Yes, we are taught that sexual intimacy in marriage is for the creation of children and also for the strengthening of the marital bond. What’s right for one family is not right for all. This is really just something my wife and I talk and pray about and decide what is best for us, and what God wants us to do in our family. I personally have never felt pressured in any way to have a large family as a Mormon.
It merely teaches the general principles and leaves the decisions up to the families. This is really a very personal matter between the married couple and God, and the church does not preach how many children a Mormon family should have. In essence, the church teaches that we are to multiply and replenish the earth, and also to exercise reason and judgment in determining the number of children we would like to have in our families. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.” – The Family: A Proclamation to the World We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. “The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. However, Mormons are taught the same thing that Adam and Eve were taught in the Bible–that one of our responsibilities as married adults is to multiply and replenish the earth. The church does not teach members to all have giant families or to have 5 kids. My nephew and his wife don’t have any kids. I hope not, because I only have 3 kids 🙂 My neighbor is a Mormon too and they only have 2 kids. Living with a focus on our families as we do, it’s no surprise that adding children to the family is a natural consequence. We believe that marriage is an eternal promise to God. In fact, we believe that our family units will stay together even when we’re in heaven. On Sunday we go and attend church seated together.įamily is everything to a Mormon. On Monday nights we hold a little short church service in our homes with our families that we call family night (my kids think of it more as treat night since we always have a dessert afterward). We pray for each other in our personal prayers. Mormon families wake up each morning and read the scriptures together for 15 minutes or so, then we all kneel down as a family and pray to God to give us strength, faith, and wisdom to become better people that day.
Having children is an important purpose in life. We also believe God’s commandment to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force today. To us, the family means everything! We believe that our most important calling in life–the purpose of life itself–is to live how Jesus Christ taught us to live, and to teach our children the same. So Why Do Many Mormons Have 5 Kids or Large Families? However, there are certainly many Mormon families who have large families with 5 kids or more. In fact, Mormon families have an average of 3.4 kids according to a recent survey (I feel sorry for the kid who is only 4/10 of a person… poor child… haha). I’ve been a Mormon all my life, so believe me when I tell you that I’ve heard more than once from my friends that every Mormon they meet seems to have 5 kids.
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