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| − | '''Missionary Training Centers''', or MTCs, are | + | '''Missionary Training Centers''', or MTCs, are maintained by the [[Mormon Church]] to train their full-time [[Mormon missionaries| missionaries]] before sending them around the world. |
| − | There are seventeen Mormon MTCs. | + | There are currently seventeen Mormon MTCs. Besides the large facility in Provo, Utah, MTCs are located in Brazil, Ghana, England, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa. Almost all missionaries attend at least one of the MTCs for training prior to serving in their assigned area. |
| − | + | Regardless of the particular MTC attended, all missionaries are given the chance to further learn the doctrines of Jesus Christ and to develop and strengthen Christlike attributes. Missionaries learn to teach principles with clarity and to help others have faith in Christ, repent, be baptized in Christ's name, receive the Holy Spirit, and continue in the ways of Christ. Because many missionaries are sent to countries or areas where a different language is spoken, Missionary Training Centers provide important instruction on speaking foreign languages. The Provo MTC, for example, teaches almost fifty languages. | |
| − | Missionaries generally spend a few weeks | + | Missionaries generally spend between a few weeks and a few months in a Missionary Training Center, depending in part on whether or not foreign language lessons are required. |
[http://www.mtc.byu.edu/index.htm Mormon MTC site] | [http://www.mtc.byu.edu/index.htm Mormon MTC site] | ||
Revision as of 15:18, 9 March 2006
Missionary Training Centers, or MTCs, are maintained by the Mormon Church to train their full-time missionaries before sending them around the world.
There are currently seventeen Mormon MTCs. Besides the large facility in Provo, Utah, MTCs are located in Brazil, Ghana, England, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa. Almost all missionaries attend at least one of the MTCs for training prior to serving in their assigned area.
Regardless of the particular MTC attended, all missionaries are given the chance to further learn the doctrines of Jesus Christ and to develop and strengthen Christlike attributes. Missionaries learn to teach principles with clarity and to help others have faith in Christ, repent, be baptized in Christ's name, receive the Holy Spirit, and continue in the ways of Christ. Because many missionaries are sent to countries or areas where a different language is spoken, Missionary Training Centers provide important instruction on speaking foreign languages. The Provo MTC, for example, teaches almost fifty languages.
Missionaries generally spend between a few weeks and a few months in a Missionary Training Center, depending in part on whether or not foreign language lessons are required.
More and More Full-time Missionaries Attending International Training Centers, By Patricia S. Norwood, Church Magazines
