Abdurrahman Wahid & Mormons

Abdurrahman Wahid & Mormons

Indonesia's Abdurrahman Wahid mourned by Mormon leaders
Utahn's chat with future leader led to friendship with LDS leadership

Intrigued, Wahid - who would later become the president of Indonesia - began peppering the Salt Lake City businessman with questions about his faith, wanting to know more about what Mormons believe and how the LDS Church's humanitarian service program worked. That simple conversation outside a mosque in Jakarta blossomed into a friendship that lasted for years and grew to include LDS leaders, especially President Boyd K. Packer, of the Quorum of the Twelve. It also built a bridge between the faiths of many Muslims and Mormons and paved the way for greater church presence in Indonesia, especially through humanitarian service. Ref. Source 2