Elder Bruce R. McConkie gave a resounding “No” to this question in a 1982 BYU speech, where he condemned the idea of Mormons having a “personal relationship with Christ.” https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/bruce-r-mcconkie_relationship-lord/ So that should settle the issue, right? Not so fast. Six-years before this, Elder Faust gave a talk in General Conference in which he advocated that members should have a personal relationship with Christ.  The title of his talk?  “A Pe