Talk:List of Christian missionaries
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I question whether Mormon missionaries should be listed under Christian missionaries. Specifically, it is very debatible whether Mormons are really Christians. I am not aware of any mainstream Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox denomination that would call Mormons Christians. Mormons, for the record, consider themselves the "only true church," so it would seem that if Mormons are Christians, than no-one else is. Thus, either the Mormon missionaries shouldn't be listed here at all, since most other denominations don't recognize them, or they should be the only ones listed, since they recognize no other denominations.
- Mormons are quite often counted as a Christian denomination in truth. My problem with adding Mormons is that every Mormon is expected to do missionary work and therefore adding Mormons could mean adding every practicing Mormon, as well as some former Mormons, who have a Wikipedia article. It's the same reason I didn't put in any Jehovah's Witnesses.--T. Anthony 08:06, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Technically, a church or religion that professes to believe in Jesus Christ is Christian. I could place many Baptist churches I have frequented to the same accusations above. Jehovah's witnesses, seventh day Adventists, and Mormons should all be considered Christian if we are REALLY trying to be honest here. One can try to justify their exclusion, but that is just not an honest way of looking at it. Wiki is for fact,not opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.115.34.40 (talk) 15:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Change of title of the article edit
List of Christian missionaries??? and Catholics and Orthodoxs are not Christians? I think you should add Catholic and Orthodoxs missionaries to the list, or change the name to List of Protestant missionaries.--87.223.58.119 (talk) 08:46, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
Inclusion of LDS edit
Today Jbsmit16 made an edit removing the subsection relating to missionaries from the Church of the Latter Day Saints, or Mormons [1]. Other pages on Wikipedia, including the page for Mormonism itself, describe Mormonism as being a form of Restorationist Christianity [2]. I am far from an expert on Mormonism, but I think that if other pages on Wikipedia group it under Christianity then notable Mormon missionaries should be included on this page. I don't want to open an RFC yet, but I'd appreciate the input of other editors here. ThadeusOfNazerethTalk to Me! 00:37, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
- Given that the official LDS webpage describes Mormonism as "Christian," I don't have any doubt that Mormon missionaries should be included on this page. Smallchief (talk) 00:54, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
- Smallchief, That's enough for me to revert the edit for now - I think the only way another solution happens is if Mormonism is completely redefined on Wikipedia, which I don't see as extremely plausible. ThadeusOfNazerethTalk to Me! 01:01, 27 April 2020 (UTC)