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The Church missionary programme is heavily reliant on Utah
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 11:31 am
by I Have Questions
Elder Pearson: You’ve got roughly 2.2 million members of the church here. You’ve got some of the most active members in the church here. We have 645, soon to be 650, stakes in Utah. So there’s a tremendous amount of strength in Utah. I’m working with some of the strongest membership of the church.
This is really still where the bench strength is in terms of leadership. Probably still 52-plus percent of all senior couples that serve in the world come out of Utah. About 28-29-30% of all the young missionaries come out of Utah. So Utah’s really still the breadbasket of the church. It is a global church, to be certain, but the church globally is facilitated by the faithfulness of the members of the church {in Utah}.
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/05/1 ... t-temples/
Staggering statistics.
Re: The Church missionary programme is heavily reliant on Utah
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 12:45 pm
by IWMP
Do you think that people in Utah would find it harder to leave the church because it is all around them than a person elsewhere without that energy?
Re: The Church missionary programme is heavily reliant on Utah
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 12:49 pm
by I Have Questions
Imwashingmypirate wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 12:45 pm
Do you think that people in Utah would find it harder to leave the church because it is all around them than a person elsewhere without that energy?
Yes. In Utah it’s likely that your entire family, all your friends, and the place where you work is heavily Mormon. Leaving the Church in that circumstance will likely cost you your entire social circle, and probably your career prospects.
Re: The Church missionary programme is heavily reliant on Utah
Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 1:09 pm
by IWMP
I Have Questions wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 12:49 pm
Imwashingmypirate wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 12:45 pm
Do you think that people in Utah would find it harder to leave the church because it is all around them than a person elsewhere without that energy?
Yes. In Utah it’s likely that your entire family, all your friends, and the place where you work is heavily Mormon. Leaving the Church in that circumstance will likely cost you your entire social circle, and probably your career prospects.
