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...
by Larry Richman | Sep 10, 2024
This month marks the 10-year anniversary of a landmark address by Elder David A. Bednar where he told Latter-day Saints that their efforts to communicate gospel messages through social media channels was a good beginning, but only a small trickle. “I now extend to you...
by Larry Richman | Jul 17, 2024
My wife and I served a senior mission together in South Africa. It was one of the greatest experiences of our lives. There are lots of ways to serve the Lord. Some of those ways are teaching the gospel as the young missionaries do. But there are also lots of support...
by Larry Richman | May 16, 2024
Some parents love to pick up their son or daughter at the end of an LDS mission so they can meet some of the people and get a sense of the experiences their child had while serving a mission. The following are the Church policies from the General Handbook, 24.6.3.1:...
by Larry Richman | Nov 7, 2023
This article reviews key materials that prospective missionaries can use to prepare for missionary service. Standard Works. It goes without saying that prospective missionaries should read all four books of scripture before their missions. Order printed scriptures....
by Larry Richman | Oct 18, 2023
In the video “Future Missionaries,” Elder Christofferson explains that this generation of missionaries will be more successful than any generation in leading others to Jesus Christ. Elder Quentin L. Cook adds that this is the generation of Latter-day Saint...
by Larry Richman | Oct 2, 2023
Beginning in January 2024, young service missionaries worldwide will become part of teaching missions, and the mission president will have responsibility for these missionaries as they continue their service missions. Under the direction of the mission president,...
by Larry Richman | Aug 21, 2023
The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have approved several updates to the Church’s handbook for missionaries to address commonly asked questions from missionaries and mission leaders and clarify existing standards. Examples of updates:...
by Larry Richman | Jul 28, 2023
Have you thought about serving a senior mission? Too scary? Too expensive? Don’t want to leave the grandkids? Here are answer to all these questions. Too scary? Most senior missions are not proselyting missions and they don’t have the same rigorous...
by Larry Richman | Jun 22, 2023
Nearly 20 years after the first publication of Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service, the Church has published a second edition. Preach My Gospel helps missionaries and members to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. The second edition provides updates based on...