Being a mormon godparent to a christian child, is it acceptable?
I am a Mormon, but was previously a vicar’s wife, so I think I have some knowledge on this one! First off, it’s a myth that the godparents have to raise the child if anything happens to the parents. That is for the state and remaining family to work out. The duty of a godparent is to help the parents to raise the child “to fight againt evil and to follow Christ” and to give “help and encouragement” to the child “by your prayers, by your example, and by yout teaching.” (Alternative Service Book). A Mormon would have no problem with this. The promises the godparents have to make in a C of E baptism/christening are “I turn to Christ”, “I repent of my sins” and “I renounce evil”. Again, the Mormon godparent should have no trouble with any of these – as Christians, these things are a given. Although it has to be up to the godparent, I think many Mormons would have a problem with the issue of this being a baptism ceremony for a child. The Book of Mormon is quite clear that children are innoc
