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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) operates 449 missions [1] throughout the world, as of June 2024. Most are named after the location of the mission headquarters, usually a specific city.
The number of missions in the church typically varies from one year to the next. The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles determine when new missions are created, consolidated, or discontinued. In October 2017, the church announced that, in an effort to increase missionary safety, the number of missions would be consolidated. [38]
Typically, the name of the mission is the name of the country (or state in the United States), and then the name of the city where the mission headquarters office is located. [2] New missionaries receive a formal mission call, assigning them to a particular mission for the duration of their two years or eighteen months of service. Each mission ...
Charles W. Nibley's business ventures lead many Saints to settle Oregon.. Missionaries were sent into Oregon from California as early as 1855. [5] The Northwestern States Mission was created in 1897 under the Oneida Stake with George C. Parkinson, who was also the Oneida stake president, as president, and was headquartered in Portland in 1901, [6]: 595 where missionaries had arrived in 1857. [5]
The Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on Friday that single men aged 40 and older will now be able to serve full-time missions.
This led to the division of the Philippines Mission in 1974 into the Philippines Manila and Philippines Cebu City missions. [4] The first stake in the Philippines was created in Manila on 20 May 1973. [1] [7] In September 2017, the number of stakes in the Philippines reached 100, only the fifth nation in the world to reach that milestone. [8]
On July 26, 1897, the Northwestern States Mission was organized to search out Latter-day Saints who had moved to Washington, Oregon, and Montana. On January 1, 1968, The Pacific Northwest Mission was created with Joe E. Whitesides as president.
George W. Bush (right) meets with church president, Gordon B. Hinckley (left), and his colleagues on August 31, 2006, in the Church Administration Building.. Initially, the Church Administration Building housed all administrative offices of the LDS Church, but as membership grew and leadership and staff expanded, the workers were scattered in office buildings throughout downtown Salt Lake City ...