Women are to-be required 18 so you can twenty-two days
1 April 1898 – The first unmarried feminine to get called as full-date missionaries, Inez Knight and you may Lucy Jane Brimhall, are set aside to the British Objective.
4 October 1925 – During general conference, President Grant requests that every ward in the Church (1,000 at the time) provide an experienced, financially stable missionary for a “Short Term” mission to North America.6
12 March 192seven – The term district is to be used in place of conference when referring to a territorial division within a mission.7
19 January 1937 – Men called in order to English-talking missions should be serve for a couple of decades, and people in overseas-talking lands for two and a half ages.
26 September 1940 – After being interviewed and recommended by the bishop and stake president, missionaries are to be interviewed by a General Authority at a stake conference.8
23 March 1942 – Due to World War II, recommendations of men for missionary service are to be confined to either Seventies or high priests.9
25 April 1942 – Missionary farewells should not be held on Sunday but on some appropriate weekday, and the bishop should supervise the preparation of farewells.ten
Cannon posts a post on Juvenile Instructor stating that missionaries must not expect you’ll become put-out at 2 yrs however, in order to serve so long as necessary
20 November 1943 – Additional guidelines for missionary candidacy are given: men of draft age are not to be recommended for missions without extreme extenuating circumstances; such recommendations also require First Presidency approval. Additionally, female stenographers and professional schoolteachers are not to be called as missionaries, nor are the wives of mature brethren.
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