Preparing Future LDS Missionaries: Personal Study Guides
The youth website My Role in the Work of Salvation has personal study guides to help youth prepare to serve full-time missions. The study guides have sections for parents and teachers and leaders, as well as an outline for a missionary preparation course. These study...Member Video: Kids Say the Funniest Things about Missionary Work
I hope you enjoy this video made by a member: “Kids Say the Funniest Things about Missionary Work.” Here’s a list of other member-created videos I’ve shared. If you find other videos you think I should share, post a comment.
Helping LDS Youth Prepare for Missions
In the April 2013 LDS General Conference, Elder Tad R. Callister talked about 3 key factors that contribute to growth during the mission years, which we should do more of with Aaronic Priesthood youth before their missions: Trust them Have high expectations of them...
LDS Missionary Service Website
If you’re getting ready to serve a mission, check out the missionary service section of LDS.org. (You can find this section on LDS.org by clicking the Resources menu, then Missionary.) This section of LDS.org includes the following: Featured Needs. Information...
LDS Missionaries Reach 75,000
Since the October 2012 announcement that men can begin Mormon missionary service at age 18 and women at 19, the ranks of Mormon missionaries have swelled. Prior to the announcement, 58,500 missionaries were serving. As of this week, that number is now 75,000. Learn...Video: LDS Missionaries Playing Basketball
A video of two LDS missionaries playing basketball in shirts and ties has gone viral. The missionaries first miss a few shots, but then as the game truly begins, they dominate, sinking layups and nailing two dunks. The video made headlines with the crowd’s...
Mission Preparation Classes
With 29,000 new missionaries expected to report within the next few months, more prospective missionaries are focusing on ways to help them prepare before they enter the missionary training center. Missionary preparation classes are offered through local institutes,...
Spanish New Testament
The Church has published a stand-alone version of the New Testament in Spanish from the Santa Biblia: Reina Valera 2009 to make the scriptures more accessible and convenient for Church members and nonmembers alike. This new version is the standard size and contains...
Helaman’s Camp: Missionary Preparation
Located at Lyman Lake, the Layton Legacy Stake put on it’s first-ever Helaman’s Camp for young men preparing to serve as full-time missionaries. At the 4-day camp, the young men were taught the gospel, did service projects, and had spiritual experiences to...
Preach My Gospel in Audio & Pocket-Size
The Church has released two new media formats for the missionary preparation and gospel teaching manual, Preach My Gospel. The audio version of >Preach My Gospel is available in English on a set of 26 CDs for $26. It can also be downloaded for free from iTunes or...
Can You Be a Church-Service Missionary?
The number of full-time missionaries serving around the world has soared since President Monson announced that members can begin missions at a younger age. The response of faithful youth and couple missionaries accepting missions is clear evidence that the Lord is...
Graphics for Facebook, Google+, Blogs
In Sunday’s broadcast “The Work of Salvation,” Elder L. Tom Perry explained that missionaries will use “Mormon.org, Facebook, blogs, email, … text messages” and other platforms to reach out to people. “The Church must adapt to a changing world,” he...Alma 26
As I watched yesterday’s broadcast “The Work of Salvation,” I couldn’t help but think about Ammon when he gloried in the Lord and recounted the joy of his missionary efforts that brought others to God. Below are selected quotes from Alma 26: For our brethren…were in...
“Work of Salvation” Missionary Broadcast
Today’s broadcast “The Work of Salvation” presented a new vision of missionary work. It is the beginning of a cultural change in what missionary work means and what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ. Missionary work isn’t just about...Follow on social media