In the past two years, more seniors have answered the call to serve full-time missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The influx follows the age change that allowed young men and women to serve at a younger age.
As of this week, eight percent, or 6,609 of the 83,471missionaries currently serving around the world, are seniors (age 40 and older). Before the age change, there were 5,778 senior missionaries serving. The increase in senior missionaries is up a total of 14 percent, according to the Church’s Missionary Department.
Read more at the global edition of Mormon Newsroom.
- Elder and Sister Arveseth New Zealand 2014
- Senior missionaries
- Elder & Sister Ronnenkamp
- Senior missionaries
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- Local members of the Church recently filled 2,700 bags of seeds which were given to families on the island, according to senior Latter-day Saint missionary, Sister Jean Sunderlage.
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