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Raising an Army of Helaman's Warriors

Turn your home into an MTC! Get them ready with this missionary-minded parents’ guide.

 

Licensed professional counselors and popular speakers Mark D. Ogletree and Kevin A. Hinckley help you keep your kids on the missionary track.

  • Determine whether you’re using discipline or punishment
  • Teach the principle of obedience and the blessings of work
  • Inquire of the Lord and receive answers from the Spirit
  • Model healthy communication between family members
  • Help your children prepare emotionally, physically, and spiritually

Their mission calls will be here sooner than you think. Start now so they can serve faithfully and honorably and spread the word to the world!

About the Authors

Mark D Ogletree

Mark D. Ogletree was raised in the great state of Texas, and joined the Church at age eighteen. He served an LDS mission from 1982–1984 in the Washington Seattle Mission. After returning home from his mission, Mark attended Brigham Young University where he earned a BA in 1987. He earned two MA degrees from Northern Arizona University, one in education in 1990; and one in mental health counseling in 1994. He earned a PhD in family and human development from Utah State University in May 2000. Mark taught in the Church Educational System for twenty-one years, serving as a seminary instructor and principal, as an institute instructor, and as the director of the Institute of Religion in Dallas, Texas. He has also presented marriage and family workshops in the private sector, as well as at BYU Education Week. Presently, Mark is an associate professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University where he teaches courses on living prophets and preparing for marriage. Mark has also worked in private practice for over twenty years as a marriage and family therapist. He is the coauthor of several books on marriage and family issues, including First Comes Love and its sequel, Then Comes Marriage (coauthored with Douglas E. Brinley), and Scripture Study for Latter-day Saint Families: The Book of Mormon (Coauthored with Dennis H. Leavitt, Richard Christensen, et al.). Mark has also published chapters in other books, journals, and the Ensign. Mark is married to the former Janie Cook. They are the parents of eight children and have three grandchildren. In addition to church activities, Mark enjoys playing racquetball, softball, golf, remodeling his home, and taking trips to the lake with his family.

 


Kevin Hinckley

Kevin Hinckley, author of Burying Our Swords: How Christ Can Remove Rebellion from Our Hearts, has worked as a psychotherapist for more than twenty years and has been a popular presenter at Campus Education Week in Provo. He facilitates the LDS Addiction Recovery Program in Dallas, Texas, where he also teaches Gospel Doctrine and volunteers at the LDS Institute of Religion. He and his wife, Cynthia Griffin, have four children and five grandchildren.

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