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Church plans demolition of 5 Provo MTC buildings
This image of the Provo Missionary Training Center campus highlights the five buildings the Church plans on demolishing.
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Latter-day Saint volunteers released in Russia
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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Policy shift lets Latter-day Saint missionaries call home weekly
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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BYU men's golfers convert to Church
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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Missionaries spend Thanksgiving preparing 350,000 meals
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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Political tension in Nicaragua forces LDS missionaries to move
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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Women's Conference: Loving, strengthening others in the 21st century
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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Women's Conference: Showing unconditional love for early return missionaries
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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Mormon missionaries in Turkey reassigned
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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Four Mormon missionaries involved in Idaho car crash
Four Mormon missionaries were involved in a car crash the afternoon of April 25 on Highway 91 near Preston, Idaho.
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Temple Square missionaries teach General Conference visitors
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 March 6, 2018
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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Mormon missionaries injured in Spain
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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Mission calls not signed by LDS prophet are unique, historic
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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LDS missionaries share faith through graffiti
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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LDS Church issues statement on Mexico earthquake
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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Mormon culture contributes to early-returned missionaries' feelings of failure
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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Missionaries happy to turn in cellphones for badges
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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