CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Mormon missionary - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"a72ad80f-e06f-4ec7-ad13-84b14dd67cb5","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Mormon_missionary","wgTitle":"Mormon missionary","wgCurRevisionId":1261174254,"wgRevisionId":1261174254,"wgArticleId":2336506,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["All articles lacking reliable references","Articles lacking reliable references from November 2012","CS1 errors: missing periodical","Webarchive template wayback links","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use mdy dates from May 2012","Wikipedia articles with style issues from June 2020","All articles with style issues","All articles with unsourced statements","Articles with unsourced statements from October 2014", "All articles with vague or ambiguous time","Vague or ambiguous time from June 2024","Articles with unsourced statements from January 2011","Articles with unsourced statements from July 2007","Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images","Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021","Commons category link from Wikidata","History of the Latter Day Saint movement","Mormon missionaries","Rites of passage","Young people and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Mormon_missionary","wgRelevantArticleId":2336506,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgRedirectedFrom":"Missionary_(LDS_Church)","wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true, "wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":90000,"wgInternalRedirectTargetUrl":"/wiki/Mormon_missionary","wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q627754","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user": "ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["mediawiki.action.view.redirect","ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface", "ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.quicksurveys.init","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.6"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG/1200px-MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1604"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG/800px-MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1069"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG/640px-MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="855"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Mormon missionary - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_missionary"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_missionary"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Mormon_missionary rootpage-Mormon_missionary skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Main menu </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z">Main page</a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia">Contents</a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events">Current events</a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x">Random article</a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works">About Wikipedia</a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia">Contact us</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia">Help</a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia">Learn to edit</a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors">Community portal</a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r">Recent changes</a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia">Upload file</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"> Search </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Appearance </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class="">Donate</a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Mormon+missionary" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class="">Create account</a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Mormon+missionary" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class="">Log in</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Personal tools </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en">Donate</a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Mormon+missionary" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"> Create account</a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Mormon+missionary" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"> Log in</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing">learn more</a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y">Contributions</a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n">Talk</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Preparation_to_serve" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Preparation_to_serve"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1 Preparation to serve </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Preparation_to_serve-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Preparation to serve subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Preparation_to_serve-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Significance_and_basic_qualifications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Significance_and_basic_qualifications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.1 Significance and basic qualifications </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Significance_and_basic_qualifications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Standards_of_worthiness" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Standards_of_worthiness"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.2 Standards of worthiness </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Standards_of_worthiness-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_exclusionary_factors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_exclusionary_factors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3 Other exclusionary factors </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_exclusionary_factors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mission_call" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mission_call"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4 Mission call </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mission_call-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temple_attendance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_attendance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.5 Temple attendance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_attendance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Training" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Training"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.6 Training </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Training-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Missionary_conduct" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Missionary_conduct"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2 Missionary conduct </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Missionary_conduct-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Missionary conduct subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Missionary_conduct-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Missionary_Handbook" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Missionary_Handbook"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.1 Missionary Handbook </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Missionary_Handbook-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dress_and_grooming" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dress_and_grooming"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2 Dress and grooming </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dress_and_grooming-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Companionships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Companionships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3 Companionships </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Companionships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senior_couples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senior_couples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.4 Senior couples </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senior_couples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_relationships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_relationships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.5 Personal relationships </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_relationships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Schedule" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Schedule"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.6 Schedule </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Schedule-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_rules" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_rules"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.7 Media rules </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_rules-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Slang" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Slang"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.8 Slang </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Slang-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Number_of_missionaries_and_number_of_converts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Number_of_missionaries_and_number_of_converts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Number of missionaries and number of converts </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Number_of_missionaries_and_number_of_converts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Types_of_missionaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Types_of_missionaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Types of missionaries </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Types_of_missionaries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Types of missionaries subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Types_of_missionaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Proselytizing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Proselytizing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Proselytizing </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Proselytizing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Online" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Online"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2 Online </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Online-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Church-service" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Church-service"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Church-service </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Church-service-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Humanitarian_aid" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Humanitarian_aid"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Humanitarian aid </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Humanitarian_aid-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Administration </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Administration-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Administration subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Organization </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Expenses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Expenses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Expenses </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Expenses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Returned_missionaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Returned_missionaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Returned missionaries </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Returned_missionaries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Returned missionaries subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Returned_missionaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Prominent_returned_missionaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prominent_returned_missionaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 Prominent returned missionaries </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prominent_returned_missionaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 History </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle History subsection </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Incidents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Incidents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Incidents </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Incidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 In popular culture </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Further reading </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Mormon missionary</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 11 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-11" aria-hidden="true" > 11 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%A6%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%81%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8)" title="Мисионер (Църква на Исус Христос на светиите от последните дни) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мисионер (Църква на Исус Христос на светиите от последните дни)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionare_der_Kirche_Jesu_Christi_der_Heiligen_der_Letzten_Tage" title="Missionare der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Missionare der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misionero_(SUD)" title="Misionero (SUD) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Misionero (SUD)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD_%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1_%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="میسیونری (کلیسای عیسی مسیح قدیسان آخر زمان) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="میسیونری (کلیسای عیسی مسیح قدیسان آخر زمان)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionnaire_saint_des_derniers_jours" title="Missionnaire saint des derniers jours – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Missionnaire saint des derniers jours" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izithunywa_zevangeli_zesonto_le-LDS" title="Izithunywa zevangeli zesonto le-LDS – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Izithunywa zevangeli zesonto le-LDS" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target">IsiZulu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionario_mormone" title="Missionario mormone – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Missionario mormone" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E5%AE%A3%E6%95%99%E5%B8%AB" title="モルモン宣教師 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="モルモン宣教師" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Мормонские миссионеры – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мормонские миссионеры" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4hetysty%C3%B6_(mormonismi)" title="Lähetystyö (mormonismi) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Lähetystyö (mormonismi)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%B3%E6%95%99%E5%A3%AB_(%E8%80%B6%E7%A9%8C%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3%E5%BE%8C%E6%9C%9F%E8%81%96%E5%BE%92%E6%95%99%E6%9C%83)" title="傳教士 (耶穌基督後期聖徒教會) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="傳教士 (耶穌基督後期聖徒教會)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q627754#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c">Article</a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Mormon_missionary" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t">Talk</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" >English </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary">Read</a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e">Edit</a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h">View history</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" >Tools </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary">Read</a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e">Edit</a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=history">View history</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Mormon_missionary" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j">What links here</a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Mormon_missionary" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k">Related changes</a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u">Upload file</a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q">Special pages</a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&oldid=1261174254" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page">Permanent link</a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=info" title="More information about this page">Page information</a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Mormon_missionary&id=1261174254&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page">Cite this page</a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlQ%C4%B1sald%C4%B1c%C4%B1s%C4%B1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMormon_missionary">Get shortened URL</a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrKodu&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMormon_missionary">Download QR code</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Mormon_missionary&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file">Download as PDF</a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p">Printable version</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mormon_missionaries" hreflang="en">Wikimedia Commons</a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q627754" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g">Wikidata item</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Missionary_(LDS_Church)&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionary (LDS Church)">Missionary (LDS Church)</a>)</div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Missionary of the LDS church</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Tone plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Tone" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article's tone or style may not reflect the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Tone" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">encyclopedic tone</a> used on Wikipedia. The reason given is: Some of this article reads like Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints material instead of an encyclopedia. See Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Tone" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">guide to writing better articles</a> for suggestions. (June 2020) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG/220px-MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG/330px-MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG/440px-MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption>Missionaries</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Missionaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionaries">Missionaries</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church)—widely known as Mormon missionaries—are volunteer representatives of the church who engage variously in <a href="/wiki/Proselytism" title="Proselytism">proselytizing</a>, church service, <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_aid" title="Humanitarian aid">humanitarian aid</a>, and community service. Missionaries of the LDS Church may be male (Elder Missionaries) or female (Sister Missionaries) and may serve on a full- or part-time basis, depending on the assignment. Missionaries are organized geographically into <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">missions</a>, which could be any one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_missions_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="List of missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">449 missions organized worldwide</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> This is one of the practices that the LDS Church is well-known for. The LDS Church is one of the most active modern practitioners of <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a> work, reporting that it had more than 67,000 full-time missionaries and 30,000 service missionaries worldwide at the end of 2023.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> Most full-time LDS missionaries are single young men and women in their late teens and early twenties and older couples no longer with children in their home. Missionaries are often assigned to serve far from their homes, including in other countries. Many missionaries learn a new language at a <a href="/wiki/Missionary_training_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionary training center">missionary training center</a> (MTC) as part of their assignment. Missions typically last two years for males, 18 months for females, and one to three years for older couples. The LDS Church strongly encourages, but does not require, missionary service for young men. All Mormon missionaries serve voluntarily and do not receive a salary for their work; they typically finance missions themselves or with assistance from family or other church members. Many Latter-day Saints save money during their teenage years to cover their mission expenses. Throughout the <a href="/wiki/History_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">church's history</a>, over one million church members have been sent on missions.<a href="#cite_note-onemillion1-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-onemillion2-4">[4]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preparation_to_serve">Preparation to serve</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Preparation to serve">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Significance_and_basic_qualifications">Significance and basic qualifications</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Significance and basic qualifications">edit</a>]</div> Completing a mission is often described as a <a href="/wiki/Rite_of_passage" title="Rite of passage">rite of passage</a> for a young Latter-day Saint.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-metamorphosis-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> However, serving a mission is not necessary for continuance in church membership. Young men between the ages of 18 and 25 who meet standards of worthiness are strongly encouraged to consider a two-year, full-time <a href="/wiki/Proselytism" title="Proselytism">proselytizing</a> mission. This expectation is based in part on the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> passage "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations" (Matthew 28:19–20, KJV).<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> The minimum age had previously been age 19 in most countries until October 6, 2012, when <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">church president</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a> announced that all male missionaries, regardless of nation, could serve from age 18.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryAge-10">[10]</a> Prior to the announcement, members from some countries were allowed to serve from the younger age to avoid conflict with educational or military requirements.<a href="#cite_note-youngmissionaries-11">[11]</a> It was also announced that young women may serve beginning at age 19 instead of 21, but it remained the position that no young person "should begin his or her service as a missionary before they are ready".<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryAge-10">[10]</a> In 2007, approximately 30% of all 19-year-old LDS men became missionaries; from LDS families that are active in the church, approximately 80–90% of 19-year-old men serve a mission.<a href="#cite_note-metamorphosis-6">[6]</a> Missionaries can be sent home for violating mission rules, and occasionally missionaries choose to go home for health or various other reasons. However, the vast majority of missionaries serve the whole two-year (men) or 18-month (women) terms.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] As of 2007, 80% of all missionaries were young, single men, 13% were young single women and 7% retired couples.