Does God Answer Prayers? What do Mormons believe?Saints Unscripted talk about their beliefs and how they came to know that God restored His church to the earth and that Joseph Smith really did see and speak with God the Father and His son Jesus Christ.  Joseph Smith is the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon church) who translated The Book of Mormon by the gift and power of God.   In 1820 Joseph Smith wanted to know which church was God's true church. He searched the Bible and read the scripture in James