivated.

I am impressed with the courage of Anurahda. In a country rich in tradition to convert to Christianity is remarkable. Looking for peace in your heart and listening to your heart as well as the spirit is awesome. Western influences are becoming stronger in India in every aspect. Some good and some bad. Good article Sonya.

Great article. My son is currently a missionary for the LDS Church in the Bangalore mission. His letters home write of a very friendly people whom he has grown to love.

In general this is a good article. However, the fact that the author made up terms instead of using the terms actually used for the meetings in question makes it very confusing.
If I understand right the meeting described was Relief society. It is not "after services" but an integral part of services.
While it is true that all male members are encoraged to prepare for and serve a 24-month mission, missions are also demanding. Many people are not sent on missions because their health is not up to it. No later participation in the Church is conditioned on having served a mission, it is conditioned on current worthiness.
Women are not even encoraged to go on missions. It is allowed, but President Hinckley definantly taught it was not expected.
One other thing. The units in Delhi are branches. To describe them as missions is to confuse Mormons. In Mormon terminology a mission is a large georgraphical area presided over by a mission president. In the case of India, the entire nation is divided between two missions.
Lastly, while the sister mentioned in the article may have served her entire mission in Arunchal Pradesh, the mission she served in covers all of southern India, including Tamil Nadu and several other states.

Thanks for the article. I find it very intersting seeing the Mormon Church slowly enter India. I've written about it numerous times on my blog: www.mormonworld.org I'm always looking for members of the Mormon Church to contribute who have international experience and/or are from India and other parts of the world. If you are interested please email me at mormonworld@gmail.com or visit the website as noted above.

I've also written about the New Delhi Temple Prophecy here:
http://www.mormonworld.org/mormon-asia/lds-church-in-india-future-temple...

Thanks
MW

Just trying to contact Sonya Fatah. I would love to correspond with you about Mormons/Christians in this part of the world. I can be reached at mormonworld@gmail.com I would also be interested in talking to any of the people you interviewed for this article, ie Mormons in India.
Thanks
mormonworld@gmail.com

Being close to many East Indians who have migrated to British Columbia and Northwest Washington I found this article loaded with warmth. However I am baffled that Lehi floated right past India on his way to Costa Rica or wherever else he supposedly landed only to have the Mormon Church have to go back centuries later to save Indian souls.

my son is on a mission in New Delhi, so this article was good to read. Its great that the work is going forward so well. More please.

The Mormon scam finally hits India. Rejoice!

My family was mormon all the way back to joseph smith, and i have studied mormon history extensively, and i can tell you that the entire history of the church has been falsified. the truth is that joseph smith spent 10 years telling people he was lead to the golden plates by a salamander, when that didn't work he changed it to God & Jesus. He was convicted of bank fraud and other crimes as well. Save your money and find a real church!