Posted: 10/30/2009 at 4:20pm | IP Logged

Nick Vujicic, an evangelical, was born without arms and legs. He challenged LDS orthodoxy at a joint meeting, doing the work of an evangelist.

Over 100 Respond to Gospel Message in Heart of Mormonism

by Richard Ostling, Christianity Today

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - Latter Day Saints president Thomas S. Monson and his two counselors permitted Standing Together, an alliance of 90 Utah evangelical churches, to use the historic Salt Lake City Tabernacle for a September 13th revival meeting.

Evangelist Nick Vujicic said it was "one of the most memorable nights" in a ministry that has taken him to 25 nations, and warmly thanked the LDS leaders.

Mormon leaders specified that his message would need to be "generic and nondenominational." But Vujicic challenged LDS orthodoxy by insisting that "every human being is born with an evil nature," and by emphasizing that salvation cannot depend on a person's goodness because "you can't even forgive yourself."

More than 100 people stood in response to his appeal for personal commitments to Jesus Christ, then filed to the rostrum to register decisions and hug Vujicic.

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