Get the Fire
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Directed by | Nancy du Plessis |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Get the Fire: Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad is a
Some Mormon missionaries, including those serving missions in a foreign culture, may begin to question their religious upbringing and belief system. Get the Fire follows three LDS missionaries during their two-year missions in
The documentary juxtaposes the sanguine views of the missionaries in Germany with interviews of former missionaries who have left the church. These interviews present a look at the experience of both young American and foreign-born Mormon missionaries and explore issues they have with the church. As these changed Mormon missionaries struggle to reconcile their intense, religious experience with a new outlook on life, they realize their perceptions about black and white, dogmatic thinking have changed.
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- ^ "Get the Fire". Mormon Literature Database. Brigham Young University. 2003. Retrieved 2008-07-18.