The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is adjusting how sister missionaries serve at Temple Square to enhance the guest experience and increase missionary opportunities as the Church prepares for the anticipated Salt Lake Temple open house in 2027.
Sister missionaries will continue serving on Temple Square but will now be assigned to a surrounding mission, sharing their time between a teaching area and Temple Square. This approach mirrors successful models used at the 13 other temple visitors’ centers worldwide.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke about the adjustment in a morning devotional with the 128 sister missionaries of the Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on Friday, Jan. 9.
The sister missionaries reacted to the historic news with audible gasps.
Elder Rasband, who chairs the Missionary Executive Council, acknowledged that the sisters were feeling a wide range of emotions.
“I bear witness that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know you and love you,” he told them.
And he testified that the Lord is hastening His work.
“This is the Lord’s work. You are a part of it,” he said. “You are the pioneer sisters who will begin this now. Others will follow you for years now in this new model, but you are the first ones.”
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