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Hold the Phone: I Was Wrong about the “Inactive/Less Active” Terminology
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Jana Riess
A couple of days ago I blogged about the LDS Church encouraging Mormons to phase out the terms “inactive” and “less active” from their vocabulary. This is a story I had reposted from Wheat & Tares, which had a first-person account of a meeting in the UK where such language was allegedly discouraged for the…
No More “Inactive” Members and a 9/17 Day of Service? This Week’s Mormon News & Commentary
By
Jana Riess
Thoughts on four Mormon items in the news this week: 1) When was the last time you heard the terms “inactive Mormon” or “less active Mormon”? Over at Wheat and Tares, there’s an interesting post about a change brewing in the Church’s PR: these terms are apparently being phased out. I was surprised, and heartened,…
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