Talk:List of Christian missionaries

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I question whether Mormon missionaries should be listed under Christian missionaries. Specifically, it is very debatible whether Mormons are really Christians. I am not aware of any mainstream Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox denomination that would call Mormons Christians. Mormons, for the record, consider themselves the "only true church," so it would seem that if Mormons are Christians, than no-one else is. Thus, either the Mormon missionaries shouldn't be listed here at all, since most other denominations don't recognize them, or they should be the only ones listed, since they recognize no other denominations.

Mormons are quite often counted as a Christian denomination in truth. My problem with adding Mormons is that every Mormon is expected to do missionary work and therefore adding Mormons could mean adding every practicing Mormon, as well as some former Mormons, who have a Wikipedia article. It's the same reason I didn't put in any Jehovah's Witnesses.--T. Anthony 08:06, 21 September 2006 (UTC)