by Larry Richman | Jan 30, 2026
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...
by Larry Richman | Jan 28, 2026
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...
by Larry Richman | Jan 15, 2026
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...
by Larry Richman | Jan 7, 2026
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...
by Larry Richman | Nov 26, 2025
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...
by Larry Richman | Nov 21, 2025
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...
by Larry Richman | Oct 27, 2025
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...
by Larry Richman | Aug 22, 2025
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...
by Larry Richman | Jul 15, 2025
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...
by Larry Richman | Mar 19, 2025
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.
by Larry Richman | Mar 5, 2025
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.
by Larry Richman | Feb 11, 2025
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...
by Larry Richman | Jan 27, 2025
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...
by Larry Richman | Nov 1, 2024
The Church has announced expanded missionary opportunities for single members of the Church age 40 and older. Single men 40 and older may be called as full-time senior missionaries if they do not have dependent children living at home. Those who serve in this capacity...
by Larry Richman | Oct 18, 2024
Does your ward or branch provide plaques for missionaries? Our ward recently assigned my wife and me to prepare these for missionaries serving from our ward. The following are two good sources we found: LDS Bookstore offers missionary plaques in six formats. They are...