Do Mormon missionaries extend their 2|year term of their mission or ...

Do Mormon missionaries extend their 2-year term of their mission or ...

As background for those unaware: members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are encouraged to serve a two year (for men) or 18 ...

Do Mormon missionaries extend their 2-year term of their mission or ...

No. Older missionaries have a choice in some cases to extend their mission. (I served for four years as an online missionary.) ...

Mormon Missionary Program - Missionaries Serve Two Year Missions

Missionaries work with a companion of the same gender during their mission, with the exception of couples, who work with their spouse. Single men serve missions ...

Why do LDS missionaries leave for so long? : r/latterdaysaints - Reddit

If someone doesn't want to serve that long there are service mission options. Also, it takes a good 6-12 months to really get into mission life.

Men only are required to go on missions for 18 months now!? - Reddit

My little brother just was told by his bishop that he's only required to go on a 18 month mission now, and can extend if he really wants to at the end.

Planning When to Serve a Mission

Missionaries are expected to serve their full term of service (24 months for elders and 18 months for sisters). Please do not ask your mission president to ...

Mission Transfers and the Two-Transfer Mission

If the trial mission is successful, the missionary may receive a 15-month or 21-month proselyting mission extension to the same or a different ...

Mormon missionary - Wikipedia

All Mormon missionaries serve voluntarily and do not receive a salary for their work; they typically finance missions themselves or with assistance from ...

How the Length of Missions Has Changed Over Time - LDS Living

So how did mission calls evolve over the years and how was the traditional “18 months to 2 years” established? While there is little official ...

Have LDS missionaries stopped preaching door-to-door?

The LDS Church has a manual called "Preach My Gospel" that serves as a guidebook for missionary work. It is mostly directed at full-time ...

The Continued Decline of Young Men Willing to Serve a Mission

The consequences of this meeting and its aftermath have been the final straw for one of my grandsons. He's a believer, attends church regularly ...

Latter-day Saint missionaries are embracing 'big, big changes'

Missionary work also helps increase the church's membership, and it deepens many young members' faith. Many missionaries begin their assignments ...

Remembering 18 Months | Times & Seasons

I served my mission in the early 1980s, and about 6 months into my mission the rules were changed. The length of missionary service was ...

Big Changes for Mormon Missionaries - General Discussions

Missionaries leave their families and friends, learn new languages and spend the first years of their adulthood spreading the gospel of Jesus ...

Re: Mission length to be shortened to 18 months...

Re: Mission length to be shortened to 18 months... My mission (84-85) was only 18 months. Rumor was that the shortened service time was due to ...

What have been the biggest changes to missionary service in the ...

Early 2013: Missionaries began social media proselyting · Summer 2013: Provo MTC “West Campus” was established · April 2013: New mission ...

Mormon Missionary Work: A Brief History and Introduction

Although the majority of missionaries today are nineteen to twenty-three years old and serve proselyting missions, many, especially self-supporting retired ...

Mormon missionaries - MormonWiki

Retired couples also serve. All missionaries have been assigned by Church headquarters to their area of work, which can be in any part of the world where ...

A look back at the minimum-age change for missionaries in 2012

Those were the responses 10 years ago when during October 2012 general conference, President Thomas S. Monson announced a lowering of minimum- ...

Mission rules – By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog

... mission: 'Missionaries do not break the windows to their flats'. In ... a dramatic increase in use of the term “motherbear” throughout the mission ...