<a href="#cite_note-metamorphosis-6">[6]</a> Women who want to serve a mission must meet the same standards of worthiness as men and be at least 19 years old. Women generally serve as missionaries for 18 months. Married retired couples, on the other hand, are encouraged to serve missions, but their length of service may vary from six to 36 months depending on their circumstances and means.<a href="#cite_note-chasehall-12">[12]</a> Any single retired person may also be called to serve in what is known as senior missionary service. In the last two decades,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">as of?</a>] the LDS Church has stepped up its call for senior couple missionaries. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standards_of_worthiness">Standards of worthiness</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Standards of worthiness">edit</a>]</div> All missionaries must meet certain minimum standards of worthiness. Among the standards that a prospective missionary must demonstrate adherence to are: regular attendance at <a href="/wiki/Worship_services_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Worship services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">church meetings</a>, regular personal <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayer</a>, regular study of the <a href="/wiki/Standard_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Works">scriptures</a>, adherence to the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_chastity" title="Law of chastity">law of chastity</a> (sexual purity), adherence to the <a href="/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Word of Wisdom">Word of Wisdom</a> (code of health and nutrition), payment of <a href="/wiki/Tithe" title="Tithe">tithing</a>, spiritual diligence and testimony of God. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_exclusionary_factors">Other exclusionary factors</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other exclusionary factors">edit</a>]</div> In addition to spiritual preparedness, church <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishops</a> are instructed to ensure that prospective missionaries are physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of full-time missionary work. In the same speech where he called for "every young man" to fill a mission, Kimball added, "we realize that while all men definitely should, all men are not prepared to teach the gospel abroad."<a href="#cite_note-kimball-13">[13]</a> Apart from general issues of worthiness and ability, there are a number of specific situations that will disqualify a person from becoming a full-time missionary for the LDS Church. Those excluded include those who would have to leave dependent children in the care of someone else; young couples who are still of childbearing age; those who are in debt and have not made arrangements to meet these obligations; those who are on legal probation or parole; couples with serious unresolved marital problems; those who are HIV-positive; and those who have been convicted of sexual abuse. Additionally, members who have submitted to, performed, encouraged, paid for, or arranged for an abortion (except in the case of rape, incest, or when the mother's life is in danger) are usually excluded from missionary service, as are members who have fathered or borne a child out of wedlock; men under 26 and women under 40 who have been divorced; and anyone who has participated in homosexual activity after age 16.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> From the beginnings of the LDS Church, people of black African descent could become members of the church. Up until 1978, it was not common for men of black African descent to serve on missions, most likely due to the <a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism" title="Black people and Mormonism">ban on black people holding the priesthood</a>. However, some black men such as <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Abel" title="Elijah Abel">Elijah Abel</a> did hold the priesthood, and served multiple missions in their lifetime. This priesthood ban <a href="/wiki/Official_Declaration%E2%80%942" class="mw-redirect" title="Official Declaration—2">was lifted</a> during <a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Kimball's</a> presidency and since 1978 there have been no restrictions to missionary service that are based on race or ethnicity.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mission_call">Mission call</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mission call">edit</a>]</div> After application to the church and the requisite approval, prospective missionaries receive a "call to serve"—an official notification of their location assignment—from the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">President of the Church</a>. The mission call also informs the prospective missionary what language he or she will be expected to use during their mission. Members of the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> are responsible for assigning missionaries to a particular mission. A prospective missionary receiving the call to serve is generally considered to be a major event in LDS culture; family members, friends, and members of the prospective missionary's congregation often gather together when a call arrives, which the prospective missionary opens and reads aloud to the group. Until 2018, mission calls were mailed to prospective missionaries. In the summer of 2018, the church announced they would begin emailing mission calls to prospective missionaries. The church began emailing calls to prospective missionaries residing in Utah and Idaho in the summer of 2018, with the goal of expanding to the rest of the United States and all countries with reliable internet by the beginning of 2019.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temple_attendance">Temple attendance</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Temple attendance">edit</a>]</div> Before beginning their mission, prospective male missionaries are usually <a href="/wiki/Ordination" title="Ordination">ordained</a> to the office of an <a href="/wiki/Elder_(Mormonism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elder (Mormonism)">elder</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek Priesthood</a> (if they do not hold this office already). All missionaries are <a href="/wiki/Setting_apart" title="Setting apart">set apart</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Laying_on_of_hands" title="Laying on of hands">laying on of hands</a> to preach the gospel; this is usually performed by the missionary's <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">stake president</a>. Prospective missionaries also usually attend the <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temple</a> for the first time to receive their <a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Endowment (Latter Day Saints)">endowment</a> if they have not already done so.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Training">Training</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Training">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Missionary_training_center_provo_ut.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Missionary_training_center_provo_ut.jpg/220px-Missionary_training_center_provo_ut.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Missionary_training_center_provo_ut.jpg/330px-Missionary_training_center_provo_ut.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Missionary_training_center_provo_ut.jpg/440px-Missionary_training_center_provo_ut.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3800" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Missionary_Training_Center" title="Missionary Training Center">Missionary Training Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, is one of 10 such centers located throughout the world.</figcaption></figure> Newly called missionaries attend a short training period at one of the church's 10 MTCs worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> The largest MTC is located in <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo, Utah</a>,<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>. Missionaries who will not be learning a language in order to serve their missions spend three weeks at an MTC where they practice using proselytizing materials, learn expected conduct, and study the scriptures. Missionaries bound for foreign-language missions spend six to nine weeks at an MTC, depending on the language to be learned. During this period, they are encouraged not to speak in their native tongue but rather to immerse themselves in the new language. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Missionary_conduct">Missionary conduct</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Missionary conduct">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Missionary_Handbook">Missionary Handbook</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Missionary Handbook">edit</a>]</div> The basic standards of missionary service and conduct were previously contained in the Missionary Handbook.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a> The previous Missionary Handbook was commonly and informally referred to as "the white handbook" or "the white bible".<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> As of November 2019, this handbook has been replaced by two new handbooks, Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> and Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ: Supplemental Information.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Missionaries are instructed that following these standards will protect them both physically and spiritually. <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">Mission presidents</a> have discretion to adjust some of the standards according to local circumstances.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 1  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dress_and_grooming">Dress and grooming</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dress and grooming">edit</a>]</div> Full-time LDS missionaries are required to adhere to a dress code. Previously for men, this included conservative, dark trousers and suit coats, white dress shirts, and conservative ties. For women, modest and professional dresses or blouses and mid-calf length skirts were worn. In 2013,<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> the LDS Church updated their grooming standards. Young men were no longer required to wear dark suits or a full suit during regular everyday proselytizing activities. They must, however, remain in professional, conservative attire including a white shirt and tie. For instance, a light colored suit is acceptable. They are also allowed to wear a sweater or suit vest over their dress shirt and are encouraged to wear colored ties.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Sister (female) missionaries may wear skirts and dresses that cover their knees. Young women are encouraged to dress in colors and patterns, and they may wear appropriate jewelry and accessories.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In 2018 it was announced that female missionaries could wear dress slacks if they wanted, except when attending the temple and during Sunday worship services, baptismal services, and mission leadership and zone conferences.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mormon_missionaries_at_Teotihuacan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Two young men, the one on the left darker-skinned than the one on the right, who is drinking some orange liquid from a plastic bottle, standing on a stone surface with mountains in the background. They are both carrying backpacks and wearing white dress shirts, ties and slacks. The one on the right is wearing a short-sleeved shirt and tan slacks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Mormon_missionaries_at_Teotihuacan.jpg/220px-Mormon_missionaries_at_Teotihuacan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Mormon_missionaries_at_Teotihuacan.jpg/330px-Mormon_missionaries_at_Teotihuacan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Mormon_missionaries_at_Teotihuacan.jpg/440px-Mormon_missionaries_at_Teotihuacan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3280" data-file-height="4896" /></a><figcaption>Missionaries in Mexico, dressed for tropical weather</figcaption></figure> In some areas these standards are altered slightly according to the discretion of the mission president. For example, in hot, humid climates, suit coats are not required, and dress shirts may be short-sleeved. Casual clothes may be worn only in limited circumstances, such as when missionaries provide manual labor or exercise.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In 2016, the dress guidelines were updated to allow for "simple and conservative" sunglasses and "wide-brimmed hats" as part of a missionary's attire to provide missionaries protection from excessive heat.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Subsequently, in 2020, church leaders also announced approved adjustments and exceptions to the dress standards for young male missionaries, which allowed for the usage of blue shirts, along with foregoing the usage of ties, with the approval of the area presidency, although standard missionary attire for young males remains the status quo in specific circumstances (mission or zone conferences, weekly worship services, and in attending the temple).<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> All full-time missionaries wear a name tag that gives their surname with the appropriate title ("Elder" or "Sister" in English-speaking areas, or their equivalent titles in other languages). The name tag also bears the church's name, unless the mission president considers this inadvisable due to circumstances in the area (e.g., adverse political conditions). Missionaries are required to wear the tag at all times in public. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Companionships">Companionships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Companionships">edit</a>]</div> A missionary companionship, consisting of two (or occasionally, three) missionaries, is the smallest organizational unit of a mission. Every missionary is assigned by the mission president to be another missionary's companion. Missionary companionships are generally maintained for months at a time and most missionaries will have served with multiple companions by the end of their mission. These companions very rarely have prior acquaintance outside of the mission. Companionships are always of the same gender. Missionary companions are instructed to stay together at all times and not to go out of the hearing of their companion's voice or out of sight.<a href="#cite_note-auto-31">[31]</a> Privacy is allowed only for personal care such as showering and using the bathroom. One of the intentions of this strict policy of staying together is to discourage missionaries from breaking any mission rules.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 31  Companions share the same living quarters and the same bedroom, but not the same bed.<a href="#cite_note-auto-31">[31]</a> When companions have conflicting personalities or interests, they are encouraged to try to resolve them themselves. If a missionary's companion is having difficulty with the work or with personal problems, missionaries are instructed to give criticism constructively, in private and with respect.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 30  In dealing with a problem, missionaries are first to raise the issue with their companion and if it is not resolved, to raise it with the mission president. "A missionary's first priority is to the Lord, then to the mission president and finally to their companion", as the missionary handbook states.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 32  High value is placed on the spiritual commitment to the virtues of humility and love. Missionaries are urged to treat the companionship as a relationship that must succeed in being cooperative and selfless, thus improving the spirituality, character and social skills of each individual missionary. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senior_couples">Senior couples</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Senior couples">edit</a>]</div> Senior couples serve as a companionship for the entirety of their mission and have more relaxed rules. Unlike single missionaries, they share the same bed and are able to travel outside of the mission boundaries. Couples are not expected to follow the same proselyting schedule of younger missionaries. Some mission rules established for younger missionaries may not apply to them. However, they should still set standards and goals and follow the same dress and grooming standards listed for younger missionaries. The mission president may assign them responsibilities other than those they received with their call.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_relationships">Personal relationships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal relationships">edit</a>]</div> Missionaries are encouraged to write an email to their parents weekly. Since almost all of their time is otherwise occupied, other communication is limited. However, a missionary may use preparation day to correspond with any person that is resident outside of the boundaries of the mission. Missionaries do not go on vacation and, prior to February 2019, were permitted to telephone their parents only on Christmas Day, and one other day of the year, usually <a href="/wiki/Mother%27s_Day" title="Mother's Day">Mother's Day</a>.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 37  Missionaries are provided with a free, filtered church e-mail account to correspond with their parents on preparation day only by using a computer in a public location, such as a <a href="/wiki/Public_library" title="Public library">public library</a> or <a href="/wiki/Internet_caf%C3%A9" title="Internet café">internet café</a>.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 20  In the event of an emergency, family members of a missionary may contact him or her via the mission president's office. In February 2019, the church announced that missionaries could communicate with their families weekly via phone call, text, or video chat, in addition to letters and email; though the missionaries themselves must initiate the conversation.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Single missionaries are prohibited from dating or courting while serving missions. The policy of companionships staying together at all times serves to discourage these activities. While missionaries may interact with members of the opposite sex, they may never be alone with them or engage in any kind of intimate physical or emotional activity (e.g., kissing, hugging, holding hands, flirting). They may not telephone, write, e-mail, or accept letters from members of the opposite sex that live in the area where they are assigned to proselytize.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 33  Missionary companionships are also asked not to visit with members of the opposite sex unless at least one person of the missionaries' same sex is present to chaperone.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 34  Alternatively, those contacts may be referred to a companionship of the same gender as the contact or to married couple missionaries, when available. In the early days of the Church, men were called to serve missions regardless of marital status. Today, however, married young men are not expected to serve missions, unless called to oversee a mission as a mission president. A call to be a mission president is typically extended to the married couple, and in turn, the entire family of the chosen mission president. Older retired couples also may serve as missionaries, but do not take their families with them. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schedule">Schedule</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Schedule">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:80%;" align="right"> <caption style="font-size:150%;">Sample schedule of missionaries serving in their native language </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th colspan="34" align="center">Time </th></tr> <tr> <th>Activity </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">6 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">7 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">8 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">9 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">10 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">11 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">12 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">1 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">2 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">3 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">4 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">5 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">6 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">7 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">8 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">9 </th> <th colspan="2" width="20">10 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Exercise </th> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Eat </th> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Shower and dress </th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Personal study </th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Companion study </th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Proselytize </th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Plan and pray </th> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"> </td> <td style="background:#aaaaff"></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> Generally, missionaries wake up at 6:30 am.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> After praying, exercising (30 minutes), and eating breakfast, they spend two hours studying the scriptures and other materials. If they are teaching in a foreign language, they will spend another 30 minutes to an hour studying the language. Missionaries leave their place of residence at 10 am to proselytize (or 10:30 am or 11 am if teaching in a foreign language). They have an hour for lunch and dinner, and return to their apartment by 9 pm, or 9:30 if they are in the process of teaching a lesson at the end of the day. They plan for the next day's activities, pray, and are encouraged to write in their personal journal, but are not required to. Missionaries then retire to bed at 10:30 pm.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 14–15 <a href="#cite_note-HandbookOnline-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-Preach_My_Gospel-36">[36]</a> On January 25, 2017, the church announced that schedules can be modified depending on the area in which missionaries serve.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_rules">Media rules</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Media rules">edit</a>]</div> Missionaries are admonished to "avoid all forms of worldly entertainment."<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 24  Generally, they are not permitted to watch television, listen to the radio, watch or go to movies, or use the Internet<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 25  (except to use email, and <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> for their work, see <a href="#Personal_relationships">Personal relationships</a> above). They are not permitted to listen to music that has romantic lyrics or overtones, or merely entertains.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 25  The general interpretation of this guideline is to listen to only religious music, such as that performed by the <a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir_at_Temple_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square">Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square</a>, though the rule's application has been variable in some missions. They are permitted to read only books, magazines, or other materials authorized by the church.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 27  These guidelines were updated in October 2017, when the church announced that in some missions, missionaries would be issued smartphones and be permitted to use technology on a wider scale. This is intended to enable the missionaries to more easily find "religiously minded people."