John the Baptist of John arrested, executed, and buried in a tomb as a conscious foreshadowing of the fate of Jesus. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'" John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mississippi The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mississippi As of year-end 2015, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 21,630 members and 44 congregations (wards and branches) in Mississippi. Missionaries John D. Hunter and Benjamin L. Clapp arrived in Tishomingo County in 1839. On December 26, 1839, Hunter reported they baptized six people. Seven more were baptized in 1840 by Norvel M. Head. Five more people were baptized on December 1, 1841, by elders Daniel Tyler and R. D. Sheldon. Escaping persecution, a group of 80–90 members in 40 wagons arrived in Nauvoo from Mississippi in