At a time when most teens are pondering their future – work, college, exploring new-found freedom – thousands of young men and women, 72,000 in 2023, are putting those plans on hold. They’ve chosen to ...

(RNS) — LDS service missionaries will now be integrated more fully into the Church's overall proselytizing mission structure. The church clarified its article about service missions just before this ...

Totals of young full-time missionaries, convert baptisms, baptisms per missionary and the membership growth rate have become dismal data points for the church. Moreover, the fastest LDS growth is in ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has moved its missionaries out of Ukraine as Russia continues to build up military forces on the country's border. According to a news release Monday, ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church's strict rules about email communication for missionaries have been loosened a bit to allow them to send emails to friends, priesthood leaders and new converts.

(RNS) — The church just reported more convert baptisms than any previous year in its history.

Sister missionaries preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in Paraguay. When Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called on ...

SALT LAKE CITY – The historic increase in Mormon missionaries last year didn’t lead to an immediate spike in converts, but church officials say it’s too early to draw conclusions. After lowering the ...

Bland and short on insight, Tania Anderson's debut feature offers a superficial look at young U.S. Mormons doing missionary service in Finland. Though not mandatory, a stint of missionary service is ...