<a href="#cite_note-Missionary_Change_Primer_2017-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Slang">Slang</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Slang">edit</a>]</div> Missionaries are instructed to avoid slang and casual language including when they are alone in their apartment and in their letters to family.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 8–9  They are also instructed to refer to missionary leaders by only their correct titles.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">[20]</a>: 9  However, as with the members of any organization, some missionaries use certain missionary-specific jargon when communicating with one another. Some words and expressions are mission- or language-specific, while others are universal, such as calling the halfway point of a mission the "hump" or <a href="/wiki/Hump_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Hump day">hump day</a>,<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> or describing a missionary who is excited about returning home as "trunky" as he has already packed his <a href="/wiki/Trunk_(luggage)" title="Trunk (luggage)">trunk</a>.<a href="#cite_note-smout1988-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-Worthy2008-41">[41]</a> Foreign-language missionaries often develop a "mission language", distinct from but combining aspects of their first and acquired languages, that they use when communicating with each other; the <a href="/wiki/Senkyoshigo" title="Senkyoshigo">senkyoshigo</a> of Japan is an example.<a href="#cite_note-smout1988-40">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Number_of_missionaries_and_number_of_converts">Number of missionaries and number of converts</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Number of missionaries and number of converts">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history" class="mw-redirect" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership history">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership history</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mormon_missionaries_and_conversions_over_time.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mormon_missionaries_and_conversions_over_time.svg/290px-Mormon_missionaries_and_conversions_over_time.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mormon_missionaries_and_conversions_over_time.svg/435px-Mormon_missionaries_and_conversions_over_time.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Mormon_missionaries_and_conversions_over_time.svg/580px-Mormon_missionaries_and_conversions_over_time.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Ratio of Converts Baptized to Full-Time Missionaries, 1971–2022 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 1;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  Converts</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Missionaries</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Convert to Missionary Ratio</div> </div> </figcaption></figure> As of the end of 2021, there were 54,539 full-time missionaries of the Church serving in 407 <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">church missions</a> throughout the world.<a href="#cite_note-Statistics_2022-42">[42]</a> Their work, often in cooperation with local members, resulted in 168,283 convert <a href="/wiki/Baptism_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptism (Latter Day Saints)">baptisms</a> in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-Statistics_2016-43">[43]</a> Author David Stewart points out that the number of convert baptisms per missionary per year has fallen from a high of 8.03 in 1989 to just 4.67 in 2005.<a href="#cite_note-Stewart-44">[44]</a> He argues that the number of converts would increase if missionaries made greater efforts in meeting new people; he points out that the average pair of missionaries spends only four or five hours per week attempting to meet new people.<a href="#cite_note-Stewart-44">[44]</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_missionaries">Types of missionaries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Types of missionaries">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proselytizing">Proselytizing</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Proselytizing">edit</a>]</div> The most visible and most common type of missionaries are typically those who proselytize door-to-door and ride bicycles for transportation. For many years, missionaries used structured lessons called "missionary discussions" (formally called "The Uniform System for Teaching the Gospel") to teach interested non-members and recent converts about the doctrines of the LDS Church and to commit them on the steps to take to become a member of the church. Missionaries were often instructed to adhere very closely to the six lessons, and they frequently quoted segments word-for-word (an especially helpful practice when learning a foreign language). The training materials also instructed missionaries to freely change the order of the lessons segments according to the needs and questions of the learners. The missionary discussions were replaced beginning in October 2004 by a guide called Preach My Gospel which places emphasis on "teaching by the Spirit".<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> According to members of the church, "teaching by the Spirit" means seeking guidance from the Holy Ghost to teach; the idea is that the teachings will be catered to each person who is seeking the truth through divine guidance. According to Preach My Gospel, God knows each person and can guide the missionaries to say and teach what is best for each individual.<a href="#cite_note-Preach_My_Gospel-36">[36]</a>: 89–90  Despite the latitude given to missionaries, the guide still contains material which should be actively taught. Chapter 3 of Preach My Gospel concisely describes all of the doctrine that the missionaries are to teach to those learning about the church. The missionaries are responsible for knowing the doctrine and continually preparing to teach it. They can choose the order that this material is taught to serve the needs of each individual. This is a change from the missionary discussions which were usually taught in order to each investigator. The book, now published in many languages,<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> is meant to be used by the general church membership. This sets it apart from the previous missionary discussions, which were used primarily by full-time missionaries, members with church <a href="/wiki/Calling_(Mormonism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Calling (Mormonism)">callings</a> related to missionary work, and those preparing to serve missions.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Online">Online</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Online">edit</a>]</div> According to <a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a>, the church has online missionaries, who work at a Referral Center Mission in Provo, Utah.<a href="#cite_note-huffingtonpost.com-47">[47]</a> These missionaries use the "Chat with a Mormon" homepage to talk with potential converts.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake Tribune">Salt Lake Tribune</a> reported that these missionaries are more successful than traditional proselytizers.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> Furthermore, The Huffington Post also reported that it is now permissible for missionaries to use <a href="/wiki/SMS" title="SMS">SMS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Blogs">blogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>.<a href="#cite_note-huffingtonpost.com-47">[47]</a> The church also maintains a visitor site for people not of the faith at <a href="/wiki/ComeUntoChrist.org" title="ComeUntoChrist.org">ComeUntoChrist.org</a>.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Church-service">Church-service</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Church-service">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:COUPLE_MISSIONNAIRE_GENEALOGIE.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/COUPLE_MISSIONNAIRE_GENEALOGIE.JPG/170px-COUPLE_MISSIONNAIRE_GENEALOGIE.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/COUPLE_MISSIONNAIRE_GENEALOGIE.JPG/255px-COUPLE_MISSIONNAIRE_GENEALOGIE.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/COUPLE_MISSIONNAIRE_GENEALOGIE.JPG/340px-COUPLE_MISSIONNAIRE_GENEALOGIE.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Family_History_Center_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Family History Center (LDS Church)">family history</a> missionary couple</figcaption></figure> Missionaries with special needs or health considerations may be called as full-time or part-time service missionaries. Many fully able missionaries are called to do genealogical research or act as tour guides or hosts at <a href="/wiki/Temple_Square" title="Temple Square">Temple Square</a> or <a href="/wiki/Family_History_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Family History Library">Family History libraries</a> and other church sites. In many areas, even proselytizing missionaries spend most of their day responding to incoming phone calls and queries, delivering requested media from the church's television and radio commercials. Missionaries may use public transportation, walk, bicycle, or in some areas drive automobiles owned by the church, or occasionally ride within a private automobile with a church member who is accompanying them to a teaching appointment, proselytizing, or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fellowshipping" class="extiw" title="wikt:fellowshipping">fellowshipping</a> activity. At the end of 2019, there were 31,333 church-service missionaries.<a href="#cite_note-Walch2020-51">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Humanitarian_aid">Humanitarian aid</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Humanitarian aid">edit</a>]</div> The LDS Church also has a strong welfare and humanitarian missionary program. These <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Humanitarian Services">humanitarian missionaries</a> typically serve in impoverished areas of the world and do not actively proselytize. Humanitarian missionaries comply with any local laws regarding teaching or displaying religious symbols, including the identifying name tags. This allows them to provide services and aid in countries where activities by religious organizations are typically restricted or forbidden, such as in predominantly Muslim countries or in Southeast Asia. Regular proselytizing missionaries are asked to engage in welfare activities and <a href="/wiki/Community_service" title="Community service">community service</a>, limited to four hours a week on days other than weekends or preparation day.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Building missionaries were called by the president of the Tongan Mission in the early 1950s.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Among their major successes was building <a href="/wiki/Liahona_High_School" title="Liahona High School">Liahona High School</a>. From 1955 on, <a href="/wiki/Wendell_B._Mendenhall" title="Wendell B. Mendenhall">Wendell B. Mendenhall</a> institutionalized building missionaries on a larger scale with skilled tradesmen called as supervisors of the missionaries. Most of the supervisors were Americans, while most of the workers were young men indigenous to the areas of the South Pacific and Latin America where the work was carried out. However, at times the situation was more complex. One example is Jose Alvarez, who was a native of Argentina, but had lived in the United States for three years when he was called to go with his family to Chile, where he served as a building missionary supervisor.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Often, trainee or assistant building supervisors would work under the leadership of an experienced supervisor in preparation for an assignment as a fully-fledged supervisor of some project or group of missionaries. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Administration">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization">Organization</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Organization">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission (LDS Church)</a></div> Every part of the world is assigned to be within a mission of the church, whether or not LDS missionaries are active in the area. An adult male mission president presides over the missionaries in the mission. Most missions are divided into several zones, a zone being a geographic area specified by the mission president (though these are often the same area as the LDS ecclesiastical unit known as a "stake"). A zone encompasses several more organizational units called districts. Each zone and district is presided over by leaders drawn from male missionaries serving in that area. Zone and district leaders are responsible for gathering weekly statistics, assisting missionaries in their areas of responsibility, and general accountability to the mission president for the well-being and progress of the missionaries under their stewardship. A district typically encompasses four to eight missionaries, and may or may not comprise more than one proselytizing area. An area is typically a portion of the LDS ecclesiastical unit known as a ward (or congregation), one ward, or multiple wards. In addition to the leaders mentioned above, the mission president has two or more assistants. Assistants to the President (APs) are typically missionaries who have previously served as district and/or zone leaders. They serve as the president's executive assistants, administering policies and helping missionaries throughout the mission. The number of missions in the church typically varies from one year to the next. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles determine when new missions are created, consolidated, or discontinued. In October 2017, the church announced that, in an effort to increase missionary safety, the number of missions would be consolidated.<a href="#cite_note-Missionary_Change_Primer_2017-38">[38]</a> The extent of those consolidation plans is yet to be announced. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expenses">Expenses</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Expenses">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Davis_v._United_States_(1990)" title="Davis v. United States (1990)">Davis v. United States (1990)</a></div> Missionaries are expected to pay their own expenses while on the mission, often with assistance from family. In the past, each missionary paid his or her actual living expenses, but this approach created a disproportionate burden on missionaries who were assigned to more expensive areas of the world. In 1990, a new program was introduced to equalize the financial responsibility for each missionary and his or her family. Now, all young missionaries pay a flat monthly rate which is then redistributed according to regional costs of living. The cost of a mission varies based on the country of origin of the missionary; for missionaries from the United States, the cost is US$400 per month.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> The cost can vary dramatically based on the country of origin. For instance, in Oceania, missionaries from Australia pay AU$395 and missionaries from New Zealand pay NZ$400, while missionaries from American Samoa pay US$85 and missionaries from Kiribati pay AU$20. Missionaries from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu are exempt from making any payment.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The monthly rate helps to cover food, lodging, transportation, and other mission related expenses. Missionaries are asked to bring extra personal money for any personal items they would like to purchase. Once the money is received by the church it is then redistributed to the missionaries in amounts proportionate to the cost of living within the assigned mission area. [<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] As families now contribute to a general fund for missionary expenses, the sum is deductible under many nations' tax policies regarding charitable gifts. For health care, the church provides missionaries with limited medical care. A missionary will be required to pay for any medical treatment that is considered non-essential or that is considered to be associated with a preexisting condition. The local mission office will often help missionaries find LDS doctors or dentists who can offer their services to missionaries for a small fee or for free. Young people in the church are encouraged to save money throughout their childhood and teenage years to pay for as much of their mission as they can, although many receive assistance from parents, family, or friends. Missionaries who cannot save the required funds may obtain assistance from their home <a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">congregation</a> or from a general missionary fund operated by the church and contributed to by Latter-day Saints around the world. Married couple missionaries are expected to pay their own costs,<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> but in 2011 the church began paying for missionary couples' housing expenses that exceed US$1400 per month.<a href="#cite_note-chasehall-12">[12]</a> In many areas, church members often invite locally assigned missionaries over for meals to help reduce the overall expenditures of the missionary program. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Returned_missionaries">Returned missionaries</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Returned missionaries">edit</a>]</div> A returned missionary (often abbreviated "RM") is a term used by members of the LDS Church to refer to men and women who have previously served as Mormon missionaries. Once they return home, RMs are generally encouraged to begin dating seriously and to seek marriage.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Those who learned to speak a foreign language must readjust, sometimes with difficulty, to speaking their <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">first language</a>.<a href="#cite_note-smout1988-40">[40]</a> In Latter-day Saint culture, stereotypes and jokes abound regarding newly returned missionaries, most dealing with their difficulties in handling the reverse culture shock. Other stereotypes revolve around the fact that as missionaries, they lived highly structured, disciplined lives and avoided contact with members of the opposite sex, so many RMs have difficulty readjusting to social life and dating.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Other stereotypes include the supposed rush of many RMs to get married as soon as possible. Many families whose daughters are old enough to marry encourage them to date RMs. Returned missionaries are frequently called to assist in the local missionary effort and are encouraged to stay active within the LDS Church through callings and service.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> RMs who served in the same mission frequently stay in touch and often gather for mission reunions in Utah to coincide with the semiannual <a href="/wiki/LDS_General_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS General Conference">LDS General Conference</a>.<a href="#cite_note-desnewsreunions-64">[64]</a> The notion of the Mormon mission as a crucible is a common one, and the benefits gained from going through it have been used to help explain the prominence of LDS Church members in business and civic life.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Mission experience has also helped prepare RMs for later engaging and prospering in non-LDS environments.<a href="#cite_note-NewsMorm-69">[69]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prominent_returned_missionaries">Prominent returned missionaries</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Prominent returned missionaries">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:212px;max-width:212px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:113px;max-width:113px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:132px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_(x).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28x%29.jpg/111px-Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28x%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="111" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28x%29.jpg/167px-Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28x%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28x%29.jpg/222px-Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_4_%28x%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2718" data-file-height="3232" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> (France), politician, businessman, and lawyer</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:95px;max-width:95px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:132px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Mckaysalisbury_KenJennings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Mckaysalisbury_KenJennings.jpg/93px-Mckaysalisbury_KenJennings.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Mckaysalisbury_KenJennings.jpg/140px-Mckaysalisbury_KenJennings.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Mckaysalisbury_KenJennings.jpg/186px-Mckaysalisbury_KenJennings.jpg 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="463" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Jennings" title="Ken Jennings">Ken Jennings</a> (Spain), <a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!">Jeopardy!</a> champion</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:111px;max-width:111px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:125px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:AaronEckhart10TIFF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/AaronEckhart10TIFF.jpg/109px-AaronEckhart10TIFF.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/AaronEckhart10TIFF.jpg/164px-AaronEckhart10TIFF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/AaronEckhart10TIFF.jpg/218px-AaronEckhart10TIFF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="866" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Eckhart" title="Aaron Eckhart">Aaron Eckhart</a> (Switzerland), actor</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:97px;max-width:97px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:125px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Lindsey_Stirling_-_VIP_meet_%26_greet_Prague.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lindsey_Stirling_-_VIP_meet_%26_greet_Prague.jpg/95px-Lindsey_Stirling_-_VIP_meet_%26_greet_Prague.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lindsey_Stirling_-_VIP_meet_%26_greet_Prague.jpg/143px-Lindsey_Stirling_-_VIP_meet_%26_greet_Prague.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lindsey_Stirling_-_VIP_meet_%26_greet_Prague.jpg/190px-Lindsey_Stirling_-_VIP_meet_%26_greet_Prague.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1490" data-file-height="1974" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Stirling" title="Lindsey Stirling">Lindsey Stirling</a> (New York City), violinist</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:132px;max-width:132px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:126px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Smart_Speaks_About_Overcoming_Trauma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Elizabeth_Smart_Speaks_About_Overcoming_Trauma.jpg/130px-Elizabeth_Smart_Speaks_About_Overcoming_Trauma.