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While in Denmark, Snow baptized the first Icelander converts to the LDS Church. [6] Snow's and his missionary companion, Peter O. Hansen, worked together on translating the Book of Mormon into the Danish language. [7] When it was completed in 1851, it was the first time the book had been printed in a language other than English. [8]
In 2007, approximately 30% of all 19-year-old LDS men became missionaries; from LDS families that are active in the church, approximately 80–90% of 19-year-old men serve a mission. [ 6 ] Missionaries can be sent home for violating mission rules, and occasionally missionaries choose to go home for health or various other reasons.
This mission was organized from the part of the Mexican in the United States, when it was discontinued its operations were merged with the geographical missions in Texas, California and Colorado/New Mexico, making it so the mission now covered all LDS missionary work in a given geographical area
Williams was president of the Argentine Mission when he went with his wife and Elder Farnsworth to begin missionary work in Paraguay. Three additional missionaries, Keith J. Morris, Norval C. Jesperson and Daryl L. Anderson were sent after President Williams had determined that the government would allow missionary work to proceed. Honduras: 1952
The International Conference on Missions (ICOM) is a non-denominational, non-profit, Christian organization that organizes an annual conference on missions for the Unaffiliated Christian Church/Church of Christ congregations around the world. It was originally known as the National Missionary Convention (1954-2011).
After the LDS Church gained official recognition in Romania in 1990, the country was part of the Austria Vienna East Mission. This mission was discontinued in 1992 and missionaries were then assigned to the Hungary Budapest Mission until July 1, 1993, when the Romania Bucharest Mission was organized with John R. Morrey as president.
A mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not any of the church's missionaries live or proselytize in the area.
The first modern LDS Church missionaries in Thailand were assigned from, and were part of, the church's Singapore Mission. The Bangkok Mission was established on July 19, 1973, with Paul D. Morris as its first president. The church's first stake in Thailand was organized on June 19, 1995, by Neal A. Maxwell.