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Local

Church plans demolition of 5 Provo MTC buildings

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
May 29, 2019 12:00 AM
This image of the Provo Missionary Training Center campus highlights the five buildings the Church plans on demolishing.
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World

Latter-day Saint volunteers released in Russia

By Sam Bigelow
March 20, 2019 12:00 AM
In this Jan. 31, 2008, file photo, two Mormon missionaries walk past a large map of the world in a hallway at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/George Frey, File)
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Breaking News

Policy shift lets Latter-day Saint missionaries call home weekly

By Rachel Keeler
February 15, 2019 12:00 AM
Latter-day Saint missionaries can now communicate with their families every week via texting, online messaging, phone calls and video chats, effective Feb. 15. (mormonnewsroom.org)
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Golf

BYU men's golfers convert to Church

February 08, 2019 12:00 AM
Senior Spencer Dunaway and sophomore Andrew Chin, both members of the BYU golf team, have become members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints within the last year.
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Good in the Universe

Missionaries spend Thanksgiving preparing 350,000 meals

By Lauren Lethbridge
November 23, 2018 12:00 AM
Missionaries at the Provo Missionary Training Center preparing to receive instruction to assemble meal kits for their Thanksgiving service project (Lauren Lethbridge).
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Religion

Political tension in Nicaragua forces LDS missionaries to move

By Sarah Sparks
May 22, 2018 12:00 AM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday it will transfer 169 of the 327 missionaries serving in Nicaragua because of political instability.
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Campus

Women's Conference: Loving, strengthening others in the 21st century

By Sahalie Donaldson
May 08, 2018 12:00 AM
Thousands of Latter-day Saint women gathered at Brigham Young University for the annual Women’s Conference on May 3 and 4. The two-day session’s overarching theme was loving and strengthening others in the Lord.
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Campus

Women's Conference: Showing unconditional love for early return missionaries

By Sahalie Donaldson
May 04, 2018 12:00 AM
Unconditional love, acceptance and empathy were the overarching themes offered by speakers presenting on some of the struggles early return LDS missionaries face.
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Religion

Mormon missionaries in Turkey reassigned

By Camille Baker
April 30, 2018 12:00 AM
Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints volunteering in Turkey have been reassigned, according to an official statement from Daniel Woodruff, a spokesman for the church.
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Religion

Four Mormon missionaries involved in Idaho car crash

By Camille Baker
April 26, 2018 12:00 AM
Four Mormon missionaries were involved in a car crash the afternoon of April 25 on Highway 91 near Preston, Idaho.
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Religion

Temple Square missionaries teach General Conference visitors

By Mckayla Robinson
March 30, 2018 12:00 AM
General Conference offers unique opportunities for Temple Square missionaries to interact with members and reach a larger audience that would usually be outside the mission boundaries.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum March 6, 2018

By Camille Baker
March 06, 2018 12:00 AM
BYU students cheer on the Cougars at the men's volleyball game against Stanford on Feb. 24. (Photo by Josh Ellis)
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Religion

Mormon missionaries injured in Spain

By Kaleena Mckell
February 27, 2018 12:00 AM
Church spokesperson Daniel Woodruff released the following statement regarding four missionaries in the Spain Malaga Mission who were injured in a collision on Feb. 26:
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Religion

Mission calls not signed by LDS prophet are unique, historic

By Laurie Bradshaw
January 19, 2018 12:00 AM
Hannah Richins holds her just-opened mission call to Louisville, Kentucky. The call is signed by President Russell M. Nelson when he was president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (Hannah Richins).
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Art

LDS missionaries share faith through graffiti

By Camille Baker
October 06, 2017 12:00 AM
Elder Scott McIntyre (left) and Elder Jacob Burgoyne (right) spent two days painting a mural of the resurrected Christ. The missionaries participated in Paint Louis, an event where select graffiti artists can legally paint on a 1.9-mile flood wall in St. Louis. (Matthew Franck)
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World

LDS Church issues statement on Mexico earthquake

By Eric Baker
September 08, 2017 12:00 AM
A magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck the southern Pacific coast of Mexico just before midnight on Thursday, September 7 destroying hundreds of buildings and leaving at least 32 dead according to the Associated Press.
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Uncategorized

Mormon culture contributes to early-returned missionaries' feelings of failure

By Blakely Gull
May 02, 2017 12:00 AM
Two Mormon missionaries walk past a large map of the world in a hallway at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. A study by UVU associate professor Kristine Doty-Yells shows 73 percent of early-returned missionaries feel shame and failure. (AP Photo/George Frey, File)
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State

Missionaries happy to turn in cellphones for badges

By Alyssa Ledoux
April 07, 2017 12:00 AM
Many young adults entering the Missionary Training Center before beginning their missions are finding it a relief to give up the phone for the badge. (Ryan Turner)
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