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Elizabeth_Smart_Speaks_About_Overcoming_Trauma.jpg/195px-Elizabeth_Smart_Speaks_About_Overcoming_Trauma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Elizabeth_Smart_Speaks_About_Overcoming_Trauma.jpg/260px-Elizabeth_Smart_Speaks_About_Overcoming_Trauma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="866" data-file-height="840" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Smart" title="Elizabeth Smart">Elizabeth Smart</a> (Paris), child safety activist</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:76px;max-width:76px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:126px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Shannon_Hale_2016_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Shannon_Hale_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/74px-Shannon_Hale_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Shannon_Hale_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/111px-Shannon_Hale_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Shannon_Hale_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg/148px-Shannon_Hale_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="503" data-file-height="866" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Hale" title="Shannon Hale">Shannon Hale</a> (Paraguay), author</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:103px;max-width:103px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:141px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg/101px-Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg/152px-Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg/202px-Brandon_Sanderson_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1958" data-file-height="2739" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson" title="Brandon Sanderson">Brandon Sanderson</a> (South Korea), author</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:105px;max-width:105px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:141px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Jon_Heder_(head_shot).PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jon_Heder_%28head_shot%29.PNG/103px-Jon_Heder_%28head_shot%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="103" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jon_Heder_%28head_shot%29.PNG/155px-Jon_Heder_%28head_shot%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jon_Heder_%28head_shot%29.PNG/206px-Jon_Heder_%28head_shot%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="222" data-file-height="304" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Heder" title="Jon Heder">Jon Heder</a> (Japan), actor</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:113px;max-width:113px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:135px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Orson_Scott_Card_at_BYU_Symposium_20080216_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Orson_Scott_Card_at_BYU_Symposium_20080216_crop.jpg/111px-Orson_Scott_Card_at_BYU_Symposium_20080216_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="111" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Orson_Scott_Card_at_BYU_Symposium_20080216_crop.jpg/167px-Orson_Scott_Card_at_BYU_Symposium_20080216_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Orson_Scott_Card_at_BYU_Symposium_20080216_crop.jpg/222px-Orson_Scott_Card_at_BYU_Symposium_20080216_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="757" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (Brazil), author</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:95px;max-width:95px"><div class="thumbimage" style="border:none;;height:135px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/93px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/140px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/186px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2822" data-file-height="4110" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman Jr.">Jon Huntsman Jr.</a> (Taiwan), businessman, diplomat, and politician</div></div></div></div></div> Prominent individuals who have served LDS missions include <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Eckhart" title="Aaron Eckhart">Aaron Eckhart</a> (Switzerland/France),<a href="#cite_note-ref1-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Bradley" title="Shawn Bradley">Shawn Bradley</a> (Australia),<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> <a href="/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card" title="Orson Scott Card">Orson Scott Card</a> (Brazil),<a href="#cite_note-About_OSC-73">[73]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Covey" title="Stephen Covey">Stephen Covey</a> (England),<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Heder" title="Jon Heder">Jon Heder</a> (Japan),<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Jennings" title="Ken Jennings">Ken Jennings</a> (Spain),<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Smart" title="Elizabeth Smart">Elizabeth Smart</a> (France),<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Stirling" title="Lindsey Stirling">Lindsey Stirling</a> (NYC),<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Bradley" title="Elaine Bradley">Elaine Bradley</a> (Germany),<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Hale" title="Shannon Hale">Shannon Hale</a> (Paraguay),<a href="#cite_note-hale_official_bio-81">[81]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman Jr.">Jon Huntsman Jr.</a> (Taiwan),<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson" title="Brandon Sanderson">Brandon Sanderson</a> (Korea),<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> (France),<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Alan_Cox" title="Paul Alan Cox">Paul Alan Cox</a> (Samoa),<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shay_Carl" title="Shay Carl">Shay Carl</a> (West Indies), <a href="/wiki/Chad_Lewis" title="Chad Lewis">Chad Lewis</a> (Taiwan),<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> <a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a> (Boston),<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Archuleta" title="David Archuleta">David Archuleta</a> (Chile).<a href="#cite_note-mission-88">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mormons_visit_a_country_carpenter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Mormons_visit_a_country_carpenter.jpg/220px-Mormons_visit_a_country_carpenter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Mormons_visit_a_country_carpenter.jpg/330px-Mormons_visit_a_country_carpenter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Mormons_visit_a_country_carpenter.jpg/440px-Mormons_visit_a_country_carpenter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>"Mormons visit a country carpenter" (1856) by <a href="/wiki/Christen_Dalsgaard" title="Christen Dalsgaard">Christen Dalsgaard</a>, depicting a mid-19th century visit of a missionary to a Danish carpenter's workshop. The first missionaries arrived in Denmark in 1850.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)#History_of_missions" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission (LDS Church) § History of missions</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_LDS_missionary_entries_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="List of LDS missionary entries by country">List of LDS missionary entries by country</a></div> The LDS Church regards <a href="/wiki/Samuel_H._Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Samuel H. Smith</a>, the younger brother of church founder <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>, as the church's first full-time missionary.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> Smith traveled from city to city, covering more than 4,000 miles, trying to sell copies of the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a>. The book was presented as evidence of Joseph Smith's prophetic calling. <a href="/wiki/Phineas_Young" title="Phineas Young">Phineas Young</a> received a Book of Mormon from Samuel Smith and became an early member of the church. (Phineas' younger brother <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham</a> would later be baptized and become the 2nd president of the LDS Church.) During the 1850s missionaries were sent to Chile, France, Germany, Hawaii, India, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland and a number of other countries.<a href="#cite_note-mormonnewsroom.org-93">[93]</a> In 1898, the church began allowing single women to be called as missionaries. The first two single female missionaries were <a href="/wiki/Jennie_Brimhall" class="mw-redirect" title="Jennie Brimhall">Jennie Brimhall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inez_Knight" class="mw-redirect" title="Inez Knight">Inez Knight</a>, who were called to serve as companions in England.<a href="#cite_note-mangum-94">[94]</a> As more members became aware of Joseph Smith's <a href="/wiki/First_Vision" title="First Vision">First Vision</a> during the late 1800s and early 1900s, it began to take on a prominent role in the conversion narrative. The story of the First Vision was first published in a missionary tract in 1910.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> Each mission was responsible for individually developing lessons until 1952 when, under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a>, the church published "A Systematic Program for Teaching the Gospel".<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> In 1961, towards the beginning of the church's <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_Correlation_Program" title="Priesthood Correlation Program">correlation</a> effort, "A Uniform System for Teaching Investigators" was made mandatory church-wide. The missionary lessons, or "discussions", continued to be updated with major revisions approximately every decade up until the publication of Preach My Gospel in 2004. Early missionaries, like Samuel Smith, relied primarily on the story of the Book of Mormon to attract converts to the church. By the late 19th century, the story of Joseph Smith's first vision had gained prominence and was given an important role in the official missionary lessons.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> In the early 1950s, <a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Henry D. Moyle</a> had responsibility over the missionary department. Moyle encouraged missionaries to use a tactic that later became known as "baseball baptism". Missionaries would encourage young men to join church-sponsored sports leagues and baptism was imposed as a prerequisite.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> The use of this tactic created a large number of converts, especially in England, but very few of the young men ever had any interest in the spiritual aspects of the church. Moyle introduced baptism goals, missionary incentives and other salesmanship techniques into the church missionary department. <a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">David O. McKay</a> eventually removed Moyle from his responsibilities over the missionary program but many of the changes introduced during this time remain even today.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] During the 1960s, missionaries whose area of service required them to learn a new language were first sent to the Language Training Mission on the <a href="/wiki/BYU" class="mw-redirect" title="BYU">BYU</a> campus. This later became the <a href="/wiki/Missionary_Training_Center" title="Missionary Training Center">Missionary Training Center</a> in 1978 where all new missionaries were sent for training not just the ones learning a language. Starting during <a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a>'s administration, it was emphasized that "every able, worthy young man" had a duty to serve a mission.<a href="#cite_note-mormonnewsroom.org-93">[93]</a> Prior to this, missionary service for men was not viewed as obligatory. This resulted in an increase in the number of young men choosing to serve missions. Before <a href="/wiki/1978_Revelation_on_Priesthood" title="1978 Revelation on Priesthood">1978</a>, the church did not permit people of African descent to hold the priesthood, and they were not actively proselytized. Missionary work in places such as <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> may have increased pressure to change the policy due to the difficulty of verifying lack of African descent in these populations.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> When the policy was eliminated by Kimball, additional areas of the world were opened up to missionary work. Church researchers discovered that in addition to the content of the lessons, the way in which the material was presented had a major impact on conversion. In 1984, the Missionary Department codified the "commitment pattern" as the proper way for missionaries to teach the lessons.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> This involves the missionaries making specific invitations to act in response to the lessons. Gospel students would be encouraged to make personal commitments to attend church, to read the Book of Mormon and to be baptized. In 2002, apostle <a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">M. Russell Ballard</a> delivered a <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">General Conference</a> address stating that the bar to qualify for missionary service had been raised and that "the day of the 'repent and go' missionary is over".<a href="#cite_note-Ballard-103">[103]</a> During the church's October 2012 General Conference, church president <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Thomas S. Monson</a> announced that the minimum age for missionary service for young men had been lowered from 19 to 18 and that the minimum age for young women had been lowered from 21 to 19.<a href="#cite_note-MissionaryAge-10">[10]</a> Immediately following the announcement, the church experienced an unprecedented influx of new missionaries. The rate of new missionaries swelled "by 471 percent, from about 700 new applications per week to about 4,000 each week, with young women comprising more than half of the new applicants." In 2013, the number of missionaries peaked at 89,000<a href="#cite_note-New_Missions_for_2015-104">[104]</a> and had dropped to 65,137 by the end of 2018.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> Throughout the <a href="/wiki/History_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">history of the church</a>, over one million missionaries have been sent on missions.<a href="#cite_note-onemillion1-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-onemillion2-4">[4]</a> In 2019, it was announced that 18-25 year old members could serve service missions. In this, they would have to still follow the same worthiness standards, but would stay home and do service projects in their local areas. This was presented as an alternative for people who are disabled or have physical or mental health issues that prevent them from a proselytizing mission, and those who were sent home early to complete their time for the proselytizing mission. As a result of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, many missionaries were transferred to different areas or returned home. In February 2020, there were 68,000 and within several months that number dropped to 42,000. In 200 of 407 mission areas, missionary work was performed mainly from their apartments using technology.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Most regular in-person missionary work returned by the summer of 2021.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incidents">Incidents</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Incidents">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JBBall_Gravestone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/JBBall_Gravestone.jpg/220px-JBBall_Gravestone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/JBBall_Gravestone.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Headstone of a missionary that was murdered by the <a href="/wiki/Zarate_Willka_Armed_Forces_of_Liberation" title="Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation">Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation</a> while serving in Bolivia.<a href="#cite_note-jacobsenwells19890525-108">[108]</a></figcaption></figure> Although rare, missionaries have been the victims of violence. In 1974, two young-adult male missionaries were murdered in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Elmer_Kleason" title="Robert Elmer Kleason">Robert Elmer Kleason</a>. In 1977, the <a href="/wiki/Mormon_sex_in_chains_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon sex in chains case">case</a> of a Mormon missionary who said he was abducted and raped by a woman was covered extensively by newspapers in Britain, being dubbed the <a href="/wiki/Mormon_sex_in_chains_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormon sex in chains case">Mormon sex in chains case</a>.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> In 1979, two senior sister missionaries were murdered in Berkeley County, South Carolina and one was raped.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In 1989, the <a href="/wiki/Zarate_Willka_Armed_Forces_of_Liberation" title="Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation">Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation</a> killed two American missionaries in Bolivia.<a href="#cite_note-jacobsenwells19890525-108">[108]</a> From 1999 to 2006, three LDS missionaries were murdered worldwide, while 22 died in accidents of some sort.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> In 2008, three men from <a href="/wiki/Port_Shepstone" title="Port Shepstone">Port Shepstone</a>, South Africa were convicted of <a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">raping</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robbery" title="Robbery">robbing</a> two female LDS missionaries in June 2006.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> A few cases of kidnapping have also occurred, one being in 1998, when two male missionaries were abducted while working in the <a href="/wiki/Samara_Oblast" title="Samara Oblast">Samara</a> region of Russia. The kidnappers demanded US$300,000 for their return. The missionaries were released unharmed a few days later without payment of the ransom.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: In popular culture">edit</a>]</div> Mormon missionaries have been portrayed in various popular culture media. Missionaries are the main focus of <a href="/wiki/Mormon_cinema" title="Mormon cinema">Mormon cinema</a> films <a href="/wiki/God%27s_Army_(motion_picture)" class="mw-redirect" title="God's Army (motion picture)">God's Army</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Heaven" title="The Other Side of Heaven">The Other Side of Heaven</a> (2001), <a href="/wiki/The_Best_Two_Years" title="The Best Two Years">The Best Two Years</a> (2003), <a href="/wiki/The_R.M." title="The R.M.">The R.M.</a> (2003), <a href="/wiki/God%27s_Army_2" class="mw-redirect" title="God's Army 2">God's Army 2: States of Grace</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/The_Errand_of_Angels" title="The Errand of Angels">The Errand of Angels</a> (2008), and <a href="/wiki/The_Saratov_Approach" title="The Saratov Approach">The Saratov Approach</a> (2013). The musical <a href="/wiki/Saturday%27s_Warrior" title="Saturday's Warrior">Saturday's Warrior</a> (1973) features missionaries and was made into a film in 1989. The DVD series <a href="/wiki/Liken_the_Scriptures" class="mw-redirect" title="Liken the Scriptures">Liken the Scriptures</a> occasionally shows missionaries. Missionaries were featured in the <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a> documentary <a href="/wiki/Get_the_Fire" title="Get the Fire">Get the Fire</a> (2003), as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a>-winning satirical Broadway musical <a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a>. Hollywood portrayed missionaries in <a href="/wiki/Yes_Man_(film)" title="Yes Man (film)">Yes Man</a> (2008) starring <a href="/wiki/Jim_Carrey" title="Jim Carrey">Jim Carrey</a>, and British film <a href="/wiki/Millions_(2004_film)" title="Millions (2004 film)">Millions</a> also mentioned missionaries. Films portraying missionaries gone astray include <a href="/wiki/Trapped_by_the_Mormons" title="Trapped by the Mormons">Trapped by the Mormons</a> (1922), <a href="/wiki/Orgazmo" title="Orgazmo">Orgazmo</a> (1997), and <a href="/wiki/Latter_Days" title="Latter Days">Latter Days</a> (2003). Mormon missionaries appeared at the end of the American <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror film</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(2008_film)" title="The Strangers (2008 film)">The Strangers</a> (2008); the missionaries were depicted as children as opposed to young men.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2008, former missionary Chad Hardy was subjected to <a href="/wiki/Disciplinary_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Disciplinary council">church discipline</a> after releasing a <a href="/wiki/Pin-up" class="mw-redirect" title="Pin-up">pin-up</a> calendar titled "Men on a Mission", which consisted of pictures of scantily clad returned missionaries.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-beefcake-116">[116]</a> The forthcoming 2024 horror film <a href="/wiki/Heretic_(film)" title="Heretic (film)">Heretic</a> depicts two young sister missionaries who find themselves trapped in the home of a man who invites them in to discuss religion.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/32px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg" decoding="async" width="32" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/48px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/64px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="800" /><a href="/wiki/Portal:Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Portal:Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint movement portal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anticipatory_socialization" title="Anticipatory socialization">Anticipatory socialization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_missions_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="List of missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List of missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Phi_Kappa_(LDS_Church)" title="Delta Phi Kappa (LDS Church)">Delta Phi Kappa</a>, a now-defunct fraternity for returned male missionaries</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yesharah_Society" title="Yesharah Society">Yesharah Society</a>, a now-defunct organization for returned female missionaries</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary_diarists" title="Mormon missionary diarists">Mormon missionary diarists</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/topic/missionary-program">"Missionary Program"</a>. www.newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. July 15, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Missionary+Program&rft.date=2014-07-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Ftopic%2Fmissionary-program&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics">"Worldwide Statistics"</a>. Church Newsroom. Retrieved April 13, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Church+Newsroom&rft.atitle=Worldwide+Statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Ffacts-and-statistics&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-onemillion1-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-onemillion1_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-onemillion1_3-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/one-million-missionaries-thirteen-million-members">"News Story – One Million Missionaries, Thirteen Million Members"</a>, Newsroom, LDS Church, June 25, 2007, retrieved November 27, 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsroom&rft.atitle=News+Story+%E2%80%93+One+Million+Missionaries%2C+Thirteen+Million+Members&rft.date=2007-06-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Fone-million-missionaries-thirteen-million-members&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-onemillion2-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-onemillion2_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-onemillion2_4-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalch2007" class="citation cs2">Walch, Tad (June 26, 2007), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091115091000/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/680194052/1-million-missionaries-for-LDS-Church--so-far.html">"1 million missionaries for LDS Church – so far"</a>, Deseret Morning News, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/680194052/1-million-missionaries-for-LDS-Church--so-far.html">the original</a> on November 15, 2009, retrieved November 27, 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+Morning+News&rft.atitle=1+million+missionaries+for+LDS+Church+%E2%80%93+so+far&rft.date=2007-06-26&rft.aulast=Walch&rft.aufirst=Tad&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F680194052%2F1-million-missionaries-for-LDS-Church--so-far.