The Book of Mormon in 65 Days!

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President Russell M. Nelson taught, “Whenever I hear anyone, including myself, say, “I know the Book of Mormon is true,” I want to exclaim, “That’s nice, but it is not enough!” We need to feel, deep in “the inmost part” of our hearts, that the Book of Mormon is unequivocally the word of God. We must feel it so deeply that we would never want to live even one day without it. I might paraphrase President Brigham Young in saying, “I wish I had the voice of seven thunders to wake up the people” to the truth and power of the Book of Mormon” (“The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?”, Ensign, Nov. 2017, 62-63). 

With Oliver Cowdery as principal scribe, Joseph Smith began translating on Tuesday, April 7, 1829. The task was completed about 85 days later. Not all of that time was spent working on the translation. Time was taken to receive the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods, receive and record 12 revelations that are now sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, move from one state to another, apply for a copyright, and begin making arrangements for the publication of the Book of Mormon. Conservatively estimated, Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon in 65 days. With this in mind, as a mission we will be reading the Book of Mormon in 65 days! We invite you to join with us. Here is the schedule:

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The Living Christ

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As we celebrate Holy Week and prepare for Easter Sunday, the missionaries in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission worked to memorize The Living Christ. The Living Christ is a short, powerful declaration written by modern apostles that testifies of Jesus Christ as the living Son of God and Savior of the world. It summarizes who He is, what He has done for all mankind, and affirms that He lives today and continues to guide His Church through living prophets.

We are grateful to share our testimony of “The Living Christ”. We love the Savior and feel tremendous appreciation for His resurrection. “He lives!”

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Zone Conference: February 2026

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Every six weeks, we gather the mission into three separate groups for zone conference. This is an important time to strengthen the missionaries, celebrate our success, and build skills to continue to help more people come unto Christ.

In the past, while the missionaries are in zone conference, our senior missionaries conduct car inspections to keep the cars safe and clean. Sister Barlow felt we should change our process to help the missionaries be more accountable for their vehicles. They arrived 30 minutes early and helped inspect their own car and ensure fluid levels were all topped off. This worked so much better and lighted the load for our senior missionaries.

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We began zone conference with Sister Barlow teaching us about the Doctrine of Christ, and how to use the Doctrine of Christ to get the Savior’s help in our life. She began by sharing her all-time favorite video, “Because of Him”. She taught us how pondering each step of the Doctrine of Christ can help us next steps we can take with a challenge we want to overcome or a goal to achieve. She then shared examples of how she has done this in her own life.

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President Barlow the talked about the doctrine of the sacrament and steps we can take to help more of our friends come and worship Jesus Christ and feel His spirit each Sunday.

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The Assistants and Zone Leadership Teams then ran three workshops:

  1. Creating powerful invitations through promised blessings.
  2. Uniting with members and using the Member Checklist.
  3. Creating written sacrament plans for friends.

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In addition to the workshops, during last transfer our missionaries memorized The Living Christ, so our SMS team helped us film a new Living Christ Video that we will look forward to sharing with everyone at Easter.

The Tennessee Knoxville Mission is being blessed in remarkable ways. These missionaries have been working incredibly hard and the benefits of their efforts are seen and felt!

Asheville – Kingsport – Johnson City Zones

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Knoxville – Cookeville – Cumberland – Rocky Top Zones

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Welcome to the TKM: February 2026

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On February 4, 2026, we welcomed 19 new missionaries to the Tennessee Knoxville Mission. These missionaries are going to do great things in the TKM!

Sister Johnson
Sister Aquino
Sister Clark
Elder Conover
Sister Cook
Elder DeNamur
Elder Dye
Sister Johnson
Sister Figlioli
Sister Garver
Elder Godfrey
Sister Henderson
Elder James
Sister Kim
Sister Larson
Sister Nydegger
Sister Pace
Elder Stradling
Sister Wallis

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We also had two service missionaries join the mission in February, Elder Chugg and Elder Doherty, and we will add their pictures soon.

As always, the departing missionaries made some great welcome posters for our arriving missionaries.

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The Farragut building was being used to measure and cut the carpet for the Tennessee Knoxville Temple, so we met at the West Hills building for our new missionary orientation.

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The highlight of the morning is announcing who will be training our new missionaries. We have great trust in these trainers and know they will give their best efforts to helping our new missionaries get off to a great start.

New MissionaryTrainerArea
Elder ConoverElder JohnsonAsheville Central
Elder GodfreyElder CallSignal Mountain
Elder DeNamurElder DodgeHouse Mountain
Elder StradlingElder PotterMarion Branch
Elder DyeElder FrewinSevierville SP
Elder JamesElder Carley/Elder GoochSpring Creek
Sister WallisSister JonssonAsheville
Sister ClarkSister TualaCleveland 1st
Sister HendersonSister OlsenCrossville 1st
Sister CookSister TurnbowLivingston
Sister GarverSister PulverRogersville
Sister FiglioliSister LancasterCampbell Station
Sister LarsonSister AmundsonSevierville
Sister A. JohnsonSister TerryMaryville
Sister NydeggerSister BowmanDalton SP3
Sister KimSister LeavittCookeville SP
Sister PaceSister IveyGreeneville SP
Sister AquinoSister McCookSpring Creek
Sister E. JohnsonSister Lee/McVeyLoudon SP

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There is an incredible transition happening in the Tennessee Knoxville Mission. 19 new missionaries with 21 trainers = 40 missionaries engaged in training with this group. With the 58 missionaries still involved in training from last transfer, we have 98 missionaries involved in training! That’s just under half the mission.

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Looking forward to seeing the great things these missionaries accomplish win the TKM!

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