Thanks for having me on. Was an honor to meet everyone!

I can relate to David. I did not visit 52 churches but was close. The LDS church had everything that others did not have.

I really like how David Boice is open-minded and courageous enough to visit all kinds of churches (including ours), and how he tries to avoid criticizing, but rather focuses on the bridges he can make. I have seen several of his videos, and he has a really kind spirit.

I studied the Book of Mormon cover to cover with prayer. I found it to be a 2nd witness to the Bible. I took it to God in prayer, received a direct witness and now it’s 50 yrs later and it’s been a great ride👍😊

David, it's okay if you don't understand everything in the LDS church right now. Thanks for keeping an open mind and checking us out rather than just believing what others have said. I hope you will continue on your faith journey and find the right church for you wherever it leads.

I’m LDS and have been a David Boice fan for a while. I love his humility and curiosity. ❤

And now he's been baptized a member. Welcome to the fold, brother 🙏🏻🙌🏻

"So much here" = the fullness of the gospel. 😊

I remember at age six I started going to all the churches where I was living. After a while, I stopped going to church or just stopped looking. At age 17 God used something I was very interested in to get my attention so he used a radio-controlled airplane. I watched him fly for two weeks while sitting on the other side of the grass field he was flying from. He finally invited me to come closer which excited me. The day before Sunday I asked if he would fly tomorrow, He said no I never fly on Sundays because I go to church and spend time with my family. I asked what church he goes to and he said Mormon. I had never heard of it and I said what is a Mormon? Now I am one and have never regretted it. I was born in Kennett, MO, and moved to Oregon at age 3.

What I love about David Boice's 52 churches in 52 weeks is that he considered our church so strange he didn't even include us in the first year. We come in as stranger than churches with snakes and heavy metal bands. It makes us seem a lot cooler than we actually are.

God bless, I found the truth too. I am an indigenous Australian. Many of my people have joined also.

David Boice just got baptized! Welcome to the fold. I'm not surprised, if he's the kind of people who are willing to listen to and follow promptings.

David Boice is a really good, humble guy and I appreciate his work and research.

This might sound completely random but one suggestion I have is for this channel to get a ROUND table! Lol it drives me crazy how you and your guests have to turn completely sideways to see each other and talk to each other. A round table would allow you all to see each other without the middle person turning his/her back to someone. Just a suggestion 👍 love your channel!

David, you have some incredible analogies and insights. I am LDS and your reminding me of all the things I just take for granted. Your also reigniting my remembrance of things I need to strengthen in my testimony and my faith in Christ. Thank you for your curiosity and insight and sharing it with the world. May God bless your journey and help you to never stop learning. Line upon line, precept on precept.

Kia Ora David. All the way from New Zealand. I hope one day the Christian community will one day accept us as believers of Jesus Christ. We must band together and prepare the world for Christ's return.

I've been watching David's channel for a while, and I have enjoyed being a passenger on his journey. I love that he came on your channel! Really sincere guy. Thank you!

As a missionary I jumped on every opportunity to visit other churches when I was invited. I went to many many churches. Not only was it a great way to meet people who wanted to learn about our church but it strengthened my testimony to see what was missing. Different churches have different levels of completeness but i felt there were always glaringly obvious things just missing from each one. I rarely felt that other churches were just wrong. Most of them were full of great people just trying to get closer to God and do the right thing. I never felt that they were wrong as much as there was just a lot missing that they weren't aware of yet. I learned most churches actually believe many similar things to us about grace and heaven and hell and the mercy of God and how to live righteously. It was eye opening to me to realize what many other churches teach about heaven is very close to what we believe about the telestial or terrestrial kingdom. How many really teach eternal marriage/family/progression? Its "til death do us part" and maybe become an angel in heaven after you die. In a nutshell the church of jesus christ of latter day saints simply teaches that there is more. More possibility for eternal reward, more holy places on earth, more scriptures, more prophets!

The church is the same wherever you go! ❤💖✨️💜🌷🌸🌷🌻🌷🌸

And now he’s been baptized, awesome!!!