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShepherdShepherd1998" class="citation cs2">Shepherd, Gary; Shepherd, Gordon (1998), Mormon Passage: A Missionary Chronicle, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, pp. 19–34, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-252-06662-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-252-06662-6"><bdi>0-252-06662-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mormon+Passage%3A+A+Missionary+Chronicle&rft.place=Urbana&rft.pages=19-34&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=0-252-06662-6&rft.aulast=Shepherd&rft.aufirst=Gary&rft.au=Shepherd%2C+Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988">. </li> <li id="cite_note-metamorphosis-6">^ <a href="#cite_ref-metamorphosis_6-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-metamorphosis_6-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-metamorphosis_6-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFletcher_Stack2007" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Fletcher_Stack" title="Peggy Fletcher Stack">Fletcher Stack, Peggy</a> (June 30, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=6262037&itype=NGPSID">"Mission metamorphosis"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a>. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Salt+Lake+Tribune&rft.atitle=Mission+metamorphosis&rft.date=2007-06-30&rft.aulast=Fletcher+Stack&rft.aufirst=Peggy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.sltrib.com%2Farticle.php%3Fid%3D6262037%26itype%3DNGPSID&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirkpatrick2007" class="citation news cs1">Kirkpatrick, David D. (November 15, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/us/politics/15romney.html?pagewanted=all">"Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path in '60s"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090425165207/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/us/politics/15romney.html?pagewanted=all">Archived</a> from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Romney%2C+Searching+and+Earnest%2C+Set+His+Path+in+%2760s&rft.date=2007-11-15&rft.aulast=Kirkpatrick&rft.aufirst=David+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F11%2F15%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2F15romney.html%3Fpagewanted%3Dall&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParry2001" class="citation book cs1">Parry, Keith (2001) [1994]. "The Mormon Missionary Companionship". In <a href="/wiki/Marie_Cornwall" title="Marie Cornwall">Cornwall, Marie</a>; Heaton, Tim B.; Young, Lawrence A. (eds.). Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 182. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-252-02076-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-252-02076-6"><bdi>0-252-02076-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/28721262">28721262</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Mormon+Missionary+Companionship&rft.btitle=Contemporary+Mormonism%3A+Social+Science+Perspectives&rft.place=Urbana&rft.pages=182&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F28721262&rft.isbn=0-252-02076-6&rft.aulast=Parry&rft.aufirst=Keith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#28:19" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 28:19–20</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-MissionaryAge-10">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryAge_10-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryAge_10-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryAge_10-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-lowers-age-requirement-for-missionary-service">"Church Lowers Missionary Service Age"</a>. MormonNewsroom.org (Press release). Intellectual Reserve, Inc. October 6, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Church+Lowers+Missionary+Service+Age&rft.pub=Intellectual+Reserve%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2012-10-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Fchurch-lowers-age-requirement-for-missionary-service&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-youngmissionaries-11"><a href="#cite_ref-youngmissionaries_11-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFletcher_Stack2011" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Fletcher_Stack" title="Peggy Fletcher Stack">Fletcher Stack, Peggy</a> (August 25, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011082639/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/52458313-180/mormon-mission-age-academy.html.csp">"Some Mormon men can go on missions at age 18"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/52458313-180/mormon-mission-age-academy.html.csp">the original</a> on October 11, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Salt+Lake+Tribune&rft.atitle=Some+Mormon+men+can+go+on+missions+at+age+18&rft.date=2011-08-25&rft.aulast=Fletcher+Stack&rft.aufirst=Peggy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Fsltrib%2Fblogsfaithblog%2F52458313-180%2Fmormon-mission-age-academy.html.csp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-chasehall-12">^ <a href="#cite_ref-chasehall_12-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-chasehall_12-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHall2011" class="citation news cs1">Hall, Chase (June 15, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/51975755-80/church-missionaries-senior-lds.html.csp">"Shorter stints may draw more senior LDS missionaries"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a>. Retrieved November 27, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Salt+Lake+Tribune&rft.atitle=Shorter+stints+may+draw+more+senior+LDS+missionaries&rft.date=2011-06-15&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.aufirst=Chase&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Fsltrib%2Flifestyle%2F51975755-80%2Fchurch-missionaries-senior-lds.html.csp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-kimball-13"><a href="#cite_ref-kimball_13-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKimball1974" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Kimball, Spencer W.</a> (October 3, 1974). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1974/10/when-the-world-will-be-converted?lang=eng">"When the World Will Be Converted"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a>. Retrieved November 27, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=When+the+World+Will+Be+Converted&rft.date=1974-10-03&rft.aulast=Kimball&rft.aufirst=Spencer+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1974%2F10%2Fwhen-the-world-will-be-converted%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Church_Handbook_of_Instructions" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Handbook of Instructions">Church Handbook of Instructions</a>, Book 1: Stake Presidencies and Bishoprics. Salt Lake City: LDS Church. 2006. pp. 92–94.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Church+Handbook+of+Instructions%2C+Book+1%3A+Stake+Presidencies+and+Bishoprics&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City&rft.pages=92-94&rft.pub=LDS+Church&rft.date=2006&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/race-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng">"Study By Topic: Gospel Topics – Priesthood Ordination before 1978"</a>, churchofjesuschrist.org, LDS Church, retrieved November 27, 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Study+By+Topic%3A+Gospel+Topics+%E2%80%93+Priesthood+Ordination+before+1978&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fmanual%2Fgospel-topics-essays%2Frace-and-the-priesthood%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/from-snail-mail-to-email-mission-calls-are-going-digital?lang=eng">"From "Snail Mail" to Email: Mission Calls Are Going Digital - Church News and Events"</a>. ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Retrieved October 30, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ChurchofJesusChrist.org&rft.atitle=From+%22Snail+Mail%22+to+Email%3A+Mission+Calls+Are+Going+Digital+-+Church+News+and+Events&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fchurch%2Fnews%2Ffrom-snail-mail-to-email-mission-calls-are-going-digital%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/manual/missionary-preparation-student-manual/chapter-2-personal-worthiness?lang=eng">"Chapter 2: Personal Worthiness"</a>. www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved March 9, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Chapter+2%3A+Personal+Worthiness&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fmanual%2Fmissionary-preparation-student-manual%2Fchapter-2-personal-worthiness%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalch2020" class="citation news cs1">Walch, Tad (March 22, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp/faith/2020/3/22/21190379/church-mtc-mormon-lds-missionaries-coronavirus-covid19">"Coronavirus: Missionaries in 10 missionary training centers will soon leave for mission field or return home to self isolate"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>. Retrieved April 13, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Coronavirus%3A+Missionaries+in+10+missionary+training+centers+will+soon+leave+for+mission+field+or+return+home+to+self+isolate&rft.date=2020-03-22&rft.aulast=Walch&rft.aufirst=Tad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2Fplatform%2Famp%2Ffaith%2F2020%2F3%2F22%2F21190379%2Fchurch-mtc-mormon-lds-missionaries-coronavirus-covid19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mtc.byu.edu/about/">"Provo Missionary Training Center"</a>. MTC.BYU.edu. <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MTC.BYU.edu&rft.atitle=Provo+Missionary+Training+Center&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtc.byu.edu%2Fabout%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-MissionaryHandbook-20">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-14">o</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MissionaryHandbook_20-15">p</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/changes-to-missionaries-daily-schedule-allows-more-time-to-teach-gospel?lang=eng">"Missionary Handbook"</a>. churchofjesuschrist.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. July 7, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Missionary+Handbook&rft.date=2014-07-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fchurch%2Fnews%2Fchanges-to-missionaries-daily-schedule-allows-more-time-to-teach-gospel%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52648912-78/missionaries-church-lds-missionary.html.csp?page=2">"Mormon missions: Did you know ... ?"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a>. September 30, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Salt+Lake+Tribune&rft.atitle=Mormon+missions%3A+Did+you+know+...+%3F&rft.date=2011-09-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Fsltrib%2Fnews%2F52648912-78%2Fmissionaries-church-lds-missionary.html.csp%3Fpage%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/missionary-standards-for-disciples-of-jesus-christ/_manifest?lang=eng">"Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ"</a>. www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved May 28, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Missionary+Standards+for+Disciples+of+Jesus+Christ&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fmanual%2Fmissionary-standards-for-disciples-of-jesus-christ%2F_manifest%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/missionary-standards-for-disciples-of-jesus-christ-supplement/_manifest?lang=eng">"Missionary Standards for Disciples of Jesus Christ: Supplemental Information"</a>. www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved May 28, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Missionary+Standards+for+Disciples+of+Jesus+Christ%3A+Supplemental+Information&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fmanual%2Fmissionary-standards-for-disciples-of-jesus-christ-supplement%2F_manifest%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker2013" class="citation web cs1">Walker, Joseph (July 12, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deseret.com/2013/7/12/20522493/lds-church-tweaks-dress-and-grooming-requirements-for-missionaries/">"LDS Church tweaks dress and grooming requirements for missionaries"</a>. DeseretNews.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DeseretNews.com&rft.atitle=LDS+Church+tweaks+dress+and+grooming+requirements+for+missionaries&rft.date=2013-07-12&rft.aulast=Walker&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2F2013%2F7%2F12%2F20522493%2Flds-church-tweaks-dress-and-grooming-requirements-for-missionaries%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/missionary/dress-grooming?lang=eng">"Missionary: Dress and Grooming"</a>. churchofjesuschrist.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Missionary%3A+Dress+and+Grooming&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fcallings%2Fmissionary%2Fdress-grooming%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/missionary/dress-grooming?lang=eng">"Missionary: Dress and Grooming: Sisters: General Guidelines"</a>. churchofjesuschrist.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Missionary%3A+Dress+and+Grooming%3A+Sisters%3A+General+Guidelines&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fcallings%2Fmissionary%2Fdress-grooming%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181224073904/https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/female-mormon-missionaries-given-option-wear-dress-slacks/3JvcGA9xS8XaSPLDJZAaJI/">"Female Mormon missionaries given option to wear dress slacks | Atlanta: News, Weather and Traffic"</a>. www.wsbradio.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/female-mormon-missionaries-given-option-wear-dress-slacks/3JvcGA9xS8XaSPLDJZAaJI/">the original</a> on December 24, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.wsbradio.com&rft.atitle=Female+Mormon+missionaries+given+option+to+wear+dress+slacks+%7C+Atlanta%3A+News%2C+Weather+and+Traffic&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsbradio.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ffemale-mormon-missionaries-given-option-wear-dress-slacks%2F3JvcGA9xS8XaSPLDJZAaJI%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://missionary.lds.org/clothing/elder/guidelines?lang=eng">"Missionary Dress and Grooming: Elders: General Guidelines"</a>. LDS.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=LDS.org&rft.atitle=Missionary+Dress+and+Grooming%3A+Elders%3A+General+Guidelines&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmissionary.lds.org%2Fclothing%2Felder%2Fguidelines%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones2016" class="citation news cs1">Jones, Morgan (May 18, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160519110420/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865654548/Updated-LDS-missionary-dress-and-grooming-guidelines-allow-for-sunglasses.html">"Updated LDS Missionary dress and grooming guidelines allow for sunglasses"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865654548/Updated-LDS-missionary-dress-and-grooming-guidelines-allow-for-sunglasses.html">the original</a> on May 19, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Updated+LDS+Missionary+dress+and+grooming+guidelines+allow+for+sunglasses&rft.date=2016-05-18&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Morgan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F865654548%2FUpdated-LDS-missionary-dress-and-grooming-guidelines-allow-for-sunglasses.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/dress-standards-exceptions-male-missionaries">Exceptions to Dress Standards Announced for Young Male Missionaries</a>, Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org, 12 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020. </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-31">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_31-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_31-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/missionary-standards-for-disciples-of-jesus-christ/2-missionary-organization-and-activites?lang=eng">"2. Missionary Organization and Activities"</a>. www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved May 28, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=2.+Missionary+Organization+and+Activities&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fmanual%2Fmissionary-standards-for-disciples-of-jesus-christ%2F2-missionary-organization-and-activites%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/missionary-handbook/appendix-a?lang=eng">"Appendix A: Guidelines for Couples and Senior Sisters"</a>. www.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved March 9, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Appendix+A%3A+Guidelines+for+Couples+and+Senior+Sisters&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fmanual%2Fmissionary-handbook%2Fappendix-a%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/missionaries-family-communication">Missionaries Now Have More Options to Communicate With Families</a>, Mormon Newsroom, 15 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019. </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/topic/missionary-program">"Mormon Missionary Program – Missionaries Serve Two Year Missions"</a>. July 15, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mormon+Missionary+Program+%E2%80%93+Missionaries+Serve+Two+Year+Missions&rft.date=2014-07-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Ftopic%2Fmissionary-program&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-HandbookOnline-35"><a href="#cite_ref-HandbookOnline_35-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/missionary-handbook/missionary-conduct?lang=eng">"Missionary Handbook Missionary Conduct"</a>. Retrieved February 9, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Missionary+Handbook+Missionary+Conduct&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fmanual%2Fmissionary-handbook%2Fmissionary-conduct%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Preach_My_Gospel-36">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Preach_My_Gospel_36-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Preach_My_Gospel_36-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090503060500/http://www.lds.org/languages/additionalmanuals/preachgospel/PreachMyGospel___00_00_Complete__36617_eng_.pdf">Preach My Gospel</a> (PDF), LDS Church, 2004, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lds.org/languages/additionalmanuals/preachgospel/PreachMyGospel___00_00_Complete__36617_eng_.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on May 3, 2009</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Preach+My+Gospel&rft.pub=LDS+Church&rft.date=2004&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lds.org%2Flanguages%2Fadditionalmanuals%2Fpreachgospel%2FPreachMyGospel___00_00_Complete__36617_eng_.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/more-flexibility-announced-mormon-missionary-schedules">"More Flexibility Announced for Mormon Missionary Daily Schedules"</a>. Mormon Newsroom. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. January 25, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Mormon+Newsroom&rft.atitle=More+Flexibility+Announced+for+Mormon+Missionary+Daily+Schedules&rft.date=2017-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Fmore-flexibility-announced-mormon-missionary-schedules&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Missionary_Change_Primer_2017-38">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Missionary_Change_Primer_2017_38-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Missionary_Change_Primer_2017_38-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/mormon-missionary-changes-2017">Mormon Missionary Changes 2017</a>, Mormon Newsroom, 20 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017. </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSkousen2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Skousen" title="Paul Skousen">Skousen, Paul B.</a> (November 2005). Brother Paul's Mormon Bathroom Reader. Springville, Utah: Cedar Fort. p. 359. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55517-895-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-55517-895-2"><bdi>1-55517-895-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Brother+Paul%27s+Mormon+Bathroom+Reader&rft.place=Springville%2C+Utah&rft.pages=359&rft.pub=Cedar+Fort&rft.date=2005-11&rft.isbn=1-55517-895-2&rft.aulast=Skousen&rft.aufirst=Paul+B.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-smout1988-40">^ <a href="#cite_ref-smout1988_40-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-smout1988_40-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-smout1988_40-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmout,_Kary_D.1988" class="citation journal cs1">Smout, Kary D. (Summer 1988). "Senkyoshigo: A Missionary English of Japan". American Speech. 63 (2): 137–49. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F454418">10.2307/454418</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/454418">454418</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Speech&rft.atitle=Senkyoshigo%3A+A+Missionary+English+of+Japan&rft.ssn=summer&rft.volume=63&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=137-49&rft.date=1988&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F454418&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F454418%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.au=Smout%2C+Kary+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Worthy2008-41"><a href="#cite_ref-Worthy2008_41-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWorthy2008" class="citation book cs1">Worthy, Jack B. (pseudonym) (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/docDetail.action?docID=10326973">The Mormon Cult: A Former Missionary Reveals the Secrets of Mormon Mind Control</a>. Tucson, AZ: <a href="/wiki/See_Sharp_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="See Sharp Press">See Sharp Press</a>. p. 106. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-884365-44-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-884365-44-7"><bdi>978-1-884365-44-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mormon+Cult%3A+A+Former+Missionary+Reveals+the+Secrets+of+Mormon+Mind+Control&rft.place=Tucson%2C+AZ&rft.pages=106&rft.pub=See+Sharp+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-884365-44-7&rft.aulast=Worthy&rft.aufirst=Jack+B.+%28pseudonym%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsite.ebrary.com%2Flib%2Falltitles%2FdocDetail.action%3FdocID%3D10326973&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988">[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">unreliable source?</a>] </li> <li id="cite_note-Statistics_2022-42"><a href="#cite_ref-Statistics_2022_42-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2021-statistical-report-april-2022-conference">"2021 Statistical Report for the April 2022 Conference"</a>. newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org (Press release). <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>. April 2, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2021+Statistical+Report+for+the+April+2022+Conference&rft.pub=The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft.date=2022-04-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2F2021-statistical-report-april-2022-conference&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Statistics_2016-43"><a href="#cite_ref-Statistics_2016_43-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2015-statistical-report-april-2016-general-conference">"2016 Statistical Report for 2017 April General Conference"</a>. MormonNewsroom.org (Press release). <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>. April 1, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2016+Statistical+Report+for+2017+April+General+Conference&rft.pub=The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft.date=2017-04-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2F2015-statistical-report-april-2016-general-conference&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stewart-44">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stewart_44-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stewart_44-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStewart2007" class="citation cs2">Stewart, David G. Jr. (2007), The Law Of The Harvest: Practical Principles of Effective Missionary Work, Henderson, NV: Cumorah Foundation, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9795121-0-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9795121-0-0"><bdi>978-0-9795121-0-0</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/144460788">144460788</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Law+Of+The+Harvest%3A+Practical+Principles+of+Effective+Missionary+Work&rft.place=Henderson%2C+NV&rft.pub=Cumorah+Foundation&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F144460788&rft.isbn=978-0-9795121-0-0&rft.aulast=Stewart&rft.aufirst=David+G.+Jr.