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Mormons Triple Idaho Missionaries

The typical image of Mormon missionaries going door-to-door with pamphlets is antiquated. Colby Denton says in Boise they only do it if they have a few minutes to kill between appointments. Denton is serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Boise mission. Last month, LDS leaders created two new missions in southwest Idaho, and by the end of the year missionary numbers in this part of the state will likely triple . That’s a bigger increase than the church is seeing overall. Last year, it lowered the minimum age for men and women to serve. Since then it’s had a nearly 30 percent increase in missionaries with more than 75,000 now serving missions worldwide . The church is sending a substantial number of those new missionaries to the western United States, where it has more members than anywhere else/ Adam Cotterell , Boise State Public Radio. More here.

Question: When did a Mormon missionary last visit your home?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog