Four newly created missions have been announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with 12 existing missions being dissolved into neighboring missions.
These changes will take place July 1, at which time the Church will have a total of 399 missions worldwide.
The new missions are:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa East
- Guatemala Antigua
- Peru Limatambo
- Philippines Antipolo
The 12 existing missions to be folded into neighboring missions — including seven in the United States — are:
- Argentina Posadas
- California Irvine
- California Long Beach
- California Rancho Cucamonga
- Canada Halifax
- Florida Tallahassee
- Georgia Macon
- Idaho Nampa
- Japan Sendai
- Korea Daejeon
- New York Utica
- Virginia Chesapeake
The mission changes were announced in a Wednesday, Jan. 2, statement, which noted a leveling off in the number of full-time missionaries since the 2012 age-change announcement. The number reached 88,000 at its height and has dropped since to today’s 65,000.
Parents of missionaries serving in the affected missions — whether created or dissolved — will receive additional information from their mission presidents. Information about new mission presidents will be announced later in January.