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988">. </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_and_Covenants/Section_50#14" class="extiw" title="s:The Doctrine and Covenants/Section 50">Doctrine & Covenants 50:14</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKopischke2007" class="citation cs2">Kopischke, Erich W. (November 2007), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2007/11/preach-my-gospel-the-unifying-tool-between-members-and-missionaries?lang=eng">"Preach My Gospel—the Unifying Tool between Members and Missionaries"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=Preach+My+Gospel%E2%80%94the+Unifying+Tool+between+Members+and+Missionaries&rft.date=2007-11&rft.aulast=Kopischke&rft.aufirst=Erich+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F2007%2F11%2Fpreach-my-gospel-the-unifying-tool-between-members-and-missionaries%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-huffingtonpost.com-47">^ <a href="#cite_ref-huffingtonpost.com_47-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-huffingtonpost.com_47-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBosker2014" class="citation web cs1">Bosker, Bianca (April 9, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/mormon-church-online_n_5024251.html">"Hook Of Mormon: Inside The Church's Online-Only Missionary Army"</a>. <a href="/wiki/HuffPost" title="HuffPost">HuffPost</a>. Retrieved February 9, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=HuffPost&rft.atitle=Hook+Of+Mormon%3A+Inside+The+Church%27s+Online-Only+Missionary+Army&rft.date=2014-04-09&rft.aulast=Bosker&rft.aufirst=Bianca&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2014%2F04%2F09%2Fmormon-church-online_n_5024251.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mormon.org">"Mormon.org – What is the Mormon Church and Religion?"</a>. Retrieved February 9, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mormon.org+%E2%80%93+What+is+the+Mormon+Church+and+Religion%3F&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mormon.org&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTribune" class="citation web cs1">Tribune, The Salt Lake. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170510144924/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/57797283-180/online-missionaries-missionary-mormon.html.csp">"Online Mormon missionaries outperform traditional proselytizers"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/57797283-180/online-missionaries-missionary-mormon.html.csp">the original</a> on May 10, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Online+Mormon+missionaries+outperform+traditional+proselytizers&rft.aulast=Tribune&rft.aufirst=The+Salt+Lake&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Fsltrib%2Fblogsfaithblog%2F57797283-180%2Fonline-missionaries-missionary-mormon.html.csp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a> Carlisle, Nate and Noyce, Davie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/03/05/lds-church-de-emphasizing/">"LDS Church, de-emphasizing those three letters, unveils a new internet address with more changes on the way"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a>, 1 April 2020. Retrieved on 5 March 2019. </li> <li id="cite_note-Walch2020-51"><a href="#cite_ref-Walch2020_51-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalch2020" class="citation web cs1">Walch, Tad (April 4, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp/faith/2020/4/4/21208195/mormon-church-membership-numbers-statistical-report-lds-general-conference">"Latter-day Saint membership increased this much in 2019, according to new church statistical report"</a>. DeseretNews. Retrieved April 13, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DeseretNews&rft.atitle=Latter-day+Saint+membership+increased+this+much+in+2019%2C+according+to+new+church+statistical+report&rft.date=2020-04-04&rft.aulast=Walch&rft.aufirst=Tad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseret.com%2Fplatform%2Famp%2Ffaith%2F2020%2F4%2F4%2F21208195%2Fmormon-church-membership-numbers-statistical-report-lds-general-conference&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFlorence1991" class="citation cs2">Florence, Giles H. Jr. (September 1991), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1991/09/called-to-serve?lang=eng">"Called to Serve"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a>: 13, retrieved November 27, 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=Called+to+Serve&rft.pages=13&rft.date=1991-09&rft.aulast=Florence&rft.aufirst=Giles+H.+Jr.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1991%2F09%2Fcalled-to-serve%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBritsch1976" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/R._Lanier_Britsch" title="R. Lanier Britsch">Britsch, R. Lanier</a> (February 1976), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1976/02/the-church-in-the-south-pacific?lang=eng">"The Church in the South Pacific"</a>, Ensign: 19, retrieved November 27, 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=The+Church+in+the+South+Pacific&rft.pages=19&rft.date=1976-02&rft.aulast=Britsch&rft.aufirst=R.+Lanier&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1976%2F02%2Fthe-church-in-the-south-pacific%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHart2007" class="citation cs2">Hart, John L. (May 12, 2007), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2007-05-12/always-together-151-church-couple-matured-together-30388">"'Always together' — Church, couple matured together: Elder Claudio Zivic always willing to 'go and do' duty"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a>, retrieved November 27, 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Church+News&rft.atitle=%27Always+together%27+%E2%80%94+Church%2C+couple+matured+together%3A+Elder+Claudio+Zivic+always+willing+to+%27go+and+do%27+duty&rft.date=2007-05-12&rft.aulast=Hart&rft.aufirst=John+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechurchnews.com%2Farchive%2F2007-05-12%2Falways-together-151-church-couple-matured-together-30388&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988">. </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBolingbroke2015" class="citation news cs1">Bolingbroke, Bruce (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172702/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865625380/Benefits-of-equal-costs-for-LDS-missions.html?pg=all">"Benefits of equal costs for LDS missions"</a>. Deseret News. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865625380/Benefits-of-equal-costs-for-LDS-missions.html?pg=all">the original</a> on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Benefits+of+equal+costs+for+LDS+missions&rft.date=2015&rft.aulast=Bolingbroke&rft.aufirst=Bruce&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F865625380%2FBenefits-of-equal-costs-for-LDS-missions.html%3Fpg%3Dall&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFletcher_Stack2013" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Fletcher_Stack" title="Peggy Fletcher Stack">Fletcher Stack, Peggy</a> (June 3, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151118123443/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/56404563-180/church-lds-missionaries-missionary.html.csp">"Rising Mormon missionary numbers spur call for more donations"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/56404563-180/church-lds-missionaries-missionary.html.csp">the original</a> on November 18, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Salt+Lake+Tribune&rft.atitle=Rising+Mormon+missionary+numbers+spur+call+for+more+donations&rft.date=2013-06-03&rft.aulast=Fletcher+Stack&rft.aufirst=Peggy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Fsltrib%2Fblogsfaithblog%2F56404563-180%2Fchurch-lds-missionaries-missionary.html.csp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a> Pacific Area Presidency, "Financing Full-time Missionary Service" (letter to Area Seventies, Stake, Mission, and District Presidents; Bishops and Branch Presidents), 28 August 2014. </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081029040248/http://www.lds.org/csm/faq.pdf">"FAQ: Mission and Service Opportunities for Senior Adults and Recommended Young Adults"</a> (PDF). LDS Church. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lds.org/csm/faq.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on October 29, 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=FAQ%3A+Mission+and+Service+Opportunities+for+Senior+Adults+and+Recommended+Young+Adults&rft.pub=LDS+Church&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lds.org%2Fcsm%2Ffaq.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKimball1975" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Kimball, Spencer W.</a> (February 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1975/02/the-marriage-decision?lang=eng">"The Marriage Decision"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=The+Marriage+Decision&rft.date=1975-02&rft.aulast=Kimball&rft.aufirst=Spencer+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1975%2F02%2Fthe-marriage-decision%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaft_Benson1988" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Taft Benson, Ezra</a> (May 1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1988/05/to-the-single-adult-brethren-of-the-church?lang=eng">"To the Single Adult Brethren of the Church"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ensign&rft.atitle=To+the+Single+Adult+Brethren+of+the+Church&rft.date=1988-05&rft.aulast=Taft+Benson&rft.aufirst=Ezra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fensign%2F1988%2F05%2Fto-the-single-adult-brethren-of-the-church%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTingey2007" class="citation web cs1">Tingey, Earl C. (April 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2007/04/three-messages-to-young-adults?lang=eng">"Three Messages to Young Adults"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Liahona&rft.atitle=Three+Messages+to+Young+Adults&rft.date=2007-04&rft.aulast=Tingey&rft.aufirst=Earl+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fliahona%2F2007%2F04%2Fthree-messages-to-young-adults%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/missionary/index.htm">"Mormon Missionary Work"</a>. Lightplanet.com. Retrieved June 7, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mormon+Missionary+Work&rft.pub=Lightplanet.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightplanet.com%2Fmormons%2Fdaily%2Fmissionary%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lds.about.com/od/mormonmissionaries">"Mormon Missionaries"</a>. Lds.about.com. May 20, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mormon+Missionaries&rft.pub=Lds.about.com&rft.date=2011-05-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flds.about.com%2Fod%2Fmormonmissionaries&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-desnewsreunions-64"><a href="#cite_ref-desnewsreunions_64-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110907014645/http://www.deseretnews.com/reunions/s-list/1,2505,A,00.html">"Current LDS mission reunion information"</a>. Deseret News. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/reunions/s-list/1,2505,A,00.html">the original</a> on September 7, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Current+LDS+mission+reunion+information&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Freunions%2Fs-list%2F1%2C2505%2CA%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCracroft,_Richard_A.2002" class="citation news cs1">Cracroft, Richard A. (Winter 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=847">"The Saint-Making Experience"</a>. <a href="/wiki/BYU_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="BYU Magazine">BYU Magazine</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BYU+Magazine&rft.atitle=The+Saint-Making+Experience&rft.ssn=winter&rft.date=2002&rft.au=Cracroft%2C+Richard+A.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmagazine.byu.edu%2F%3Fact%3Dview%26a%3D847&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/mormons/etc/synopsis.html">"Introduction"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Mormons_(documentary)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mormons (documentary)">The Mormons</a>. <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a>. April 30, 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Mormons&rft.atitle=Introduction&rft.date=2007-04-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fmormons%2Fetc%2Fsynopsis.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWinter,_Caroline2011" class="citation news cs1">Winter, Caroline (June 9, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110612042656/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_25/b4233058977933.htm">"God's MBAs: Why Mormon Missions Produce Leaders"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Businessweek" title="Bloomberg Businessweek">Bloomberg Businessweek</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_25/b4233058977933.htm">the original</a> on June 12, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bloomberg+Businessweek&rft.atitle=God%27s+MBAs%3A+Why+Mormon+Missions+Produce+Leaders&rft.date=2011-06-09&rft.au=Winter%2C+Caroline&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fmagazine%2Fcontent%2F11_25%2Fb4233058977933.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirkpatrick,_David_D.2007" class="citation news cs1">Kirkpatrick, David D. (November 15, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/us/politics/15romney.html">"Romney, Searching and Earnest, Set His Path in '60s"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>. p. A1. Retrieved November 16, 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Romney%2C+Searching+and+Earnest%2C+Set+His+Path+in+%2760s&rft.pages=A1&rft.date=2007-11-15&rft.au=Kirkpatrick%2C+David+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F11%2F15%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2F15romney.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-NewsMorm-69"><a href="#cite_ref-NewsMorm_69-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirn,_Walter2011" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Kirn" title="Walter Kirn">Kirn, Walter</a> (June 5, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/2011/06/05/mormons-rock.print.html">"Mormons Rock!"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a>. Retrieved July 21, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsweek&rft.atitle=Mormons+Rock%21&rft.date=2011-06-05&rft.au=Kirn%2C+Walter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2F2011%2F06%2F05%2Fmormons-rock.print.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref1-70"><a href="#cite_ref-ref1_70-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCaddell2007" class="citation news cs1">Caddell, Ian (July 19, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.straight.com/article-102056/edgy-smedgy-eckhart-just-wants-you-to-laugh">"Edgy, smedgy–Eckhart just wants you to laugh"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Georgia_Straight" title="The Georgia Straight">The Georgia Straight</a>. Retrieved August 7, 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Georgia+Straight&rft.atitle=Edgy%2C+smedgy%E2%80%93Eckhart+just+wants+you+to+laugh&rft.date=2007-07-19&rft.aulast=Caddell&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.straight.com%2Farticle-102056%2Fedgy-smedgy-eckhart-just-wants-you-to-laugh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcArthur,_Beth2004" class="citation news cs1">McArthur, Beth (August 26, 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.straight.com/article/devout-eckhart-prays-his-new-film-is-a-hit">"Devout Eckhart Prays His New Film Is a Hit"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Georgia_Straight" title="The Georgia Straight">The Georgia Straight</a>. Retrieved May 13, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Georgia+Straight&rft.atitle=Devout+Eckhart+Prays+His+New+Film+Is+a+Hit&rft.date=2004-08-26&rft.au=McArthur%2C+Beth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.straight.com%2Farticle%2Fdevout-eckhart-prays-his-new-film-is-a-hit&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124151550/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138263/index.htm">"Shawn Bradley"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a>. April 12, 1993. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138263/index.htm">the original</a> on January 24, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sports+Illustrated&rft.atitle=Shawn+Bradley&rft.date=1993-04-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1138263%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-About_OSC-73"><a href="#cite_ref-About_OSC_73-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hatrack.com/osc/about-more.shtml">"Who Is Orson Scott Card?"</a>. Hatrack River Enterprises Inc. Retrieved October 18, 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Who+Is+Orson+Scott+Card%3F&rft.pub=Hatrack+River+Enterprises+Inc&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhatrack.com%2Fosc%2Fabout-more.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1994" class="citation news cs1">Smith, Timothy K. (December 12, 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/12/80049/index.htm">"What's so effective about Stephen Covey? The author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People sells a message of moral renewal, and corporate America is buying it. Is this a good thing?"</a>. Fortune magazine.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fortune+magazine&rft.atitle=What%27s+so+effective+about+Stephen+Covey%3F+The+author+of+The+Seven+Habits+of+Highly+Effective+People+sells+a+message+of+moral+renewal%2C+and+corporate+America+is+buying+it.+Is+this+a+good+thing%3F&rft.date=1994-12-12&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Timothy+K.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2Fmagazines%2Ffortune%2Ffortune_archive%2F1994%2F12%2F12%2F80049%2Findex.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=15664844">"Jon Heder to helm Disney TV series pilot"</a>. <a href="/wiki/KSL_(radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="KSL (radio)">KSL</a>. May 23, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jon+Heder+to+helm+Disney+TV+series+pilot&rft.pub=KSL&rft.date=2011-05-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ksl.com%2F%3Fnid%3D148%26sid%3D15664844&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120729184757/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700109766/Utah-computer-programmer-Ken-Jennings-now-a-trivia-icon.html">"Utah computer programmer Ken Jennings now a trivia icon"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>. February 13, 2011. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700109766/Utah-computer-programmer-Ken-Jennings-now-a-trivia-icon.html">the original</a> on July 29, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Utah+computer+programmer+Ken+Jennings+now+a+trivia+icon&rft.date=2011-02-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F700109766%2FUtah-computer-programmer-Ken-Jennings-now-a-trivia-icon.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReavy,_Pat2009" class="citation news cs1">Reavy, Pat (September 17, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090922213842/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705330748/Smart-may-testify-before-mission.html">"Elizabeth Smart could testify before leaving for LDS mission"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705330748/Smart-may-testify-before-mission.html">the original</a> on September 22, 2009. Retrieved September 18, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Elizabeth+Smart+could+testify+before+leaving+for+LDS+mission&rft.date=2009-09-17&rft.au=Reavy%2C+Pat&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F705330748%2FSmart-may-testify-before-mission.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcEntee,_Peg2009" class="citation news cs1">McEntee, Peg (November 19, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091126103115/http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13819040">"For Dorotha Smart, it is time to move on"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13819040">the original</a> on November 26, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Salt+Lake+Tribune&rft.atitle=For+Dorotha+Smart%2C+it+is+time+to+move+on&rft.date=2009-11-19&rft.au=McEntee%2C+Peg&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Fci_13819040&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lindseystirlingviolin.com/lindsey-blog/in-memory-of-nyc/">"In Memory of NYC"</a>. Lindsey Stirling. September 6, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=In+Memory+of+NYC&rft.pub=Lindsey+Stirling&rft.date=2012-09-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flindseystirlingviolin.com%2Flindsey-blog%2Fin-memory-of-nyc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHampton2018" class="citation news cs1">Hampton, Jeff (March 7, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ldsliving.com/10-Famous-People-Who-Served-Missions-and-Where/s/87907?page=3#story-content">"10 Famous People Who Served Missions (and Where)"</a>. LDS Living. Retrieved May 31, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=LDS+Living&rft.atitle=10+Famous+People+Who+Served+Missions+%28and+Where%29&rft.date=2018-03-07&rft.aulast=Hampton&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ldsliving.com%2F10-Famous-People-Who-Served-Missions-and-Where%2Fs%2F87907%3Fpage%3D3%23story-content&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-hale_official_bio-81"><a href="#cite_ref-hale_official_bio_81-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160604002750/http://www.squeetus.com/stage/shannon_longbio.html">"The Official Site of Shannon Hale"</a>. www.squeetus.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.squeetus.com/stage/shannon_longbio.html">the original</a> on June 4, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.squeetus.com&rft.atitle=The+Official+Site+of+Shannon+Hale&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.squeetus.com%2Fstage%2Fshannon_longbio.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeisberg2011" class="citation magazine cs1">Weisberg, Jacob (August 18, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120418120618/http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/jon-huntsman-the-outsider/">"Jon Huntsman: The Outsider"</a>. Vogue. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/jon-huntsman-the-outsider/">the original</a> on April 18, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Vogue&rft.atitle=Jon+Huntsman%3A+The+Outsider&rft.date=2011-08-18&rft.aulast=Weisberg&rft.aufirst=Jacob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vogue.com%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2Fjon-huntsman-the-outsider%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brandonsanderson.com/about">"Brandon Sanderson: About"</a>. Brandon Sanderson. 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Brandon+Sanderson%3A+About&rft.pub=Brandon+Sanderson&rft.date=2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brandonsanderson.com%2Fabout&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/gallery/romney_france?pg=3">"The Making of Mitt Romney: Part 2: Photo 3"</a>. The Boston Globe. June 18, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Boston+Globe&rft.atitle=The+Making+of+Mitt+Romney%3A+Part+2%3A+Photo+3&rft.date=2007-06-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2008%2Fspecials%2Fromney%2Fgallery%2Fromney_france%3Fpg%3D3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987108,00.html">"The Plant Hunter"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=The+Plant+Hunter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C987108%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://byucougars.com/athlete/m-football/chad-lewis">"Chad Lewis Athlete Profile"</a>. byucougars.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=byucougars.com&rft.atitle=Chad+Lewis+Athlete+Profile&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbyucougars.com%2Fathlete%2Fm-football%2Fchad-lewis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ldsliving.com/Former-MVP-and-Mission-President-Dale-Murphy-Reminisces-with-Fans/s/76303">"Former MVP and Mission President Dale Murphy Reminisces with Fans"</a>. July 10, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Former+MVP+and+Mission+President+Dale+Murphy+Reminisces+with+Fans&rft.date=2014-07-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ldsliving.com%2FFormer-MVP-and-Mission-President-Dale-Murphy-Reminisces-with-Fans%2Fs%2F76303&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-mission-88"><a href="#cite_ref-mission_88-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParker2011" class="citation web cs1">Parker, Lyndsey (December 20, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/reality-rocks/david-archuleta-takes-two-break-music-mormon-mission-093238849.html">"David Archuleta Takes Two-Year Break From Music To Go On Mormon Mission"</a>. Reality Rocks. