574: Losing Mormon Millennials Pt. 2

Published: Sept. 28, 2015, 3:45 p.m.

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In this episode we interview Tanner Gilliland and Samantha Snyder. \\xa0Tanner was raised as an orthodox Mormon in Tucson, Arizona. \\xa0Samantha converted to the LDS Church in the U.K. \\xa0Both lived very orthodox LDS lives as millennials, attending BYU-Idaho as devout members, and interning for Deseret Book after graduating from BYU-I. \\xa0Samantha co-founded the web site\\xa0Millennial Mormons. \\xa0

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As Tanner and Samantha\\xa0began to question the modern\\xa0LDS Church, they briefly entertained\\xa0the teachings of Denver Snuffer (Tanner was actually re-baptised according to Snuffer\'s teachings). \\xa0Earlier this year,\\xa0both Tanner and Samantha left the LDS Church, and recently co-founded the new\\xa0post-Mormon millennial blog called\\xa0ZelphOnTheShelf.com.

As recent reports suggest\\xa0that the LDS Church is losing its Millennial members at a rapid pace (see\\xa0here\\xa0and\\xa0here), this interview begins to explore\\xa0why.

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