https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-c ... r-AA1tmEeYSingle men 40 and older may now be called to serve full-time missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And opportunities for single women 40 and older have been expanded.
I guess we haven’t quite reached the 100,000 number that Holland prophesied was imminent…The Church of Jesus Christ announced the news in a press release on Friday. It means single men 40 and up — who do not have dependent children at home — can serve full-time missions in area and mission offices, as well as in other areas like family history or medical missions, depending on their unique life experience. The changes are effective immediately.
I mean, what could possibly go wrong…Unlike younger missions in the church, single men and single women serving senior missions won’t serve in a companionship.
How many 40-60 year old single men, who aren’t independently wealthy, do you know would be willing to take a two year sabbatical from employment? I expect that this will attract all the older retired widowers and widows.Members of the Church of Jesus Christ who want to serve full-time missions need to meet the requirements for health and financial support.
These new opportunities for our single senior members of the church will be a blessing to them and to those they serve as they strive to follow the example of the Savior to care for their fellow man,” Elder W. Mark Bassett, a General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Church’s Missionary Department, told The Church News.
Are impoverished members therefore prevented from serving this kind of mission, is it only for the wealthy, or will the Church fund them?
That plea by an Apostle has certainly fallen on deaf ears…During general conference last year, Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles called for more senior missionaries.
“I pray that the next time I sit down to assign senior couples there will be hundreds of you waiting anxiously for your call,” said Elder Rasband.
