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By Kent Larsen
LDS Church Starts 'Visitor's Center' Mission in Nauvoo
NAUVOO, ILLINOIS -- The LDS Church has formed its 334th mission from
the 200 missionaries working in Nauvoo's Visitors Center, construction
projects and BYU center. The Illinois Nauvoo Mission will include missionaries
that conduct tours and answer questions, but who generally don't proselyte
or baptize. The mission is similar to the Church's Salt Lake City Temple
Square Mission.
The current Nauvoo Visitor's Center Director, Richard K. Sager, has
been called as the first president of the new mission. Sager says that the
mission is unusual. "This is a unique situation. There aren't
many places in the world where there is such a concentration of 200 or more
missionaries in one place." He also says that the change will help the Church
become more involved in Nauvoo community affairs.
In addition to the visitor's center, missionaries in the new mission
work on restoring old buildings in the area, work on the construction of the
Nauvoo Temple, and work at BYU's recently acquired Nauvoo center, the Joseph
Smith Academy.
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Mission starting in Nauvoo
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