‘Mormon Land’: Why one-year missions for star BYU athletes?

Star BYU football recruits plan to serve one-year missions. Is this good for them? Is it good for BYU? Is it good for the LDS ...

Women can now serve church missions beginning at age 18, church announces

The First Presidency is pleased to announce that effective immediately, young women who choose to serve a full-time mission may begin their service at age 18 following graduation from high school or ...
ABC4 Utah on MSN

The history of young women and the mission decision in the LDS Church

On Friday morning, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that women may now begin a full-time mission at age 18.
Opinion

Voices: Lowering the age for LDS sister missionaries will lead to more faith crises. That’s a good thing.

What church officials continue to miss is that the most successful evidence of spiritual growth following years of commitment to the church (through missions, callings, etc.) is the Latter-day Saint ...
ABC4 Utah on MSN

Female LDS high schoolers look forward to mission after church lowers age limit

Plans after high school are already changing for young women who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, after the Church announced a change to age requirements for female ...
Local News 8

LDS Church lowers missionary age for young women to 18

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KIFI) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a major change to its full-time missionary service. Effective immediately, young women who choose to serve a ...
Idaho State Journal

Church inviting 18-year-old women to serve missions

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints First Presidency announced Friday morning that it is inviting 18-year-old women to serve missions. The Idaho State Journal invites you to take part in ...