The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces 55 new missions
Oct 24, 2025, 9:21 AM | Updated: 9:33 am
Conference goers walk outside the Conference Center before the morning session of the 195th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
(Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday morning that it would create 55 new missions across the world.
“At a time when increasing numbers of young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continue to choose to serve full-time missions, the Church is announcing plans to create an additional 55 missions, effective July 1, 2026,” the church said.
The new additions will bring the total number of missions to 506 worldwide.
“The new missions will help to accommodate a growing number of missionaries already called and will allow missionaries to better support the increasing number of congregations throughout the world,” the church said.
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
“It is inspiring to see the number of young Church members who continue to answer the call to share the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world,” said President Dallin H. Oaks, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “These missionaries are helping to bless the lives of hundreds of thousands of people every year who are choosing to be baptized into the Lord’s Church.”
The church said that the number of young and senior missionaries has increased from approximately 65,000 in 2022 to over 84,000 today.
A full list of the new missions can be found on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ website.