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved December 21, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Reality+Rocks&rft.atitle=David+Archuleta+Takes+Two-Year+Break+From+Music+To+Go+On+Mormon+Mission&rft.date=2011-12-20&rft.aulast=Parker&rft.aufirst=Lyndsey&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.yahoo.com%2Fblogs%2Freality-rocks%2Fdavid-archuleta-takes-two-break-music-mormon-mission-093238849.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPond2011" class="citation web cs1">Pond, Allison (December 30, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204632204577126400185986244?mod=googlenews_wsj">"From American Idol to Mormon Missionary"</a>. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=From+American+Idol+to+Mormon+Missionary&rft.date=2011-12-30&rft.aulast=Pond&rft.aufirst=Allison&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052970204632204577126400185986244%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFurlong,_Josh2014" class="citation news cs1">Furlong, Josh (March 25, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1284&sid=29200089">"David Archuleta returns home from LDS mission"</a>. <a href="/wiki/KSL-TV" title="KSL-TV">KSL-TV</a>. Retrieved May 29, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=David+Archuleta+returns+home+from+LDS+mission&rft.date=2014-03-25&rft.au=Furlong%2C+Josh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ksl.com%2F%3Fnid%3D1284%26sid%3D29200089&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a> Ryan Carr, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2004/09/the-first-latter-day-missionary?lang=eng">"The First Latter-day Missionary"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a>, Sep. 2004. </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a> Karianne Salisbury, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2008/09/news-of-the-church/first-latter-day-saint-missionary-samuel-smith-born-200-years-ago?lang=eng">"News of the Church: First Latter-day Saint Missionary, Samuel Smith, Born 200 Years Ago"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona</a>, Sep. 2008. </li> <li id="cite_note-mormonnewsroom.org-93">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mormonnewsroom.org_93-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-mormonnewsroom.org_93-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/history-of-missionary-work-in-the-church">"History of Missionary Work in the Church"</a>. June 25, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+of+Missionary+Work+in+the+Church&rft.date=2007-06-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Fhistory-of-missionary-work-in-the-church&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-mangum-94"><a href="#cite_ref-mangum_94-0">^</a> Diane L. Mangum, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1980/07/the-first-sister-missionaries?lang=eng">"The First Sister Missionaries"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a>, July 1980. </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFlake2005" class="citation book cs1">Flake, Kathleen (2005). The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot. Univ of North Carolina Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Politics+of+American+Religious+Identity%3A+The+Seating+of+Senator+Reed+Smoot&rft.pub=Univ+of+North+Carolina+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Flake&rft.aufirst=Kathleen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-96"><a href="#cite_ref-96">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDuffy" class="citation journal cs1">Duffy, John-Charles. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/138-28-46.pdf">"The New Missionary Discussions and the Future of Correlation"</a> (PDF). Sunstone. Retrieved November 23, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sunstone&rft.atitle=The+New+Missionary+Discussions+and+the+Future+of+Correlation&rft.aulast=Duffy&rft.aufirst=John-Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sunstonemagazine.com%2Fpdf%2F138-28-46.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-97"><a href="#cite_ref-97">^</a> "Historians have pondered the various phrases of this vision's evolution and tend to see its present form as a 'late development,' only gaining an influential status in LDS self-reflection late in the nineteenth century." <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavies2003" class="citation cs2">Davies, Douglas J. (2003), An Introduction to Mormonism, Cambridge University Press, p. 136</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Introduction+to+Mormonism&rft.pages=136&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Davies&rft.aufirst=Douglas+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWidmer2000" class="citation book cs1">Widmer, Kurt (2000). Mormonism and the Nature of God: A Theological Evolution, 1833-1915. Jefferson, NC: <a href="/wiki/McFarland_%26_Company" title="McFarland & Company">McFarland & Company</a>. pp. 92–107. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7864-0776-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7864-0776-X"><bdi>0-7864-0776-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mormonism+and+the+Nature+of+God%3A+A+Theological+Evolution%2C+1833-1915&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+NC&rft.pages=92-107&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-7864-0776-X&rft.aulast=Widmer&rft.aufirst=Kurt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShipps1985" class="citation book cs1">Shipps, Jan (1985). Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 30–32. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-252-01417-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-252-01417-0"><bdi>0-252-01417-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mormonism%3A+The+Story+of+a+New+Religious+Tradition&rft.place=Chicago&rft.pages=30-32&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-252-01417-0&rft.aulast=Shipps&rft.aufirst=Jan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFQuinn" class="citation journal cs1">Quinn, D. Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mormonstories.org/baseballbaptisms.html">"The Mormon 'Baseball Baptism' Era"</a>. Retrieved November 22, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The+Mormon+%27Baseball+Baptism%27+Era&rft.aulast=Quinn&rft.aufirst=D.+Michael&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmormonstories.org%2Fbaseballbaptisms.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> <code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>) </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKimball" class="citation journal cs1">Kimball, Edward. "Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood".</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Spencer+W.+Kimball+and+the+Revelation+on+Priesthood&rft.aulast=Kimball&rft.aufirst=Edward&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> <code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>) </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShepherdShepherd" class="citation journal cs1">Shepherd, Gordon; Shepherd, Gary. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V29N01_39.pdf">"Membership Growth, Church Activity, and Missionary Recruitment"</a> (PDF). Dialogue. Retrieved November 23, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Dialogue&rft.atitle=Membership+Growth%2C+Church+Activity%2C+and+Missionary+Recruitment&rft.aulast=Shepherd&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rft.au=Shepherd%2C+Gary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdialoguejournal.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsbi%2Farticles%2FDialogue_V29N01_39.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ballard-103"><a href="#cite_ref-Ballard_103-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBallard2002" class="citation web cs1">Ballard, M. Russell (October 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2002/10/the-greatest-generation-of-missionaries?lang=eng">"The Greatest Generation of Missionaries"</a>. churchofjesuschrist.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Retrieved March 5, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=The+Greatest+Generation+of+Missionaries&rft.date=2002-10&rft.aulast=Ballard&rft.aufirst=M.+Russell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fgeneral-conference%2F2002%2F10%2Fthe-greatest-generation-of-missionaries%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-New_Missions_for_2015-104"><a href="#cite_ref-New_Missions_for_2015_104-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLloyd2015" class="citation news cs1">Lloyd, R. Scott (January 9, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150109233941/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865619186/Creation-of-11-new-missions-indicates-the-work-continues-apace.html?pg=all">"LDS Church announces 11 new missions, 2015 mission president assignments"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865619186/Creation-of-11-new-missions-indicates-the-work-continues-apace.html?pg=all">the original</a> on January 9, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Church+News&rft.atitle=LDS+Church+announces+11+new+missions%2C+2015+mission+president+assignments&rft.date=2015-01-09&rft.aulast=Lloyd&rft.aufirst=R.+Scott&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F865619186%2FCreation-of-11-new-missions-indicates-the-work-continues-apace.html%3Fpg%3Dall&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics">"Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership"</a>. Newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.atitle=Statistics+and+Church+Facts+%26%23124%3B+Total+Church+Membership&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Ffacts-and-statistics&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a> "Elder Uchtdorf in virtual missionary devotional: A look at pandemic’s impact, using technology and making disciples" Church News Release. online at: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2020-08-13/elder-uchtdorf-virtual-missionary-devotional-technology-covid-19-190692">https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2020-08-13/elder-uchtdorf-virtual-missionary-devotional-technology-covid-19-190692</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/2022/1/6/23218585/covid-19-church-response-timeline-missionaries-temples">"Timeline: How the Church has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic"</a>. January 6, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Timeline%3A+How+the+Church+has+responded+to+the+COVID-19+pandemic&rft.date=2022-01-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechurchnews.com%2F2022%2F1%2F6%2F23218585%2Fcovid-19-church-response-timeline-missionaries-temples&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-jacobsenwells19890525-108">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jacobsenwells19890525_108-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-jacobsenwells19890525_108-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJacobsen-WellsSpangler1989" class="citation news cs1">Jacobsen-Wells, JoAnn; Spangler, Jerry (May 25, 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130122034658/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/48103/2-LDS-MISSIONARIES-ASSASSINATED-IN-BOLIVIA-TERRORISTS-CLAIM-RESPONSIBILITY-FOR-POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED.html">"2 LDS Missionaries Assassinated in Bolivia / Terrorists Claim Responsibility for Politically Motivated Killing"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/48103/2-LDS-MISSIONARIES-ASSASSINATED-IN-BOLIVIA-TERRORISTS-CLAIM-RESPONSIBILITY-FOR-POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED.html">the original</a> on January 22, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=2+LDS+Missionaries+Assassinated+in+Bolivia+%2F+Terrorists+Claim+Responsibility+for+Politically+Motivated+Killing&rft.date=1989-05-25&rft.aulast=Jacobsen-Wells&rft.aufirst=JoAnn&rft.au=Spangler%2C+Jerry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2Fprint%2F48103%2F2-LDS-MISSIONARIES-ASSASSINATED-IN-BOLIVIA-TERRORISTS-CLAIM-RESPONSIBILITY-FOR-POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a> Delano, Anthony (1978). Joyce McKinney and the Manacled Mormon. Mirror Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85939-140-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85939-140-5">978-0-85939-140-5</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-110"><a href="#cite_ref-110">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27671552/elizabeth-king-jane-teuscher/">"Man Charged in LDS Missionary deaths"</a> The Times-News Twin Falls, Idaho 04 Feb 1980 </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/mormon-missionary-shot-dead-in-virginia">"Mormon Missionary Shot Dead in Virginia"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. January 3, 2006. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130522010504/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180413,00.html">Archived</a> from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Mormon+Missionary+Shot+Dead+in+Virginia&rft.date=2006-01-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2Fmormon-missionary-shot-dead-in-virginia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news24.com/World/News/Missionary-rapists-jailed-20080125">"Missionaries' rapists convicted"</a>. <a href="/wiki/News24_(website)" title="News24 (website)">News24</a>. January 25, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=News24&rft.atitle=Missionaries%27+rapists+convicted&rft.date=2008-01-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news24.com%2FWorld%2FNews%2FMissionary-rapists-jailed-20080125&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/68320.stm">"Kidnapped Mormons freed"</a>. <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. March 22, 1998. Retrieved August 4, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Kidnapped+Mormons+freed&rft.date=1998-03-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F68320.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a> Lilly Fowler, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502146.html">"Calendar Shows Another Side of Mormons"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a>, 2007-10-06, p. B09. </li> <li id="cite_note-115"><a href="#cite_ref-115">^</a> Ali Velazquez, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/65445">"12 Former LDS Missionaries Posing for Controversial Calendar"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080801212331/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/65445">Archived</a> August 1, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, BYU NewsNet, 2007-09-24. </li> <li id="cite_note-beefcake-116"><a href="#cite_ref-beefcake_116-0">^</a> Steve Friess, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/147061/page/1">"Mormon Beefcake: Did a frisky calendar get an LDS member excommunicated?"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a>, 2008-07-18. </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarson" class="citation web cs1">Carson, Lexie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/2024/film/trailers/heretic-trailer-hugh-grant-a24-1236046900/">"Hugh Grant Gets Creepy and Traps Two Young Mormon Missionaries in A24's 'Heretic' Trailer"</a>. Variety. Retrieved June 26, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Hugh+Grant+Gets+Creepy+and+Traps+Two+Young+Mormon+Missionaries+in+A24%27s+%27Heretic%27+Trailer&rft.aulast=Carson&rft.aufirst=Lexie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2024%2Ffilm%2Ftrailers%2Fheretic-trailer-hugh-grant-a24-1236046900%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarper1998" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Steven_C._Harper" title="Steven C. Harper">Harper, Steven C.</a> (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101104170623/http://content.lib.utah.edu/u/?%2Fjmh%2C13001">"Missionaries in the American Religious Marketplace: Mormon Proselyting in the 1830s"</a>. Journal of Mormon History. 24 (2): 1–29. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/jmh,13001">the original</a> on November 4, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Mormon+History&rft.atitle=Missionaries+in+the+American+Religious+Marketplace%3A+Mormon+Proselyting+in+the+1830s&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=1-29&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Harper&rft.aufirst=Steven+C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.lib.utah.edu%2Fu%3F%2Fjmh%2C13001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNeilson2012" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Reid_Larkin_Neilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Reid Larkin Neilson">Neilson, Reid</a> (2012), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rsc.byu.edu/upcoming-recent-books/go-ye-all-world">Go Ye into All the World: The Growth and Development of Mormon Missionary Work</a>, <a href="/wiki/BYU" class="mw-redirect" title="BYU">BYU</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8425-2821-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8425-2821-4"><bdi>978-0-8425-2821-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Go+Ye+into+All+the+World%3A+The+Growth+and+Development+of+Mormon+Missionary+Work&rft.pub=BYU&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-8425-2821-4&rft.aulast=Neilson&rft.aufirst=Reid&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frsc.byu.edu%2Fupcoming-recent-books%2Fgo-ye-all-world&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhittaker2000" class="citation book cs1">Whittaker, David J. (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=47&chapid=1560">"Mormon Missiology: An Introduction and Guide to the Sources"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Stephen_D._Ricks" title="Stephen D. Ricks">Ricks, Stephen D.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Parry" title="Donald W. Parry">Parry, Donald W.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Andrew_H._Hedges" title="Andrew H. Hedges">Hedges, Andrew H.</a> (eds.). The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson. Provo, Utah: <a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Ancient_Research_and_Mormon_Studies" title="Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies">Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0934893454" title="Special:BookSources/0934893454"><bdi>0934893454</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/43296775">43296775</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Mormon+Missiology%3A+An+Introduction+and+Guide+to+the+Sources&rft.btitle=The+Disciple+as+Witness%3A+Essays+on+Latter-day+Saint+History+and+Doctrine+in+Honor+of+Richard+Lloyd+Anderson&rft.place=Provo%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Foundation+for+Ancient+Research+and+Mormon+Studies%2C+Brigham+Young+University&rft.date=2000&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F43296775&rft.isbn=0934893454&rft.aulast=Whittaker&rft.aufirst=David+J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmaxwellinstitute.byu.edu%2Fpublications%2Fbooks%2F%3Fbookid%3D47%26chapid%3D1560&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMormon+missionary" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mormon_missionaries" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Mormon missionaries">Mormon missionaries</a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110320141148/http://mormon.org/missionary-work/">Official informational site about missionary work</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/missionary?lang=eng">Official member site for missionary service</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mission.net/">LDS Mission Network</a> – A comprehensive index of LDS missionary alumni web sites</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/mmd/">Mormon Missionary Diaries</a> – BYU's online collection of missionary diaries, spanning 1830s to 1960s</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lib.byu.edu/collections/mormon-missionary-diaries/about/diarists/">"Mormon Missionary Blog Collection"</a> – BYU's collection of missionary diaries, spanning 2006–present</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Latter-day_Saints" title="Template:Latter-day Saints"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Latter-day_Saints" title="Template talk:Latter-day Saints"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Latter-day_Saints" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Latter-day Saints"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1838_Mormon_War" title="1838 Mormon War">1838 Mormon War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Manifesto" title="1890 Manifesto">1890 Manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthon_Transcript" title="Anthon Transcript">Anthon Transcript</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Vision" title="First Vision">First Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Neighbor_policy_(LDS_Church)" title="Good Neighbor policy (LDS Church)">Good Neighbor policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_sites_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of historic sites of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Historic sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Joseph_Smith" title="Killing of Joseph Smith">Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_crisis_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)">Succession crisis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_Mormon_history" title="Timeline of LGBT Mormon history">LGBT Mormon timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers" title="Mormon handcart pioneers">Handcart companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Battalion" title="Mormon Battalion">Mormon Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Name of the church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_pioneers" title="Mormon pioneers">Pioneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_violence" title="Mormonism and violence">Mormonism and violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_War" title="Utah War">Utah War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Securities_and_Exchange_Commission_charges_against_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_and_Ensign_Peak_Advisors" title="2023 Securities and Exchange Commission charges against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Ensign Peak Advisors">2023 SEC case</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Standard_works" title="Standard works">Sacred texts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LDS_edition_of_the_Bible" title="LDS edition of the Bible">Holy Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price_(Mormonism)" title="Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)">Pearl of Great Price</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Moses" title="Book of Moses">Book of Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Abraham" title="Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93Matthew" title="Joseph Smith–Matthew">Joseph Smith–Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93History" title="Joseph Smith–History">Joseph Smith–History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Articles_of_Faith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)">Articles of Faith</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Beliefs_and_practices_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Beliefs and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Beliefs and practices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)" title="Apostolic succession (LDS Church)">Apostolic succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Mormonism)" title="Restoration (Mormonism)">Apostasy and restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_calling#Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious calling">Calling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cosmology" title="Mormon cosmology">Cosmology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_and_Eve_in_Mormonism" title="Adam and Eve in Mormonism">Adam and Eve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_views_on_evolution" title="Mormon views on evolution">Evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plan_of_salvation_in_Mormonism" title="Plan of salvation in Mormonism">Plan of salvation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Degrees_of_glory" title="Degrees of glory">Degrees of glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exaltation_(Mormonism)" title="Exaltation (Mormonism)">Exaltation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premortal_life_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Premortal life (Latter Day Saints)">Premortal life</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Home_Evening" title="Family Home Evening">Family Home Evening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_Sunday" title="Fast Sunday">Fast Sunday</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/For_the_Strength_of_Youth_(pamphlet)" title="For the Strength of Youth (pamphlet)">For the Strength of Youth</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_women" title="Mormonism and women">Gender</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Family:_A_Proclamation_to_the_World" title="The Family: A Proclamation to the World">Family Proclamation</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_minorities_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Gender minorities and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Transgender</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Mormonism" title="God in Mormonism">God in Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Mormonism)" title="Heavenly Mother (Mormonism)">Heavenly Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministering" title="Ministering">Ministering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Marriage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_marriage" title="Celestial marriage">Celestial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interracial_marriage_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Interracial marriage and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Interracial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy" title="Mormonism and polygamy">Polygamy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinance_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)">Ordinances</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead" title="Baptism for the dead">Baptism for the dead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Mormonism)" title="Sealing (Mormonism)">Marriage sealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_anointing" title="Second anointing">Second anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">Temple endowment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Temple_garment" title="Temple garment">Temple garment</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(LDS_Church)" title="Priesthood (LDS Church)">Priesthood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_teachings_on_skin_color" title="Mormon teachings on skin color">Race</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism" title="Black people and Mormonism">Black people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Mormons" title="Black Mormons">Black Mormons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_temple_and_priesthood_policies_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Black people and temple and priesthood policies in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Black temple and priesthood restrictions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curses_of_Cain_and_Ham_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Curses of Cain and Ham and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Curses of Cain and Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_people_and_Mormonism" title="Native American people and Mormonism">Native Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_Pacific_Islanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Mormonism and Pacific Islanders">Pacific Islanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_slavery" title="Mormonism and slavery">Slavery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revelation_in_Mormonism" title="Revelation in Mormonism">Revelation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_Egyptian" title="Reformed Egyptian">Reformed Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Sexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Sexuality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_birth_control_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on birth control in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Birth control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_chastity" title="Law of chastity">Law of chastity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Homosexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_change_efforts_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Sexual orientation change efforts and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Sexual orientation change efforts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_masturbation_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on masturbation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Masturbation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soaking_(sexual_practice)" title="Soaking (sexual practice)">Soaking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_spectrums_of_orthodoxy_and_practice" title="Mormon spectrums of orthodoxy and practice">Spectrums of orthodoxy and practice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_suicide_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Views on suicide in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Suicide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithing_in_Mormonism" title="Tithing in Mormonism">Tithing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Word of Wisdom">Word of Wisdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Culture and worship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saints_in_popular_culture" title="Latter Day Saints in popular culture">Cultural depictions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Especially_for_Youth" title="Especially for Youth">Especially for Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LDS_Family_Services" title="LDS Family Services">Family Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_feminism" title="Mormon feminism">Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_cinema" title="Mormon cinema">Films</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of films of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_foodways" title="Mormon foodways">Foodways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">General Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Helping_Hands" title="Mormon Helping Hands">Helping Hands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services" title="LDS Humanitarian Services">Humanitarian services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymns_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Hymns in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Hymns</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hymns_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_(1985_book)" title="Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)">Book</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latter-day_Saints_Channel" title="Latter-day Saints Channel">Latter-day Saints Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liahona_(magazine)" title="Liahona (magazine)">Liahona magazine</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Missionary service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_music" title="Mormon music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pageants_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of pageants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Pageants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Day" title="Pioneer Day">Pioneer Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_(LDS_Church)" title="Tabernacle (LDS Church)">Tabernacles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir" title="Tabernacle Choir">Tabernacle Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">Temples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worship_services_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Worship services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Worship services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_(LDS_Church)" title="Sacrament (LDS Church)">Sacrament</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">Leadership</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Quorums of the Seventy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relief_Society" title="Relief Society">Relief Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Women_(organization)" title="Young Women (organization)">Young Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">Young Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_(LDS_Church)" title="Primary (LDS Church)">Primary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Demographics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Membership_history_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Membership history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Membership history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membership_statistics_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Statistics by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_corridor" title="Mormon corridor">Mormon corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Less-active_Mormon" title="Less-active Mormon">Less-active Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ex-Mormon" title="Ex-Mormon">Ex-Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Mormon_people_and_organizations" title="LGBT Mormon people and organizations">LGBT Mormons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%">Organization</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Congregational <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_(LDS_Church)" title="District (LDS Church)">District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Stake (Latter Day Saints)">Stake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membership_statistics_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Congregations" title="Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Statistics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_Educational_System" title="Church Educational System">Church Educational System</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">BYU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Idaho" title="Brigham Young University–Idaho">BYU-Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Hawaii" title="Brigham Young University–Hawaii">BYU-Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BYU%E2%80%93Pathway_Worldwide" title="BYU–Pathway Worldwide">BYU–Pathway Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_College" title="Ensign College">Ensign College</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Management_Corporation" title="Deseret Management Corporation">Deseret Management Corporation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Book_Company" title="Deseret Book Company">Deseret Book Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Industries" title="Deseret Industries">Deseret Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Digital_Media" title="Deseret Digital Media">Deseret Digital Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Square_Hospitality" title="Temple Square Hospitality">Temple Square Hospitality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News_Publishing_Company" title="Deseret News Publishing Company">Deseret News Publishing Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonneville_International" title="Bonneville International">Bonneville International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beneficial_Financial_Group" title="Beneficial Financial Group">Beneficial Financial Group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FamilySearch" title="FamilySearch">FamilySearch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RootsTech" title="RootsTech">RootsTech</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philanthropies" title="Philanthropies">Philanthropies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finances_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Finances of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Finances</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_Peak_Advisors" title="Ensign Peak Advisors">Ensign Peak Advisors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Emigration_Fund" title="Perpetual Emigration Fund">Perpetual Emigration Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Education_Fund" title="Perpetual Education Fund">Perpetual Education Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Property_Management_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah Property Management Associates">Utah Property Management Associates</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AgReserves" title="AgReserves">AgReserves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Ranches" title="Deseret Ranches">Deseret Ranches</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Criticism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Mormonism" title="Anti-Mormonism">Anti-Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Book_of_Abraham" title="Criticism of the Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Criticism of the Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Archaeology and the Book of Mormon">Archeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetics_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Genetics and the Book of Mormon">Genetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Book_of_Mormon_geographical_setting" title="Proposed Book of Mormon geographical setting">Geographical setting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Historicity of the Book of Mormon">Historical authenticity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linguistics_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Linguistics and the Book of Mormon">Linguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Origin of the Book of Mormon">Origin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fawn_M._Brodie" title="Fawn M. Brodie">Fawn M. Brodie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No_Man_Knows_My_History" title="No Man Knows My History">No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Research_Institute" title="Christian Research Institute">Christian Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Decker" title="Ed Decker">Ed Decker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_God_Makers" title="The God Makers">The God Makers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dehlin" title="John Dehlin">John Dehlin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Stories_Podcast" title="Mormon Stories Podcast">Mormon Stories Podcast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Runnells" title="Jeremy Runnells">Jeremy Runnells</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CES_Letter" title="CES Letter">CES Letter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinderhook_plates" title="Kinderhook plates">Kinderhook plates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamander_letter" title="Salamander letter">Salamander letter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_Six" title="September Six">September Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerald_and_Sandra_Tanner" title="Jerald and Sandra Tanner">Jerald and Sandra Tanner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_%26_Transparency_Foundation" title="Truth & Transparency Foundation">Truth & Transparency Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Category:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Related</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_blogosphere" title="Mormon blogosphere">Bloggernacle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ComeUntoChrist.org" title="ComeUntoChrist.org">ComeUntoChrist.org</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Book_of_Mormon_translations" title="List of Book of Mormon translations">List of Book of Mormon translations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Translation_of_the_Bible" title="Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible">Joseph Smith Translation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Joseph_Smith_Papers" title="The Joseph Smith Papers">The Joseph Smith Papers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialogue:_A_Journal_of_Mormon_Thought" title="Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought">Dialogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FAIR_(Mormon_apologetics_organization)" title="FAIR (Mormon apologetics organization)">FAIR organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_for_Ancient_Research_and_Mormon_Studies" title="Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies">FARMS organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%27m_a_Mormon" title="I'm a Mormon">I'm a Mormon campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Mormon_suicides" title="LGBT Mormon suicides">LGBT Mormon suicides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_fundamentalism" title="Mormon fundamentalism">Mormon fundamentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_History_Association" title="Mormon History Association">Mormon History Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_studies" title="Mormon studies">Mormon studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormonism_and_Nicene_Christianity" title="Mormonism and Nicene Christianity">Mormonism and Nicene Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_and_politics_in_the_United_States" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and politics in the United States">Relationship to U.S. politics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="LGBT rights and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senkyoshigo" title="Senkyoshigo">Senkyoshigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunstone_(magazine)" title="Sunstone (magazine)">Sunstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Papyri" title="Joseph Smith Papyri">Joseph Smith Papyri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eyewitness_accounts_associated_with_the_Joseph_Smith_Papyri" title="Eyewitness accounts associated with the Joseph Smith Papyri">Eyewitnesses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Egyptian_papers" title="Kirtland Egyptian papers">Kirtland Egyptian papers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;font-weight:bold;"><div> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /><a href="/wiki/Category:The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Category:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_portal_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portal"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/16px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/23px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e2/Symbol_portal_class.svg/31px-Symbol_portal_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a><a href="/wiki/Portal:Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Portal:Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint Movement</a></li> <li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Global_thinking.svg/10px-Global_thinking.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Global_thinking.svg/15px-Global_thinking.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Global_thinking.svg/21px-Global_thinking.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="200" /><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Outline of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Outline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&oldid=1261174254">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&oldid=1261174254</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Category:History of the Latter Day Saint movement">History of the Latter Day Saint movement</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mormon_missionaries" title="Category:Mormon missionaries">Mormon missionaries</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rites_of_passage" title="Category:Rites of passage">Rites of passage</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Young_people_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Category:Young people and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Young people and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_lacking_reliable_references" title="Category:All articles lacking reliable references">All articles lacking reliable references</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_lacking_reliable_references_from_November_2012" title="Category:Articles lacking reliable references from November 2012">Articles lacking reliable references from November 2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_errors:_missing_periodical" title="Category:CS1 errors: missing periodical">CS1 errors: missing periodical</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_May_2012" title="Category:Use mdy dates from May 2012">Use mdy dates from May 2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_with_style_issues_from_June_2020" title="Category:Wikipedia articles with style issues from June 2020">Wikipedia articles with style issues from June 2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_style_issues" title="Category:All articles with style issues">All articles with style issues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_unsourced_statements" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements">All articles with unsourced statements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_October_2014" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from October 2014">Articles with unsourced statements from October 2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_with_vague_or_ambiguous_time" title="Category:All articles with vague or ambiguous time">All articles with vague or ambiguous time</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Vague_or_ambiguous_time_from_June_2024" title="Category:Vague or ambiguous time from June 2024">Vague or ambiguous time from June 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_January_2011" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2011">Articles with unsourced statements from January 2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_July_2007" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from July 2007">Articles with unsourced statements from July 2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_multiple_image_with_auto_scaled_images" title="Category:Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images">Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_unsourced_statements_from_April_2021" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021">Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link from Wikidata">Commons category link from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 4 December 2024, at 17:44 (UTC).</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mormon_missionary&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-59b954b7fb-2hz7s","wgBackendResponseTime":144,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.336","walltime":"1.600","ppvisitednodes":{"value":12291,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":262848,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":7282,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":16,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":24,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":388964,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1377.134 1 -total"," 44.97% 619.305 1 Template:Reflist"," 17.66% 243.233 43 Template:Cite_web"," 8.62% 118.743 30 Template:Cite_news"," 7.29% 100.402 16 Template:Rp"," 6.94% 95.628 1 Template:Latter-day_Saints"," 6.82% 93.935 19 Template:R/superscript"," 6.75% 93.023 1 Template:Navbox"," 6.42% 88.356 1 Template:Short_description"," 6.33% 87.114 7 Template:Fix"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.745","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":8376725,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.eqiad.main-74878d4b-585t5","timestamp":"20241204174448","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Mormon missionary","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mormon_missionary","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q627754","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q627754","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2005-07-29T20:33:47Z","dateModified":"2024-12-04T17:44:42Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/dc\/MISSIONNAIRES_MORMONS.JPG","headline":"missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"}</script> </body> </html>