Crossing the Divide: One Baptist Pastor's Journey with the Church

Thousands of people are baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints every week. In many ways, Bryan Ready's story is no different than any
other convert except that Bryan was an ordained Southern Baptist Pastor with a
formal theological education. He firmly believed that Joseph Smith was a false
prophet.

In 1979, Bryan and his mother were driving home from a fireside featuring
members of the Osmond Family. He had listened to their testimonies of the
gospel of Jesus Christ and was...