Are there Mormon Televangelists?

Question

Where I live the only Mormon stuff on TV are commercials offering a free book of Mormon or KJV, or telling you to not steal and do drugs.

But in Utah there must be televangalist begging for "love offerings" and guranteeing wealth, health, love and heaven if you give them your life savings like the Born Again Televengalists?

Answer 1

No, there are no Mormon "televangelists." But it is a legitimate question. The difference is that "Mormons" don't have a paid ministry. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) doesn't try to raise money from its members the same way that a televangelist does. Most televangelists start with a feeling that they've "been called" to preach. They need money to get their message to others, to build their local church, and to spread the word. To do that, they ask for donations. This drive for donations may actually end up taking over the good intentions of the paid minister, and end up growing a complex of teaching, training, encouraging, and bilking of its members to help achieve the televangelists goals. Often the greed that follows the money, begins to infiltrate the organization.
Mormons though, don't accept money for their work. They never have, and as long as they stay true to their own doctrines, they will not.
A Mormon minister (they call them "Bishops") may be a store owner, a salesman, a doctor, a lawyer, or a factory worker. Whatever he is when he's called to preach--he retains that job to support his family. Even their "general authorities" (these are the "higher up Mormon's" like their Prophet and Apostles) who work "full time" for their church, receive their living income from previous investments, retirement income, or even social security. The Mormon leadership is amazingly poor. The Mormon prophets have been school teachers, insurance salesmen, railroad workers, farmers, and one was even a glazier (window maker.) Some of them are (or have been) wealthy--but it is wealth they obtained by working long before they were called into the ministry.
Finally, Mormon's don't just "feel moved" to start preaching. They "must be called of God, by one having authority." This is very different from the televangelist, whose calling came to him, privately, presumably from the spirit inspiring him. In "Mormondom" you can't just start up a church. You have to be asked to build one up. And only those who can afford the time and money necessary are asked to do so.
A good example of this might be the Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney. He himself amassed a fortune by building companies like Best Buy, Staples, Brookstone, Domino's Pizza, and Bain Capital. Now that he is wealthy, he has been called to be a "Mormon" preacher. He is a "leader" over like ten congregations, called a "Stake President." He doesn't get paid, but this is the same type of position that a televangelist would have over several congregations in the Boston (Massachussets) area. Mitt Romney doesn't raise money for the Mormon church though. He just teaches his congregations to repent of evil, be good citizens, and do kind things for others.
The result is, their religion grows a little every year (about 5%) while most other religions in America shrink a little every year.

Oh, finally, most Mormon's don't live in Utah. More live in California, for instance. It's just that with Utah's relatively small population, Mormon's make up about half of the population of Utah. (They also make up half the population of Las Vegas, Nevada too!) And Arizona has more Mormon's than Utah. (I think Texas and Florida are way up there also.) But because so many more people live in Texas and Florida than live in Utah, that it doesn't seem so obvious that there are so many Mormons in those states. (About 600,000 Mormons live in Utah (50%), 1,000,000 in California (5%), and 600,000-700,000 each in Texas and Florida at four-percent each.)
Mormon's don't ask for money. They are under the opinion that God doesn't need it--but that the people do.

Answer 2

Yes. They are called BYUtv, Mormon.tv, and DStv channels. Another is called General Conference. the TV channels are on 24/7. The other only lasts about 2 weeks. It's where they all get together and speak all at once, rehashing last year's instructions with a slightly different spin. Most mormons don't notice. Some do, but are taught to be too polite for their own good to ever point it out.

Answer 3

Nope, we don't have televangelists... if u wanna talk to a bishop or a church representative or something like that you will have to do it in person. They don't have that in Utah neither. Any money is ever asked... these commercials offering book of Mormons, Bibles and videos are offering it 100% free. We may not be promised wealth... but we are promised the love of the Lord and health by following the Word of Wisdom. Materialism is not necessary in God's kingdom.

Answer 4

You will have a chance to watch 8 hours of conference starting Oct 6 on most cable networks. You will hear the Prophet and other General Authorities. They will not ask for money or flash a number to call with a pledge.

Answer 5

Nope, there are not.

There is a station in Utah called KBYU and there is a BYU channel that is on a number of cable networks. However, none of them will ever ask you for money.

So, the answer to your question is and absolute No.

Answer 6

No there is the BYU cable channel, but otherwise, Mormon members are required to pay ten % and then talk to a Bishop if they are not.

Answer 7

No, no Mormon televangelists. But there are broadcasts of talks given at BYU by General Authorities.

Answer 8

the way that devil tempts human beings isn't via feeding them outright lies. whilst he suggested that Adam and Eve could be by way of fact the gods, understanding good and evil, he replaced into telling the certainty. He did lie whilst he suggested they does not die although. it is the way devil has consistently worked maximum effectively; he supplies somebody a chunk of fact tied to a lie. the guy accepts the two and is thereby deceived.

Answer 9

Mormons don't have paid ministers, I doubt anyone would be allowed to go on television begging for money for themselves.

Answer 10

You assume that those people on TV are Christians just because they say they are. Can't you tell that the majority of them are crack pots? I can & I'm a Christian!

Mormons have their own TV Station - BYUTV. You can watch it online, but - be aware - watching makes you want to give ritalin to a glacier.