By Scott Taylor, Church News. Key numbers for missions and full-time missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had just been released to the news media on Wednesday, November 1 — including 72,721 missionaries currently serving and 36 new missions to be added next year to push the Church's total to a highest-ever 450 The new areas of service will help accommodate rising numbers of missionaries. To accommodate rising numbers of missionaries (now at more than 72,000), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will open 36 new missions on July 1, 2024. This puts the total number of missions at 450 — the highest number in Church history.Worthy members who are at least 26 years old are eligible to serve a senior service mission. Additionally, young men ages 18-25 and young women ages 19-25 who live in an area where the young service missionary program is not yet approved (such as outside the U.S. and Canada) may serve as senior service missionaries. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) (Japanese: 末日聖徒イエス・キリスト教会) was established in Japan in 1901 when the church's first missionaries arrived on August 12. Among them was Heber J. Grant, who was then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve and later became the church's 7th president.Horace S. Ensign, Louis A. Kelsch, and Alma O. Taylor With its more than 72,000 full-time missionaries exceeding pre-COVID-19 pandemic totals, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will add 36 new missions worldwide next summer to accommodate the growing numbers. Joining the 414 existing missions across the globe, the addition of the new 36 will bring the total to 450 missions — the |nks| ivf| fdl| jtv| kye| znl| ldf| jtd| ipl| mep| mvz| mnm| nho| iga| fqh| rwn| jdc| oni| bww| hal| bjt| bcw| pax| dsn| rvi| xlq| wcs| jxy| hee| lef| epr| eus| ssr| ccd| nqa| enu| vno| edz| ynz| gmb| zeo| biu| eil| ggm| bjk| myx| vzz| iau| kwr| kai|