Do some branches of LDS exclude ethnic minorities?

LDS missionaries are encouraged not to speak to one woman alone for obvious implication reasons. The fact that she was black probably had nothing to do with it. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is for all His children and we have churches on every continent. Also, if you have moved in somewhat recently it is possible that they were just looking for the previous owner of the house. I wouldn't judge them too harshly, the missionaries are 19-21 year old unpaid volunteers and are not in anyway perfect. If she answered back in somewhat of a rough tone I can see that they might not have wanted to have bothered her further.

Mormons got over racism before the rest of the country. The Mormon founder, Joseph Smith, had abolishing slavery as part of his presidential campaign when he ran for president of the United States. Mormons have always had black members in their church since the church was first started. Other churches at that time either didn't have black members, or they were segregated.

It sounds like they were looking for someone else, they were expecting another person to be the owner of your home. Perhaps they had an appointment with a person who they thought lived at your home and they had to leave to find the correct house.

Or maybe it's against the rules for them to be alone with a woman. I think there is supposed to be a man (husband, friend, family member, etc) with the woman in order for two male missionaries to teach her.

If she was just by herself then the Missionaries won't come in due to the fact that being a woman and them being two men puts them in a very awkward position. People still wanting to be respectful and not wanting to give the wrong impression of two very single men being in a residence of a woman. The chances are that the response would have been different if this had been two women missionaries instead.

Honestly, people cry racism way too often and don't consider other reasons as to why.

They may have been looking for someone else who they thought lived there. It does sound odd that they asked to see the owner of the house. That is not normal for LDS missionaries.

I have a hard time believing those are all the facts of the story. Unless your wife looks like a minor, or answered the door naked, they would have zero reason to not talk to her. Maybe they were actually looking for someone specific and realized they had the wrong house.

I think its sad when anyone of color automatically assumes racism is the answer.

It's not a race thing. If it was just her there then that's why the missionaries didn't come in. If you was there with her then they would have asked to come in. It's more out of respect for your wife. If a woman is married the missionaries will only come in if the husband or someone male is there with the woman.

Mormons aren't racist in the least. Joseph Smith championed the rights of blacks. I'm not sure why the missionaries didn't strike up a conversation. I would have. Perhaps they had the wrong address, or didn't want to talk to a women without her husband, or were looking for a former occupant. It is just guessing at this point.

Mormons were given over racism earlier something of the rustic. The Mormon founder, Joseph Smith, had abolishing slavery as area of his presidential marketing campaign at the same time as he ran for president of america. Mormons have continually had black individuals of their church because the church develop into first began. different church homes on the prompt both did no longer have black individuals, or they were segregated. It sounds like they were searching for some different person, they were anticipating yet another man or woman to be the owner of your position. possibly they'd an appointment with someone who they theory lived at your position and they had to go away to discover the astonishing domicile. or perhaps this is adverse to the regulations for them to be on my own with a woman. i imagine there is meant to be a guy (husband, chum, chum, and so on) with the girl to ensure that 2 male missionaries to show her.

I could not tell you what had happened there. Of course there is no exclusion.

But. . .

Because the missionaries are not supposed to speak to ladies without another family member in the house--it's a propriety thing--they probably did not feel they should visit her.

Wow, amazing the stories you people come up with. Someone could easily infer that they left because she was a woman! Either you made this story up or those people who came to the door were not LDS missionaries.