Category: Missionary News
First Presidency approves missionary attire exceptions, including blue shirts, no ties
The Church’s area presidencies can use these exceptions — wearing white or blue dress shirts and with or without ties — in adjusting missionary attire to specific locations.
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COVID-19 Impacts 50 Percent of Church’s Global Missionary Force of 67,000
The two joined the Church News in a video-conference interview to offer information, insights, and anecdotes from the recent adjustments to missionary service.“I think it’s going to be an amazing experience, when it is all …
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The church is asking returning missionaries to self-isolate. Here’s what that means
Elder Ethan Bird wheels his luggage the airport as hundreds of missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints return from the Philippines to Salt Lake City International Airport on Sunday, March 22, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allr…
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Church: ‘Substantial numbers’ of missionaries may return to home nations; mission lengths may be reduced; all MTCs will stop accepting new missionaries
No new missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will enter the faith’s 11 missionary training centers around the world. Above, the Provo Missionary Training Center is pictured on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. | Jeffrey D….
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Church sending most missionaries in Africa home for isolation, reassignment
Most of the Latter-day Saint missionaries in Africa will go home to self-isolate for two weeks and then receive temporary reassignment to other missions around the world. Above is the Accra Ghana Temple. | Deseret News Archives
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Church reassigning nonnative missionaries from 22 missions in the Philippines
Located across the street from the Manila Philippines Temple, the newly expanded Philippines Missionary Training Center for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was dedicated by Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve A…
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Sister missionary safe after Saturday kidnapping in Guatemala
The Guatemala Missionary Training Center, located in Guatemala City. (Photos courtesy of Provo MTC) | Courtesy Provo MTC, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — A Latter-day Saint missionary is safe after she reportedly was kidnapped in Guatemala…
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Coronavirus: Church announces multiple changes for missionaries in United States, Canada
Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints walk between buildings at the Missionary Training Center in Provo on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Sharing the gospel ‘remains a sacred prior…
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22 European Missions Sending Home Missionaries with Medical Conditions Due to COVID-19 Concerns
This information applies to the following 22 missions:According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, there are 12,462 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Italy; 2,281 in France; 2140 in Spain; and 1,567 in …
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Missionaries Reported Safe Following Devastating Tornadoes in Tennessee
Home to over 50,000 church members, the Church has enjoyed a presence in Tennessee since 1834, when missionaries began teaching in the Southern U.S. state. Future Church President Wilford Woodruff and his missionary compani…
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Coronavirus outbreak prompts church to remove missionaries from Hong Kong
The Hong Kong, China Temple. | LDS.org
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is transferring 113 missionaries out of Hong Kong due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Here is the church’s full statement:
In light of …
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Church Reduces Missionary Force in Liberia Due to Country’s Economic Concerns
“The remaining 99 missionaries in the Liberia Monrovia Mission have adequate supplies,” Woodruff said.Throughout most of the 1990s, Liberia suffered from civil war, which disrupted missionary work in the nation. Latter-day …
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