From Deseret News archives:
Some at prayer day say they would have welcomed LDS
Also missing was an organizer from the Utah Valley Interfaith Alliance that had planned to be part of the prayer day gathering until earlier this week when they were told members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with members from other non-evangelical Christian churches, would not be allowed to say prayers or conduct National Day of Prayer Task Force affiliated events.
About 25 parishioners and pastors attended the Orem gathering where they prayed for the nation.
Afterward, some who attended said they would have welcomed LDS members and would have supported them in leading prayers.
"It wouldn't have bothered me," said Pastor Charles Hines of the Orem Community Church. "I have my faith, which is very orthodox, but I'm not going to take away an LDS person's freedom to pray. When we're talking about praying for the country, it's nice to have everybody praying."
Other pastors said while they don't have a problem with it personally, they understood the event sponsor's wishes to organize an evangelical expression.
Some pastors said the concern is that the conception of God professed by the LDS Church differs from that of Evangelicals. The LDS Church belief is that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are three separate and distinct beings. The Evangelical belief is that the three are a single entity the Holy Trinity that expresses itself through the three vestiges.
"I wouldn't have tried to stop anyone from praying, but I would just question who it is that the LDS person is praying to," said Pastor Larry Scroggins of Calvary Chapel Utah Valley. "Because I have a fundamental problem with the theology of the LDS faith, and if I'm right and the LDS person is wrong, then we are praying to two entirely different Gods, conceptions of God."
Heishman agreed, and said other groups should hold separate events.
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