Can mormon missionaries tell people their first name? Ever?
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Former ABer
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Yes of course. That is how people can greet them.
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As a general rule, missionaries don't use their first names while on a mission. They are referred by the titles Elder or Sister. The reason for this is to take the idea of personal glory out of the service. They are there to serve and glorify God, not themselves. While they may tell you their first names if asked, it is really not appropriate to address them by these names while they are serving. They should be addressed by their titles. Even among the missionaries themselves, they won't generally use first names when addressing each other. Let me just give one example, during my mission, I served in a part of Missouri to which a number of families from my home town had moved when I was young. I happened to run into some of these people while I was there. They had known me by my first name, but while I was serving there they addressed me as Elder Blaylock rather than Glenn.
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yes they can
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Glenn is totally accurate, as if I would know he wasn't LOL Our missionaries told us their first names when we asked, but I wouldn't dream of calling them that, maybe after they return home we will.
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I remember when I was a kid and the missionaries came in the house to talk with us, I thought it was strange that they both had the first name "Elder."
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I've never asked a missionary his or her first name, lol. And I've never know them to offer it. Of all the missionaries I met, the only one I knew the first name of was because it was on his high school ring. Never called him that though.
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This question is interesting... just last week at church (I am LDS), I heard someone ask one of the missionaries in my ward what his first name is, and he dodged the question and refused to answer. I had never heard of this idea before.
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I did only if asked but everyone respected me enough to address me as Elder and not my first name while I was still serving my mission.
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Ya but the are called by "elder" for men and "sister" for women. The call elder or sister then there last name.
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On ordinance certificates (such as baptism and confirmation) it includes the first and last name of the person who performed the ordinance. In all ordinances, the receiver is addressed by their full name, so I informed certain priesthood holders in a few branches (I needed a few blessings on my mission). Finally, I left my first and last names and my address with my new friends when I left an area. As a return missionary, I obviously wouldn't still go Elder Havaiano.
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