I love David's channel. I happened to notice one of his videos that youtube recommended on the right of the screen and was drawn to it. I remember saying out loud, "I have got to check this out." I watched every one. I found you guys in a similar way; youtube put you up as a recommendation while I was watching his channel. I usually watch you guys while eating lunch at work. I love you guys; you're great, but I have to admit, 52 is the only channel, show, or anything of that sort that I am eagerly anticipating and check, "has he put up another one; has he put up another one?" I was not a horrible person before, but because of my spending virtual time with David Boice I am a much better person. More patient, more empathetic, easier to find light in others. It's great. I am also interactive now. Because of David I transformed from a passive youtube watcher to an interactive commenter. That has actually been very good for me and hopefully someone else has benefitted as well. Thank you David. And thank you David and Cam. Great work.

"The reverence held for President Nelson" - until you go to conference and witness it personally, you won't quite understand. Prior to the start of the session, everyone is chit-chatting, there's all this noise, thousands of people talking, laughing.....and then President Nelson walks in. And you almost instantly are able to hear a pin drop from the other side of the conference center. Truly something to behold. The love and respect we have for our leaders is hard to match.

I love his recognition of the fruits. That’s so the key. And as a member of the LDS faith, there is nothing in this for the individuals inviting him except joy so their efforts are pure. I appreciate that he keeps saying this. I need it.

I have been following David's journey all year 😊 Though I've been LDS all my life I have always enjoyed visiting other churches. David's channel will expand anyone's cultural and spiritual literacy. Thanks to 52 weeks I have started attending a messianic synagogue so I am blessed with 2 sabbaths each week.

Love David Boice’s channel and I hope he finds exactly what he’s looking for :).

I've always wanted to do what David has done and so it's cool to live vicariously through him.

David, so great to see you on Saints Unscripted. You are always a delight to listen to. Safe travels on your journey through life.

My husband is a convert to Jesus Christs true church. Grateful . 😊❤

One of my favorites Book of Mormon passages, and of the Bible is the fact, that the Lord taught the Palestinians to be perfect as their Father who was in Heaven was Perfect. When He once resurrected, goes to the Nephites, He teaches them to "be perfect as your Father who is in Heaven, and Me are Perfect". What a Great testimony of Truth in The Book of Mormon.

Love 52 in 52!!

I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!

David, I admire your efforts and soul searching to find a religion that feels like home to your soul. Especially in this day and age where many are leaving organized religion. We welcome you, and everyone, to our LDS Congregations anytime, whether you join the church or not. Take the good that you have and let’s see if we can add to it. For me, it’s the covenants that we make, and the ongoing/modern day revelation that helps me to feel the LDS religion is the best fit for me. Best of luck to you on your journey!! Godspeed! No one in the church is perfect, we are all trying to do the best we can.

I have been to many churches, and sadly 😔 I have never been to another church and felt the spirit, in them at all! It was very sad! But I'm so thankful I always ❤️ feel the spirit of God in our church and the Temple! 🌸🌷🌸🌷💜👍🙏🏻🙏🙏🏽🙏🏿

I appreciate these kinds of conversation of openness and curiosity (on both sides). We need more of this in religious (and sociopolitical) discourse. Thank you, David!

Thanks David Boice for coming on the podcast .Ive watched you a few times on your 52 churches. I'm glad in all the times you have been in an lds church you have been welcomed warmly. I love all the wards I have lvved in because you become ward families so to speak because of the love we have with each other. I hope you find what you are looking for .God bless you on you journey .

I love that David said he always tries to look for the good in all the churches he has been to. Brigham Young said that wherever there is truth found, there is the gospel of Jesus Christ. In our church, we have the fullness that has been restored. Whoever believes in Christ is for Christ and whosoever does not believe is against. We need more people to believe in this world where so many are going against. We are all on our own faith journey. Some have found The Church of Jesus Christ and some are still seeking.

Enjoyed listing to this video with David. After reading the BOM in 10 days, I joined the church 6 months later at age 22. I'm now 64, and it has been the best decision of my life. Nothing else compares.

Your home brother david...welcome to the true fold of Jesus Christ .

Cannot wait for General Conference!! Sure hope David tunes in and watches two or three sessions. I am only 77 yrs old. For about 35 years now my wife and I watch every session every six months. Such a spiritual feast. Words just cannot tell the full story. Reading the Book of Mormon so many times I have lost count. Love you all so,much!

I love this guy’s channel! I’ve watched a bunch of his videos and admire his kindness and respect ❤

It's important to listen to and act upon those whispers which you feel are right, that's ultimately how God communicates with us.

