Posted by:
NotNow
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Date: October 07, 2012 02:18PM
In a press conference carried on the BYU channel, Holland was asked why the missionary age was being lowered.
"There is a hastening," he said, because the church can't establish missions fast enough. There are areas, he added, that are "waiting for missions" to be established.
Elder Nelson said 18-year-old missionaries are "sweeter, purer, smarter."
I believe that it was Nelson who also said that in the two years since President Monson called for a increase in the missionary force, numbers are up as follows:
6 percent more elders.
12 percent more sisters.
18 percent more couples.
I wonder if Holland's "hastening" statement will be interpreted as as an urgency to be ready for the second coming.