Mormon Official Says Billboards Designed to Clear Up Misconceptions

Letter to the Editor

Dena Brett, director of public affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Atlanta, sent the following e-mail to Buckhead Patch about billboards the Mormons have placed in Buckhead.

Brett said in a follow-up email that the billboards are connected to a website, mormon.org. the church put up two and a half years ago "to dispel myths and misconceptions about us." The billboards were placed in Buckhead and other parts of Atlanta in October as part of a national campaign and will remain until March.

The church says that the billboards and website are not connected to the GOP presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Here is Brett's e-mai:

Mormons of today are once again pioneers, charting their own course through an unprecedented persecution in modern times of their religion and way of life, yet continuing to show remarkable integrity and resilience. The morals and ethics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are a solid and sure foundation.

Providing a beacon of hope and love and assurance around the world still today, the words of Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church in the April 1994 General Conference:

“We are not in doubt as to the course we must follow. It was given in the beginning, and guidance from on high is renewed as need may be...

“Across the world, those who now come by the tens of thousands will inevitably come as a flood to where the family is safe. Here they will worship the Father in the name of Christ, by the gift of the Holy Ghost, and know that the gospel is the great plan of happiness, of redemption.”

It is our greatest desire to share the peace and happiness that living a righteous life brings; not an exemption from trials and temptations, but the ability to walk upright and steadfast through them.

To find out more, we invite you to visit Mormon.org or a congregation near you."

Dena Brett
Director of Public Affairs
Atlanta