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Missionary Training Centers (MTC) are centers devoted to training missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The flagship MTC is located in Provo, Utah , adjacent to the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private university owned and operated by the church.
David O. McKay eventually removed Moyle from his responsibilities over the missionary program but many of the changes introduced during this time remain even today. [citation needed] During the 1960s, missionaries whose area of service required them to learn a new language were first sent to the Language Training Mission on the BYU campus.
Jaanus Silla of Tallinn was the first missionary called from the Soviet Union. He entered the Missionary Training Center on January 16, 1991. [8] The Tallinn Estonia District was organized on 21 December 1997. [7] By 1999, the LDS Church had the largest group of foreign missionaries in Estonia. [9] The Book of Mormon was translated into ...
[3]: 8–9 Non-Latter-day Saint schools petitioned for and received federal aid, and the first Protestant missionary school opened in Salt Lake City in 1867. [3]: 13 From 1869–1890, there were 90 non-Latter-day Saint schools from other Christian denominations. Over half of their students were LDS Church members. [3]: 14
In October 1977, a Missionary Training Center (MTC) was established in São Paulo, mainly for the training for missionaries from Brazil. [30] Bangerter and members of the Church Educational System provided daily instruction for the missionaries. [31]: 297 Following the MTC in Provo, Utah, it was the LDS Church's second MTC. [32]
In 2002, a Missionary Training Center (MTC) was built in Tema, Ghana; this was the first MTC in Africa. [22] In 2005, Ghana grew into two missions, with a new mission based in Cape Coast also covering French-speaking Togo, Benin, Cameroon and Central African Republic. [16]
The Madrid Temple was dedicated in 1999. The temple complex includes the Madrid Spain Temple, the Spain Missionary Training Center, an institute, temple patron housing, a distribution center, a Family History Center, and underground parking.
The LDS Church has one of the most active missionary programs of any world church. During the church's general conference in October 2014, Thomas S. Monson noted that there were in excess of 88,000 full-time LDS missionaries serving without pay around the world. [39]