Should Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Try to Convert People?

Go Ye Therefore (Go Ye Therefore, and Teach All Nations), by Harry Anderson      Matthew 28:16–20; Mark 16:14–20

If you believe that churches are just groups of people who agree on how they see God and how they interpret the scriptures, then I would say that it would be arrogant to try to convert others to your way of thinking. Since the religious revivals in the early 1800's when Protestant preachers strove to win people over to their sect, there has even been an unspoken agreement that Christians should confine their proselyting efforts to the "heathen" nations.

Now, let's look at another perspective from another time. When our Savior ministered on the earth, He set up an organization to help the early converts to Christianity maintain their faith and serve each other. He gave power to teach, heal, and lead to his twelve Apostles. The Lord did not
leave His followers alone. He gave the them the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, and His Apostles began to miraculously preach the Gospel in each person's language. The Savior also sent revelations to His leaders so that His Church would move forward and continue to be guided by Him. Peter received a vision which helped him to know that it was now time for the Gospel to also be shared with the Gentile people. 

Immediately before Christ ascended into Heaven, He commanded His Apostles to take His teachings to the world. So they began first teaching their fellow Jews, then they taught the Gentiles (non-Jews). Why did these men risk their lives, and eventually gave their lives, to take an unpopular message to the world? These Apostles had been there. They had felt the prints of the nails in the hands of the Savior. They knew that the Savior had come and had freed men not from man's momentary tyranny, but from the everlasting tyranny of the grave. Man would live again, and through the power the Savior gave to the leaders of His Church to lead, receive revelation, and bless, followers could return to live with Heavenly Father. How could they not share the "good news"? 

The 16 million members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  know that God has Apostles and Prophets again upon the earth, that the Gospel has been restored in it's fullness, and that His power to bless people's lives and guide us in these perilous times is again upon the earth. How can members of the Savior's restored church today not share this same message of hope and love with an increasingly despairing world?