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Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion.

Mormons are an extraordinarily educated and professional population. They have all these virtues: They work hard, don't skip school, have no scandals. Consequently, you find them in a lot of consequential places.

Well, my father's people were Mormon, and had immigrated not long after Brigham Young had settled Utah.

It is my growing conviction that the Baptist churches in America are behind the age in missionary spirit. They now and then make a spasmodic effort to throw off a nightmare debt of some years' accumulation, and then sink back into unconscious repose.

I grew up Mormon. I wasn't really Mormon, my parents were.

Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.

I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.

Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.

From the beginning, our community has been focused on people outside of Christianity. But that emphasis means that a lot of hard work is represented in every person who is baptized.