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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will discontinue its Personal Progress, Boy Scouts and Duty to God programs starting January 2020 in favor of a new youth program that focuses on helping youth set their own goals and develop faith in Christ.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on May 8, 2018 that it will launch a worldwide initiative for children and youth in January 2020. (Mormon Newsroom)

Effective Dec. 31, 2019, the LDS Church will be discontinuing its 105-year partnership with the Boy Scouts of America. A new youth initiative program that will better suit a global church audience will be installed in its place. (Jake May/The Flint Journal - MLive.com via AP)

Natalie Benson, 5, and Holly Sweezer, 6, carry extra flags as Boy and Girl Scouts place flags on each of the 5,000 headstones at the Grand Rapids Veterans State Cemetery in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The October 2017 Boy Scouts of America announcement to admit girls throughout its ranks will transform what has been a mostly cordial relationship between the two iconic youth groups since the Girl Scouts of the USA was founded in 1912, two years after the Boy Scouts. (Katie Greene/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)