Pastor Jeff visited my ward in St. Louis. Meramec River Ward!!

I always had a great time at fast and testimony. I loved hearing all those fascinating testimonies.

Thanks for brightening my morning today ☀️☺️

David is awesome, I can sense his open spirit. Do needed today

David, I am so glad to have heard you. You are awesome! I love hw honest and kind you are! All the best!

I really enjoy listening to David Noice. I've seen several of his podcasts and I think it's really cool what he is doing.

Great shoe. Thought provoking. Left me wondering how my greeting new people affects others and how it has rippling effects. With Christ as our center we are so blessed to always improve.

I really enjoy David's videos and his sincerity of heart.

Been waiting for this vid 🎉

David, i really appreciated your insight into the pattern of prophets leaving home and the connection to our missionary programme and the young elders (and sisters) who follow that same pattern. There's something about this pattern that feels ancient. All the best with your endeavors. God bless.

I am a member of the church. Baptized, endowed and a current temple recommend. Yet I feel aloof from the church. I am treated rather meanly by members because of my past. Almost like they have the right to pass judgement on me. Ive had my Bishops Counsel meeting. I went through the repentance process but was allowed to keep my baptism. Mostly because I had an excellent Bishop. I'm bullied and harassed by members. But I'm not leaving. I KNOW the church is true. The people seem to not understand the atonement. I have no doubt I have the atonement. To bad members think they can take it away.

This is an amazing project of visiting all of these churches with an open mind to go on this spiritual journey. I love this.

I read the Book of Mormon, and I did not like the war chapters in Alma. Too much of the same thing. However, I loved 3 and 4 Nephi. I love Jesus, and it made him more real to me seeing his kindness to the people in the Americas.

Watching your growth in all matters of filtering truth from deception and seeing the lords countenance grow in you has made me more joyful than most people I actually meet face to face. Thanks for sharing every change and knowledge bomb. I've seen you cringe at ideals that are truly far from the gospel to burst with passion as you receive testimony of truth. Thanks for following the Cardinals.

Fun to see David and David visiting in person! I'm one of the many who boosted the number of views to the 2 LDS videos of David Boice you mentioned. A quick note that the quiet reverence expressed toward Pres. Nelson at the during General Conference (and for past prophets) would be a reverence for the God-given priesthood keys he holds as the Lord's prophet. As Jesus gifted Peter, "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 16:19), so we believe he also gifted President Nelson-and those prophets of the church who came before him-with the same priesthood keys. I'm really curious about David Boice's thoughts about what another David has to say about his long search... David Alexander!

I have enjoyed hearing from David in this video and other videos of his. Thanks for making this for us!

You sound a mormon a lovely humble honest man keep intouch with the missionaries they have the Holy Spirit to lead you to Christ

Fire concept.

Thanks for this video!

This was very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the interesting videos ! hope good honest dialog continues

Love this guy!!

It’s great to see he had a positive experience. The way the world is going we need more collaboration between faiths. More focus on values we share as opposed to fighting each other on the differences.

Love these.

Keep researching the church!! ~ good for you to not being afraid of that investigation... many are! And remember, we are all humans and do not always 'choose the right' in our patch of discipleship... Bravo!! If everyone did what you did, we would all have a better place to live!!

