Joshua Tesch served in the California Roseville Mission from 2013 to 2015. When the LDS church introduced the use of Facebook and iPads to missionaries, Elder Tesch was asked by his mission president to become one of the "Tech Missionaries" to help the mission adopt the new technology. Through this new program Elder Tesch was exposed to credible information critical of the LDS church, including the [ Ссылка ]. Over time Elder Tesch developed a faith crisis and turned to the Mormon Stories Podcast Community on Facebook for support. Ultimately his involvement in the MSPC was reported to his mission president and his iPad was taken away. He continued as a missionary until his final month, when his mission president sent him home dishonorably for privately sharing his doubts with his mission president.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
04:30 Upbringing in the church
05:38 Any doubts prior to the mission?
08:25 Church's use of internet technology
09:59 When in the mission did FB and iPads come into play?
12:20 Missionaries being disobedient with iPads
13:34 Missionary work using FB
15:34 How did social media change things?
16:50 When did things start cracking?
19:29 Issues that hit hard
21:57 Finding MSP community. Companion posts on wall, and then it blows up
25:11 Doing further research, talking to several people. Serving
26:15 Did Gospel Topics Essays come up?
28:10 Other missionaries in faith crisis?
28:59 Bothering mission rules?
30:09 Numbers?
31:55 Final interview mission president. Josh gets sent home
35:20 Feelings about this
38:24 Coming home. Talking with his parents
40:33 Becoming angry. Parents want him to go. Figuring things out
43:00 Feeling estranged, which hurts. Talking about talking with his parents.
47:11 Hardest parts about coming home early. Doing soul-searching
49:38 Other missionaries in faith crisis? What about the companion?
50:23 Advice for MPs and the church
55:26 Advice for family members of missionaries in a faith crisis
57:53 Advice for missionaries who get sent early
59:47 Not being able to have an open dialogue
1:01:27 Regrets about going on a mission? Advice for people thinking about going
1:03:29 Resources for questioning missionaries
1:04:23 Current beliefs, values
1:07:50 Shout out
1:10:12 Closing words
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