In January of this year, the Church News posted a list of the newly called mission leaders for 167 missions worldwide.
From June 19-22, those couples will gather at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, to hear counsel and instruction from each member of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as well as other members of the Missionary Executive Council, before reporting to their missions in July.
Besides devotional-type meetings and discussions with Church leaders, the 2025 Seminar for New Mission Leaders will also include breakout sessions, panel discussions and classroom activities where the new mission leaders practice teaching with new missionaries who are training in the MTC.
Of the 167 new mission leader couples, 42 will be going to missions headquartered in 29 different U.S. states. The other 125 couples will go to missions headquartered in 48 other countries.
Church News will provide coverage of the seminar, available at TheChurchNews.com/mission-leadership-seminar.
Below is a list of articles from this year’s seminar. It will be updated throughout the four days.
Thursday, June 19
- President Jeffrey R. Holland: ‘Missionary Purpose’
- Elder Quentin L. Cook: ‘Missionary Purpose and Lessons Learned’
- Elder Dale G. Renlund: ‘Missionary Purpose and Putting on the Armor of God’
- Sister Amy A. Wright: ‘Missionary Purpose and Blessings of the Temple’
- Elder D. Todd Christofferson: ‘Seeking to teach as the Savior taught’
Friday, June 20
- President Henry B. Eyring: ‘The Lord Has Prepared You’
- Elder David A. Bednar: ‘Hearts Knit Together in Unity and Love’
- Elder Neil L. Andersen: ‘Bringing Miracles to Our Finding’
- Elder Ronald A. Rasband: ‘Missionary Purpose, Doctrine of Baptism and Real Growth’
- Elder Gerrit W. Gong: The missionary purpose in ‘repentance, commitment, conversion’
Saturday, June 21
- President Dallin H. Oaks: ‘Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration’
- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf: ‘Exercising Moral Agency’
- Elder Gary E. Stevenson: ‘Missionary purpose in accountability’
- Elder Patrick Kearon: ‘No effort is wasted’
- President Emily Belle Freeman: ‘Missionary Purpose, Seeking Christlike Attributes and Becoming Lifelong Disciples of Jesus Christ’
- Elder Ulisses Soares: ‘The Power of the Spirit in Missionary Work’
