What Led Jim—a Devout Baptist Who Opposed the Church—to Become a Latter-day Saint: #ThisIsTheGospel

Jim was a devout Baptist. After marrying his wife, a Latter-day Saint, and sending countless children off on their missions, Jim soon realized Heavenly Father had been patiently tapping him on the chest his whole life, waiting for Jim to find what he'd been missing and finally turn his heart to the Gospel.


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[m.b.]

This man's wife is incredibly, enduringly faithful. Her entire family owes her everything. Absolutely everything they all have.

[virtualimagepartner]

Proof that Heavenly Father won’t ever push us but wait for us to choose and ask the right questions. What a lovely man Jim is.

[julesyates]

What a sweet and humble man. Thank you for sharing your testimony, Jim.

[rncondie]

Sir, you are so blessed with 7 active temple worthy children.

I was born and raised in the church, served a mission, married in the Temple, pay a full tithe, accept all callings and magnify yet my wife and I to this day watch all three of our children choose another path.

We all have our trials.

[kristinmosman]

I'm crying watching this and feel the spirit testifying to me that it's true!

[harmagician]

This man's experience shows that the Lord will force no one into his gospel. It happens by love, spiritual witness, and gentle persuasion.

[folautribe]

Hi Jim, when you speak, the spirit speak with you! I know that our Lord Himself will leads all righteousness to the fullness of His gospel!!! Jim, you are among the great ones, the Lord Himself tap your shoulder and leads you!!!

[donnawark]

A sister at church bearing pure testimony of Joseph Smith starts the beautiful revelation to this humble man.
Thanks for sharing your story.

[kfinelds]

Heavenly Father knows his children by name one by one. This is a great example Jim thank you for humble yourself to learn of his love endures

[lisawatertiger]

That was simply beautiful! And it proved that conversion truly comes from the Lord, and our examples of love. Thank you so much Jim, for sharing your story :-)

[bobbyrob]

Thank you Jim, may God’s Choicest Blessings be upon you and yours....I have been searching myself and my amazing wifey opposes my searching....I pray to GOD above as our Lord is changing me the more I study, learn and understand about HIS restored church, that she will notice and want to know cannot deny what he is placing in my heart and showing me. 🙏

[natbc]

Oh my goodness 🥺🥲 I love this man and his testimony. Thank you so much for sharing! This touches my heart. One of my favorite lines, as he was speaking to his children about wanting to serve a mission, he said "I told them they were no longer responsible to their earthly father, but they were responsible to their heavenly father." Wow. What a beautiful soul.

[EMRAE_]

I'm a member of the Church and my husband isn't. He was raised Baptist and we struggled hard especially when our kid's were at the age of accountability and wanted to be baptized. It's been 15 year's now, and 7 kid's later. All but the 2 babies are baptized and my husband attends church with us now and has been for the last 4 year's. He isn't ready but I can see him opening up slowly. If I didn't have my own unshakable testimony of the Book of Mormon and the Church I wouldn't have made it through the darkest times of our life.

[PascalDupont]

Pretty darn sweet. I can’t even tell you how cool this was. Good on you brother. Father is soooo proud.

[grammajo]

This man has a good spirit about him and I can feel his humility. I’m so happy for him and his family.

[bubba]

Thank you brother. The undeniable power of humility.

[tpbarron]

What a wonderful testimony. I'm thrilled for you and your family because I can imagine how happy they have been through this process. Congrats.

[annieisenhower]

Congratulations Jim! I’m very happy for you and thank you for sharing your sweet testimony.Families can be forever.

[kevinkiffe]

Notice that the Lord didn't knock him on the head and tell him to get baptized. He asked him to look into it with a positive perspective. He gently encouraged him.

[bbinsurance]

It is awesome that your wife and children had the patience to let you find the truth on your own during those years. What an incredible story for your legacy!!