What is a Mormon?

Many people ask... what is a Mormon? How is your church different? Why are you so passionate about your beliefs? Why don't you drink alchohol or smoke ciggarettes? How is the Book of Mormon different than the Bible? Are you Christian? Why do you go to church for 3 hours every Sunday? Why are you spending 2 years of your life on a church mission?

There are answers to every one of these questions, but I would like to give the most basic answer that I know. What does it mean to be a Mormon? We follow Jesus Christ! He is our Savior, our Redeemer, our Example, and our King. "We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ" (2 Nephi 25:26). Everything we do is centered on the Savior. He lived a perfect life, so he could become the perfect example for us. That is why we call our church after His name; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. So, why do we follow Christ's example? Nephi, a Book of Mormon Prophet, says it best, "And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved... Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope , and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward feasting upton the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life." (2 Nephi 31:16,20)

Learn more about why Mormons follow Jesus Christ at mormon.org.