傳教士 (耶穌基督後期聖徒教會)
耶穌基督後期聖徒教會的傳教士(Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,是[耶穌基督後期聖徒教會]的傳教志工。現在全世界共有418處耶穌基督後期聖徒教會的傳教分部[1]。耶穌基督後期聖徒教會擁有世界最活躍的傳教士網,2015年底時世界有超過74,000人的全職傳教士[1]。大多數全職摩爾門傳教士都是單身男性或女性青年。許多傳教士在傳教之前需要先在訓練中心學習外語。全世界目前共有15個傳教士訓練中心[2],其中最大的位於猶他州普若佛[3]。一般男性傳教士工作時長為兩年,女性傳教士工作時長則是十八個月。此外高齡夫婦也可成為夫婦傳教士,一般工作時長則是六至十八個月。耶穌基督後期聖徒教會鼓勵青年男性傳教,但這並非義務。迄今為止耶穌基督後期聖徒教會已經送出過超過一百萬人的傳教士[4][5]。
參考資料
編輯- ^ 1.0 1.1 "2015 Statistical Report for 2016 April General Conference" (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館), Mormon Newsroom, April 2, 2016.
- ^ Taylor, Scott, The 14 international Missionary Training Centers (MTCs), Deseret News, March 23, 2011 [2016-07-15], (原始內容存檔於2016-07-14)
- ^ Missionary Training Center, Provo Utah – About the MTC, mtc.byu.edu (Brigham Young University), [2012-11-27], (原始內容存檔於2019-06-30)
- ^ News Story – One Million Missionaries, Thirteen Million Members, Newsroom (LDS Church), June 25, 2007 [2012-11-27], (原始內容存檔於2019-02-20)
- ^ Walch, Tad, 1 million missionaries for LDS Church – so far, Deseret Morning News, June 26, 2007 [2012-11-27], (原始內容存檔於2019-08-10)
- Harper, Steven C. Missionaries in the American Religious Marketplace: Mormon Proselyting in the 1830s. Journal of Mormon History. 1998, 24 (2): 1–29 [2020-12-18]. (原始內容存檔於2010-11-04).
外部連結
編輯- Official informational site about missionary work
- Official member site for missionary service (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館)
- LDS Mission Network (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) — A comprehensive index of LDS missionary alumni web sites
- Mormon Missionary Diaries (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) — BYU's online collection of missionary diaries, spanning 1830s to 1960s
- "Mormon Missionary Blog Collection" (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) — BYU's collection of missionary diaries, spanning 2006–present