First, ask yourself this question - "Does God perform miracles today?" Seriously, ask it because:

"You can't believe in The Book of Mormon if you don't believe in miracles."

By miracles we mean the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Well do you? Do you believe in the raising of the dead, prophecy, the speaking in tongues, the interpretation of tongues, dreams, visions, being slain in the Spirit, etc.? If the answer is no, then how could we expect you to believe in The Book of Mormon?

Ask yourself this question - "Do I believe that God truly answers prayer?" If so, there is a promise in The Book of Mormon, guaranteeing an answer if you ask. Don't be afraid, just read it and ask.

Second, Christians should know that the Mormon Church is not based on The Book of Mormon. The things which Christians find despicable about the Mormon religion were not derived from The Book of Mormon.

Mormons have been using The Book these many years to do one thing - gain converts.

It is now time for Christians to claim The Book as their own, and use the converting power it contains FOR CHRIST, and not for doctrines it does not contain.

Here are four Mormon quotes admitting this is the case:

From the religion book review editor at Publishers Weekly, LDS author Jana Reiss wrote in the SkyLight Illuminations Series, The Book of Mormon - Selections Annotated and Explained:

Early Mormons rarely quoted from the book in their speeches and writings; in one nineteenth-century LDS periodical, Elders' Journal, the Bible was cited forty times more often than the Book of Mormon. Although early Mormons believed that the book was an authentically ancient record and that its miraculous appearance signaled that they were living in the "latter days," they didn't strongly emphasize its teachings. When the book was cited, it was usually to support the belief that the LDS Church was the restoration of Israel. It wasn't until 1961 that a year-long course in the Book of Mormon became required for freshman students at Brigham Young University, and it was the 1980's before the Book of Mormon was cited regularly in General Conference talks by church leaders. (2005, p. xiii)

LDS Professor Grant Hardy said:

Joseph Smith did not refer to passages from the book in his writings or sermons, nor was it cited very often by early church leaders. (Grant Hardy in Royal Skousen ed., The Book of Mormon, the Earliest Text, Yale University Press, 2009, p. xxii)

LDS Professor Terryl L. Givens in his popular book put out by Oxford University Press entitled By the Hand of Mormon said:

It has often been pointed out, however, that those beliefs most commonly associated with Mormonism are nowhere to be found in that text. Those expecting an exposition of peculiarly Mormon doctrine will be disappointed. (2002, p. 186)

LDS Professor Richard L. Bushman:

Despite the effort that went into the translation, Joseph Smith did not make the book the foundation of the church. (Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism, 1984, p. 142)

Book of Mormon Scholar J.N. Washburn:

The book under consideration bears no necessary relation to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They could exist quite independently of each other. The book is not the product of the Church, for it was in existence before the Church was. (The Contents, Structure and Authorship of the Book of Mormon, 1954, p.10)

LDS Professor Kenneth Godfrey:

Mormonism would not have endured had its leaders relied solely on the Book of Mormon. ("David Whitmer and the Shaping of Latter-day Saint History" by Kenneth Godfrey in The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, FARMS, 2000.)

The Book of Mormon belongs to the body of Christ. Christians can start using non-denominational copies right now. (Visit www.bookmormon.com )

The best tool that a Christian can use to convert a Mormon to Christ IS the The Book of Mormon.

As we have stated clearly on this site, The Book of Mormon adds nothing new to the Bible, it merely clarifies baptism, and communion; and confirms the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

It contains some of the most power Preaching on Christ you won't find anywhere else.

Have you ever wondered why the Mormon Church is one of the fastest growing churches in America?

Answer - The Book of Mormon.

Do you know why 50% - 75% of all those converts leave their church?

Because the Spirit they found in The Book is not in their church.

Do you need some converting power in your church? Then use The Book of Mormon!

Do you want to grow your church?

Then start a small group for ex-Mormon, Book of Mormon believers.

More people believe in The Book of Mormon outside of the Mormon Church than in it. Now that's worth looking into.

As can be seen on this site, The Book of Mormon contains no unusual Mormon doctrine - not one.