Planning for a Mission: An Overview for Latter-Day Saint Missionaries, Parents, and Leaders
Planning for a Mission: An Overview for Latter-Day Saint Missionaries, Parents, and Leaders is a step-by-step guide that covers everything you need to know from deciding to serve a mission, to submitting a missionary recommendation, to receiving your call, and leaving...
Virtual Tours of Provo Missionary Training Center
The Provo Missionary Training Center now offers virtual tours for youth groups, families, or just yourself. Virtual tours are hosted using Zoom video conferencing software. The experience will last approximately 1 hour and will include a returned-missionary guide...
Resources to Help Youth and Young Adults Invite a Friend to Seminary and Institute
This year, more than 72,000 friends of other faiths have enrolled in seminary and institute. Seminaries and Institutes of Religion now offer simple and effective ways for youth and young adults to invite their friends to attend with them, including banners, door...
A New Mental Health Resource for Missionaries and Their Families
Missionary service is one of the most meaningful experiences of a young adult’s life, but it can also be mentally and emotionally demanding. Homesickness, rejection, constant companionship, disrupted sleep, and high expectations are all part of the experience. For...
Updated Process for Convert Membership Records
The process for creating membership records for new converts has changed. Previously, missionaries submitted information via the Preach My Gospel app, generating a “pending” record in Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR) for clerks to finalize. Now, the system creates a...
Young Women Can Now Serve Missions for the Church of Jesus Christ at Age 18
From the Church Newsroom: The First Presidency is pleased to announce that effective immediately, young women who choose to serve a full-time mission may begin their service at age 18 following graduation from high school or its equivalent. While the Lord asks...
Church of Jesus Christ Announces 55 New Missions in 2026
As increasing numbers of young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints choose to serve full-time missions, the Church announced the creation of 55 additional missions, beginning July 1, 2026. The 55 new missions will be created by adjusting the...
Don’t Wait for Retirement to Be a Senior Service Missionary
You and your spouse may have planned to serve a senior mission after you retire. But did you know you don’t have to wait for retirement, or for better health, or for the perfect family situation to serve a senior service mission? You can be called as a senior service...
New Ward Web Pages and Activity Sharing Resources
New ward web pages and Activity Sharing resources help members invite their friends to activities and Sunday worship services, providing a simple way to “love, share and invite.” Using the ward website and activity sharing features, friends who are...
Church Reports Record Global Growth
The Church reports that in the past 12 months—from June 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025—convert baptisms were the highest of any 12-month period in Church history. At the recent Seminar for New Mission Leaders, Elder Quentin L. Cook reported that in 2024, 308,000 people...
Video: “A Day in the Life of a Missionary”
Ever wonder what a missionary from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does all day? Elder Hardman created this video “A Day in the Life of a Missionary.” Watch other videos on LDS365.
Four Latter-day Saint Missionaries Sing Powerful Musical Message “I Know He Lives”
In this video, four missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sing a powerful rendition of “I Know He Lives.” Watch other videos on Called to Share and on LDS365.
“21st Century Missionary” Resource
21stCenturyMissionary.com is a hub of ideas for missionaries and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This website of member-generated content is intended to help us better work together to love, share, and invite. Visit the website...
New Missionary Preparation Course for Youth and Young Adults
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a new missionary preparation course to help prospective missionaries prepare spiritually, physically, and emotionally for missionary service. The new teacher guide, Missionary Preparation: A Teaching...Follow on social media