The church released a statement today reiterating that we are to use the full, revealed name of the Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and not to go by other common nicknames.
Because I recently had a bit of a testimony-builder about this, this announcement made me really happy.
So here's the quick little story:
A little while ago I noticed that I was avoiding saying the full name of our church, because it is so long, and honestly, I wasn't comfortable saying it all. It can be a mouthful! And I didn't want to stutter or stumble on my words in front of my friends! That's lame.
I pondered what I could do to fix my problem, and I feel the Holy Ghost prompted me to do the following.
I challenged myself (and my kids) to practice saying the full name of the church aloud until I/we got to the point where I could say it with confidence...every time.
I find this has really helped me in my missionary work.
Now when someone asks me "What church do you go to?" I smile-take a deep breath-and say the full name of the church.
I feel good about making this change in my personal interactions with my friends.
My next goal is to be able to follow that up with, "You know, the church that is lead by prophets and apostles" or a quick "You know the church that believes families are forever," etc!
Here is a link to a talk by then-Elder Nelson that I really learned a lot from which dissects each part of the official/revealed name of the church as well as the updated style-guide from the church's website:
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1990/04/thus-shall-my-church-be-called?lang=eng
And here is the updated style guide:
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