Definition
Missionary Training Centers (MTCs) are official facilities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints utilized to train newly called full-time missionaries.
Introduction
Mormon missionaries enter MTCs, or Missionary Training Centers, for instruction regarding the LDS Church’s current program of teaching and proselytizing and, in some cases, for foreign language instruction. Missionaries enter their assigned MTC after being called to serve in one of the LDS Church’s full-time missions after have been set apart by their stake president or mission president and before they enter the mission field. At year-end 2016, there were 15 MTCs in operation worldwide and 421 LDS missions.
History
Latter-day Saint full-time missionaries did not receive formal instruction or training prior to missionary service until 1894 at the Brigham Young Academy (later renamed Brigham Young University in 1903). Missionaries received training at Ricks Academy in the early 1900s, the Latter-day...
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Martinich, M.L. (2018). Mormon Missionary Training Centers. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_469-1
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