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Is the Mormon Church having a crisis of faith? Unbelievable?

Unbelievable?

Premier Unbelievable?

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Hanns Mattsson, a leader in the European wing of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints recently went public about his doubts in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/us/some-mormons-search-the-web-and-find-doubt.html?_r=0 Former Mormon Russ East discusses with Mormon historian Brian Hales the concerns of Mattsson over the legitimacy of the Book of Mormon and the character of the founder Joseph Smith. For more info on Utah Partnerships for Christ http://www.upfc.org For more info on Brian Hales http://mormonscholarstestify.org/793/brian-c-hales For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 28 July 2012 Mormon Dialogue pt 1 Joseph Smith & The book of Mormon Unbelievable? 28 Feb 2009 Mormon & Christian Dialogue - Robert Millet & Greg Johnson

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resources and of course links to my guests who are joining me on today's

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program so let me introduce you to the topic at hand as we ask is the Mormon Church suffering a crisis of faith

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And we're asking that in light of a recent article that came up on the New York Times recently

1:14.4

it features the story of Hans Matzen, a high-ranking Mormon leader in the Church of

1:18.5

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe. Well he's recently gone public with his doubts about the church

1:24.1

especially historical claims in the Book of Mormon and the character of its founder

1:28.2

Joseph Smith. He's among a number of Mormons leaving the church it's claimed after investigating the history of the

1:35.2

Mormon Church online. Well joining me in the studio today to talk about this is

1:39.6

Russ East. Russ was born into a fourth generation Mormon home before leaving the

1:44.8

Mormon Church aged 14. We'll find out his story. Brian Hales is a long-standing

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