I’m sticking with the original thank you!✝️

Wonderful❤️👍

Best video and interview and video style that I've ever seen (shout out to Saints Unscripted and 52/52 both)!!! Thank you 52/52 and Saints Unscripted for all you have done, and giving such fabulous interviews and fast paced, entertaining, enlightening, veritable documentaries. I pray you'll keep going even after 52, even if you change to other genres, your vlogs will always be in hot demand, massive following!!! And thank you for risking your viewers seeing God alongside you, terrifying risk, that's the ultimate goal... of your work and videos, keep 'em coming, He just might!!! Thank you!!! And 23:23 time stamp "spoiler alert" following up comment from me about the ending of the book, what happens to the Nephites, I just want to remind everyone that while it's true what Cameron said about it being a tragic ending, it's actually a twist ending in that the Nephites were actually succeeded by "Nephites" not just Lamanites because in fact who are the Lamanites of the final chapters of the Book of Mormon but rather Nephites who had fallen away and started calling themselves Lamanites when in fact they were a mix, quite possibly primarily of Nephite decent. In fact, when the brethren stumbled upon one of the millions of skeletons scattered across the Great Lakes region of America on down the Mississippi valley and across, he said that it had been a Lamanite who was a Prophet of God who had lived on the western coast of America and had died in the final wars. And so, there were probably just as many Lamanites among the Nephites and who perished alongside the Nephites, as well as ample ancestral lineage Nephites who made up possibly a large portion if not all of the offending Lamanite armies and nations which wiped out the native self-identifying Nephite nation. And so it's a poetic last laugh by God, on those who identified as Lamanites and prided themselves on having wiped out the Nephites when in fact they may have themselves been Nephite ancestry and in fact wiped out the Lamanite blood just as well as Nephite to similar extent or more so. It just goes to show that it's never safe to raise an arm in violence because we always end up doing just the opposite of what we had intended and indeed when pointing the finger there are always three fingers on that person's hand pointing back at that person. During the initial passions that instigated the 2nd World War around 1938 in Europe, one such incident that incited the masses to destroy half the planet, was when a supposed decedent of the House of Judah shot a supposed citizen of such and such nation... when later it turned out that each of those two persons, their nationality, origin, religion etc, was switched, opposite that. Identically in the late 1800s there was a man who shot a US President, and at around the same time as that incident, but in a different city far way, the US President's son had fallen under the wheels of a rail car, when suddenly a man, by mere coincidence the brother of the assassin, rescued and saved the life of the US President's son (Edwin Booth/Robert Lincoln)! When we think we're hurting our enemy, it turns out to be our own who we've injured, maybe that's why Jesus said love and forgive everyone even our enemies... because it might turn out that they are in fact ourselves, our kin, our dearest friend, etc, etc. And if only the militias of those two states on that fateful morning, who surrounded that tiny jail cell in that tiny two story jail house, accosted 4 unarmed men (unless we count the 2 pepper-pistols as weapons which when fired point blank caused minor scrapes), locked in a jail cell, largely unarmed, by more than 100 state supplied, state armed (latest technology weaponry), state trained soldiers, had followed that motto of Jesus, they would not have slain innocent men, no-less the first and possibly only US Presidential candidate ever assassinated, who many experts say would've averted the Civil War and abolished slavery 20 years before anyone had ever heard of Abraham Lincoln (a thousand times better than how it was eventually carried out, dare I say slavery wasn't entirely abolished at all). And so in the end, don't we see that it's a twist ending, that poetic justice is served, and we find out later the fact, and fall to our knees uttering, truly Thine ways are just, and as Moses uttered, never before did I suppose that man is nothing, when shown all the planets of the universe. Hallelujah indeed! NOTE: The fact that Edwin Booth was tailing Robert Lincoln indicates far more reaching implications actually since coincidence doesn't exist. For anyone who never know about some or any of those historical events, you can learn more by simply googling it to the googler of all googlers none-other-than google itself, and enjoy! :-D

Good luck to all of you!

I love “Spiritual Coincidences”

I never have to think about my favorite story in the Book of Mormon. Captain Moroni and the title of Liberty. Thanks for the video.

It's interesting having an outsider's view on the LDS church.

Welcome!

Great show

This was such a neat video and story.

Complex topic--that was my take too as a young 16 year old who joined the church by himself, went on a mission, served and raised a large family, before leaving it 20 years ago. Lots of good things (particularly the teachings of Christ), and most LDS members are trying harder to be good than anyone you will meet. I am grateful that I joined the church and experienced what I did (especially my mission, and my scoutmaster decades), and also grateful that I graduated from it and am living the life I live now. Lots to discuss about why I left. Just understand that there is much more to anything in life than first impressions, and it takes time to peel any onion.

Love this guy! I watch his videos!

