By Aaron Shafovaloff

Created July 1, 2021

Starters

• Where are you from?
• What is your faith-background?
• How long have you been LDS?
• Did you go on a mission?
  • Tell me about that? Highs and lows? Memories?

Have you ever…

• Have you ever had a friend who was a born-again Christian?
• Have you ever met a Christian evangelist?
• Have you ever heard the gospel summarized by a born-again Christian?
• Have you ever heard an evangelical explanation for that before?
• Would you mind spending a few minutes explaining to me how Latter-day Saints (LDS tradition, LDS leadership, scriptures) think about that?
  • Do you agree with that?

What would you say…

• What would you say are the biggest differences between Mormonism and historic/mainstream/evangelical Christianity?
• What would you say are the most important teachings of Mormonism?
• What would you say are the biggest reasons to believe in the Bible?
• What would you say are the biggest reasons to believe in the resurrection of Jesus?

Would you mind…

• Would you mind if I took a few minutes to explain that?
• Would you mind if I shared a half-dozen scriptures you on that topic?
• Would you mind if I shared some reasons
  • to trust in the Bible?
  • to believe in the resurrection?

Explanation

• Tell me more about that?
• How did you come to that conclusion?
• Can you tell me the story of how you came to believe in that?

Probing questions

• What do you most doubt in your religion?
• Do you struggle any of the core claims of your faith?
• What religion would you be if you weren’t a Mormon?

Have you ever…

• Have you ever visited an evangelical Christian church before?
• Have you ever attended a Christian Bible study before?

Have you heard about

• Have you heard about the local churches available to you?

Ending

• What are you going to do with this information?
• What is stopping you from trusting the Bible on this?
• What would it look like to believe this?
• What would it cost you to leave what you believe?
• Are you willing to pray right now about this?
• Can I show you what a helpful prayer might look like?
• Would you like to pray with me to this God that I speak of?
• Can we meet for breakfast to discuss this?
• Would you like to have dinner with my family?
• Can I pray for you?
• Can I get your contact info?
• Would you like to come to church with me this Sunday?