Elder Bassett speaks to missionaries in Provo MTC on how to help truth seekers find the ‘strait gate’ and ‘narrow’ way

‘The doctrine of Christ, that is our message’ says Elder Bassett, Missionary Department leader, in Provo MTC devotional

Published: May 7, 2026, 5:05 p.m. MDT

Elder W. Mark Bassett and his wife, Sister Angela Bassett, talk with missionaries after a devotional held at the Missionary Training Center. — Elder W. Mark Bassett, a General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Church's Missionary Department, and his wife, Sister Angela Bassett, center left background, talk with missionaries after a devotional held at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Isaac Hale, Deseret News

PROVO, Utah — An honest truth seeker might read in the New Testament the Savior’s description of “the strait gate” and “narrow” way that “leadeth to eternal life” (Matthew 7:13-14 and Luke 13:24) and find themselves puzzled with questions.

What questions might a reader have? That’s what Elder W. Mark Bassett asked hundreds of missionaries to consider during a Tuesday, May 5, devotional at the Provo Missionary Training Center.

“What does this mean? What is the gate? Where is the gate? What is it that I need to do?” said the General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Church’s Missionary Department.

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