David, I have listened to many of your podcasts during the 52 in 52 journey. That has been most interesting how you have been objective displaying a genuine curiosity. I’m sure you have had many overtures to explore more about the LDS church than I can imagine. Let me make one more suggestion for your consideration. About 50 years ago, I read the book: Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LaGrande Richards. I have read it several times. While on a plane ride a few days ago, I was reading it again, and I thought about you and your quest for learning. The book does a wonderful job of describing many things in the LDS faith in a way that for me at least helps clarify so many rich doctrines and practices in the LDS faith. I just wanted to make that suggestion for you to read it if you can. Thanks so much for your great approach in your process! Perhaps a second round of the General Conference on April 6-7 may provide additional answers as well. May God continue to bless you! Kurt Southam

Hi very much love watching this platform as well as with David wanting to know about the church of Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints just want you guys know I'm watching from Fiji in the Pacific Islands, ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏 Gb love the Gospel of Jesus Christ

4 of the top 5 videos on his channel are related to the Church 😂 I really like his perspective though, love that he wants to open his own eyes and is sharing his journey with us

Love this so much! Thank you for your friendship to our Faith!

God Bless you, brother! You are in for a real treat. Read the Book of Mormon! Thank you for being a blessing & for showing up!

David...I have enjoyed your content and really enjoyed you personally. You are a gentle giant. May I share that I know through the Holy Ghost that the Book of Mormon is true. There is a powerful spirit in that book that has blessed our family immensely. Joseph Smith was God instrument in bring it forward and in restoring the church and priesthood authority back on the Earth. I love you and wish you the very best in your journey to come to know and be like the Savior.

David, would you consider doing 52 Wards in 52 weeks?

I am a convert to the Church. I joined nearly thirty years ago. I find your channel very useful. There is another channel that I like very much and I think it would be good if you interviewed the person that runs it. The channel is called "Ready to Harvest."

Lehi's vision in the Book of Mormon, in both Lehi's rendering, AND Nephi's experience, we know is incomplete because they tell us so. While on my mission, my companion and I had an idea that with the "Great and Spacious, Building" and the mists of darkness and there also being forbidden paths, wondered if there would be messengers at those other paths with rods which were incomplete. (Between us, we called them "rubber rods").

I agree the spirit is real you will feel the spirit

I just checked what I wrote a few minutes ago and I made a mistake. I said “I can’😢 say with great fervor ….I meant to say I can say with great enthusiasm that I would do it all again. I love the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and its teaching.

I LOVE free thinkers with prayerful integrity. God bless this man's journey 🙏🏻🫂👍🏻🕊

Thanks

I grew up in the United Methodist church, and young kids were put in the nursery during church services.

The Gospel Of Jesus Christ is about serving God and serving others, what is there not to like?

With regard to Cam's Book of Mormon story - I think he was referring to Alma chapter 55; the bloodless taking of the City of Gid.

You need to have him back! If you have not see his latest video, he got baptized! I would love an update video!

Haha. I'm a dude who thinks the war chapters in the Book of Mormon are a drudge to get through. Such a great interview. I love David Boice. Awesome guy.

About the ending of the Book of Mormon, I like to remind myself that the story doesn’t end there. It continues on with the Joseph Smith Story.. and on and on from there. We are still in the story now.

By their fruits ye shall know them.

The quickest way to find the right church is to ask heaven father in faith and the holy spirit will manifest the truth to you think of your eternal life rather than an observation podcast heavenly father knows you heart and if you are saying the good and also intend to include the negative by your judgement your not ready god won't be mocked but its great you went along maybe the spirit led you I'm a latterday saint and we don't bother about talking about the negatives in other religions we just preach our own and allow all people to worship how where and what they may be prayerful fast i know the church is true and pray you will find this too thank you for your loving respectful beautiful spirit jesus loves you very much and will be your constant companion

I want to say Thank you to you, David. I agree with the other comments about your kind and interesting observations. I have enjoyed listening to you very much! So, I watched the temple tour video. I have some questions & thoughts.. you said you randomly found out that your great-grandfather was a member of the Church!?! That made me think that it must have sparked a myriad of questions for you like it did for me. Was it just him (how far back were your ancestors actually baptized members), what was that first conversion story? Did you ever find out more about that, like did he attend regularly? Did his wife? Why was your grandpa not baptized, etc.? The other thing I was thinking was that it might be nice for you to attend another temple tour where people are quiet and where guides actually tell you some info about each area. My guess is that since you said you came kind of last minute and right before it closed that maybe they just didn't have the volunteers there anymore who were ready to say something (like its usually a 3X5 card paragraph they read aloud, or memorize & tell about the place, i.e. the baptismal font). Or maybe you could ask a member or a family to go through with you and answer your questions as you go along if no one is guiding again? Just a suggestion that might make it a little more of a rewarding experience xo