When Mormons talk about conversion, they are talking about something much deeper than someone changing from one church to another. We are talking about the Holy Ghost actually testifying to the individual about the truthfulness of the restored gospel, coupled with the desire to repent, and enter into a sacred covenant with Jesus Christ through the ordinances of Baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost.
Some mistake our missionary work as merely an effort to get people to join our church. The truth is that Mormons are interested in getting others to join the church, but only because we believe that it is the true church of Jesus Christ and the only place on earth where Jesus has authorized men to perform the sacred ordinance of Baptism through the holy priesthood, thus giving people the only real opportunity to come to Jesus Christ.
In order to come to Jesus and receive salvation, one must have faith, repent, be baptized, and receive the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:37-38)
In order for baptism to be recognized by the Lord, it must be performed by one who has the proper authority to baptize. This authority to baptize is called the Aaronic Priesthood. It is the same priesthood that the Levite priests were given by God in the Old Testament. In order to give the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, those laying hands must also have the proper authority. This authority is called the Melchizedek Priesthood. It is the same authority that the apostles of Jesus had in order to lay hands and give the Gift of the Holy Ghost. (Hebrews 7)
The reason that Mormons want you to join the church is so that you can truly come to Jesus Christ and experience the only organization on the earth where these two priesthoods, given by the Lord exist.
If you want to be saved and enter Jesus’ Kingdom, you must come to Jesus in the way that He said to come. This requires Faith, Repentance, Baptism (by the proper authority, only found in the church), and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (the authority to confer this gift is also only found within the church).
That is the simple reason we want you to become a member, it’s because their is no other way to come to Jesus fully and receive His mighty Grace.
Jesus said:
“6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the away, the btruth, and the life: no man ccometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6
We know that the only way to the Father or to Heaven is through Jesus. But before Jesus can take us to the father, we must first come to Jesus. And the only way to come to Jesus, is through Faith, Repentance, Baptism by the proper authority, receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.
In order to truly go through this process, you just join the church. That is because it is the only place you can receive baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost in a fashion that will be accepted of the Lord. Because it is the only organization on earth where the holy priesthood of God is.
In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.