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Campus

Education Week: Becoming a social media missionary

By Rachael Griffen
August 18, 2015 12:00 AM
Social media can be challenging, but there are diverse ways of doing missionary work via social media.
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Life

'The Happy Missionary' training offered for future missionaries

By Marieka Lee
April 14, 2015 12:00 AM
If you're happy and you know it, take the Happy Missionary class.
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Featured

Senior missionaries 'hasten the work' in increased numbers

By Jordan Moroz
March 26, 2015 12:00 AM
Terry Grimley enjoyed his time working with senior missionaries both as a mission president in the Taiwan-Taipei mission and as a senior missionary in the Heber Valley Camp mission. 'It is a blast (to be a senior missionary). I can say from my own experience ... that it is a very enjoyable experience.' (Terry Grimley)
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Movies & Television

Film 'Freetown' inspired by LDS Liberian missionaries' real-life struggle for survival

By Kara Mason
March 23, 2015 12:00 AM
The true story of eight LDS Liberian missionaries in the midst of a civil war inspired director Garrett Batty's feature film 'Freetown.'
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Campus

RMs keep the badge on their hearts, think back to mission converts

By Jacob Molnar
March 12, 2015 12:00 AM
Addison Blair served in Brazil as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he first met Korine and Everton. The couple lived out of wedlock in poor conditions. Korine was searching for the truth. Soon she and her partner were meeting with the missionaries.
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Books

BYU grad compiles testimonies from 60 different countries

By Katherine Orgill
March 09, 2015 12:00 AM
Author Katarina Jambrešić edits 'A Global Testimony' in her New York apartment. Jambrešić wrote the book to share global religious experiences with the LDS faith. (Katarina Jambrešić)
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Featured

Inmates find purpose indexing vital records

By Jordan Moroz
February 06, 2015 12:00 AM
Inmates in Utah, Arizona and Idaho have found a new hobby as indexing becomes all the rage even with prisoners who aren't members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Campus

Overcoming the awkward RM phase

By Cassidy Phillips
February 03, 2015 12:00 AM
Missionaries return home and find that home is different than it was before the missions, be it their family, their friends or themselves. Many returned missionaries go through an awkward phase as they attempt to shift from missionary life to home life.
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Religion

Future missionaries placing greater emphasis on preparation in high school

By Samuel Gale
March 13, 2014 12:00 AM
The decrease in missionary age increased the amount of eligible young men who serve right after graduating from high school. (Photo by Associated Press)
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Campus

Nursing students write letters to peers in the mission field

By Carla Da Silva
January 28, 2013 12:00 AM
A BYU club has organized a service activity to reach out and give words of encouragement to fellow nurses who are now in the mission field.
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Local

Younger Mormon missionaries arrive at Provo training center

By Lauren Myrick
January 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Helaman's 2,000 stripling warriors would be in awe if they saw the crowd of missionaries entering the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, Jan. 23.
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Local

LDS church scraps plans for controversial MTC renovation

By Kate Hollis
October 15, 2012 12:00 AM
One time-consuming battle and 'invitation of support' later, the plans for the nine-story Missionary Training Center building have been scrapped.
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Eleven News

Missionary Age Change

By Derek Mcallister
October 09, 2012 12:00 AM
President Thomas S. Monson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that the ages for missionaries would change effective immediately.
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Campus News

Mission age change greeted with joy in BYU dorms

By Crystal Myler
October 07, 2012 12:00 AM
Helaman Halls was filled with shrieks, tears and disbelief as President Thomas S. Monson announced the change in the minimum age requirement for missionaries in Saturday morning's Conference session.
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Religion

LDS Church organizes first stake in India

June 04, 2012 12:00 AM
On May 27, the first LDS stake in India was organized in Hyderabad, India. The new stake is momentous for India, as the organization of a stake demonstrates sufficient membership activity, priesthood and leadership.
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Technology

Missionary work goes viral

June 01, 2012 12:00 AM
Kevin Fedderson said he gets approached almost on a daily basis, and it’s not just for an autograph. A YouTube video of the professional skateboarder sharing his testimony has been viewed 120,855 times, causing people to ask him many questions about being a Mormon.
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Local

Pleasant View neighbors say proposed MTC building too tall

By Robin Rodgers
March 25, 2012 12:00 AM
Provo residents living near the proposed nine-story building, which is part of the planned MTC renovations, say they don't like the height of the building and asked LDS Church officials to consider different, less-obtrusive options.
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Campus Events

Elder Gerald N. Lund Gives Prospective Missionaries Specific Tips on Kindling Faith

By Robin Rodgers
March 06, 2012 12:00 AM
Elder Gerald N. Lund taught that a missionary's job is to kindle faith in others at the Prospective Missionary Fireside on Wednesday night.
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