Latter Day Saints bring a giant Book of Mormon to campus on Thursday
A group of Mormons visited Central Michigan University's campus Thursday afternoon as part of a mission calling.
Part of their mission on campus is to explain rumors about the Mormon beliefs, said Elder Josh Price, 21 of Arizona.
"We want to dispel misconceptions, like 'Mormons' have a million wives,'" he said.
The group walked through campus around noon with a giant Book of Mormon replica, stopping briefly in the Pierce Hall plaza.
They were fulfilling part of a mission that has taken them around the United States, and some of them around the world.
The replica was made by missionaries in the area a few years ago and has since gone to many campuses.
The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement.
It was written in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr., translated from golden plates that Smith discovered in 1823 buried in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York.
"We aren't asking people to make a decision, just to pray and see if the spirit moves them," Price said.
Price is wrapping up his two years in the Lansing Mission. This mission covers all of lower Michigan, with the exception of the Detroit and thumb area.
Price's travels have taken him through much of Michigan, from Traverse City to Jackson, though he says the two years have gone by fast.
Gunter came from much further away. She, like other women, will only spend 18 months in the mission field. She spent the past eight months serving in Utah and will spend her next ten serving in the Lansing Mission.
This particular group has been to several near by campuses in the last week, including Michigan State University, Western Michigan University and Ferris State University.
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