“Update: Missions and Full-time Missionaries, 1985,” Ensign, June 1985, 74
Update: Missions, 1985
Update: Full-time Missionaries, 1985
“More missionaries are needed,” President Spencer W. Kimball has said in his ongoing encouragement to Church members to carry the gospel to the world. The above graphs show how we have done over a five-year period. Of interest, mission lengths for young men were reduced from 24 months to 18 months, effective April 1, 1982, and were again extended to 24 months, effective January 1, 1985, which resulted in a reduced number of missionaries serving in 1983 and parts of 1982 and 1984.
|
Year |
Number of Missions |
Number of Missionaries |
|---|---|---|
|
July 1980 |
189 |
30,335 |
|
July 1981 |
188 |
29,019 |
|
July 1982 |
180 |
27,721 |
|
July 1983 |
178 |
25,783 |
|
July 1984 |
182 |
26,901 |
|
July 1985 |
188 |
28,283* |