This article refers to a Book of Mormon prophet named Nephi. He is the third prophet named Nephi in the Book of Mormon. This is Nephi, the son of Nephi, the son of Helaman, who was a descendant of Alma the Elder. His ministry begins when his father leaves the land of Zarahemla in 3 Nephi chapter one. He kept the records on the Large Plates of Nephi, prayed for the people the night before Christ was born, and was finally called as one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ in America.