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BYU reflects on missionary age change, five years later

By Camille Baker
October 05, 2017 12:00 AM
LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson announces a change in missionary service during the Saturday morning session of General Conference on Oct. 6, 2012. Men can now serve missions at 18, and women can serve at age 19. (Sarah Hill)
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Campus Events

Michael Goodman speaks on three tools to find answers

By Liesl Nielsen
July 14, 2016 12:00 AM
Michael Goodman delivers the devotional address on July 12, 2016. (Maddi Driggs)
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Religion

BYU religion teacher's conversion, missions and life shaped by optimism

By Marinda Risk
May 26, 2016 12:00 AM
Michael Goodman, a BYU Religion Professor, served two missions in Thailand - first as a missionary a year after his conversion, and then as a mission president from 1997 to 2000. Here, he and his family greet President Gordon B. Hinckley who visited the mission. (Michael Goodman)
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Religion

Mormons not strangers to a crisis of faith

By Michael White
April 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Kanokphol Limpanasriphong Young has experienced doubt in the church. He turns to scriptures and to missionary work to find peace. (Maddi Driggs)
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Campus

Education Week: Taking the fear out of dating

By Chris Larson
August 22, 2015 12:00 AM
Michael Goodman, a BYU religion professor, told his Education Week group on Thursday afternoon that he was confident that he could eliminate 90 to 95 percent of all fear around selecting a potential mate.
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The missionary rush to the field

By Jonathan Knechtel
October 30, 2012 12:00 AM
Missionary applications have poured into Church Headquarters at an exponential rate since President Thomas S. Monson announced that young adults could now begin serving at an earlier age, men at 18 and women at 19.
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