- 1 Nephi 8: 27-28…Some members taste the fruit (baptism), are made fun of or mocked, feel ashamed and then fall away
- Alma 31:8-11…Members that fall into great errors (1) stop observing to keep the commandments of God and his statutes; (2) Stop observing the performances of the church – (dailey prayer and supplication to God); (3) Do pervert the ways of the Lord; Need to have the word preached to them.
- Mosiah 26:21…Those that hear the Lord’s voice (new converts, investigators, less actives) shall be received (fellowshipped, loved, cared for) in the church.
- Alma 23: 6…Missionaries that preach according to the Spirit of revelation and of prophecy (and the power of God works miracles in them) their converts will never fall away
- Alma 22: 15…Many people are willing to give up all they possess to recieve the joy of the gospel (as Lamoni’s dad would give up his kingdom)
- Alma 24: 30…Those that have once been enlightened by the Spirit, having had a great knowledge of righteous things, then falling away into sin and transgression, they are more hardened and their state is worse than if they never knew these things.Alma 4: 19…Visit the less actives
- 2 Peter 2: 19-22…Better for them to not have been baptized
- Mark 4: 14-20…Offended by members, turn to worldly things
- Mark 3: 38…Those ashamed of Christ and His words (scriptures) will be ashamed in the 2nd Coming
- 1 Nephi 8: 28…Why inactives go inactive
- “…If you have problems in your life, don’t assume there is something wrong with you. Struggling with those problems is at the very core of life’s purpose.” (Bruce C. Hafen, Ensign, May 2004, 97)
- … An inactive member (see verse 35), Aminadab, helped deduce what had happened to Nephi and Lehi when they were surrounded by fire, and told the Lamanites that they should repent…which they did.
- “President Gordon B. Hinckley often called on us to hold our people close to the Church, especially the newly converted member. In issuing this call, he reminded us that we all need at least three things to remain firmly in the faith: a friend, a responsibility, and “[nourishing] by the good word of God” .” Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland) Kindle Loc. 508-10
- “If ward councils are functions as they should, every new convert will be fellowshipped, will have home teachers or visiting teachers, and will receive an appropriate calling within days after baptism. The less active will receive callings that assure them that they are needed and loved by the ward members.” General Conference, M. Russell Ballard, April 1994