Missionary Training Center (Provo, Utah)
Dates
- Existence: 1978-
Administrative History
The Missionary Training Center (1978- ) in Provo serves to train missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before they depart to their specific assignments.
The Missionary Training Center began operation in 1978 to replace the Language Training Mission. The campus can house up to 4,000 missionaries at a time. Approximately fifty languages are taught at the MTC by staff composed mostly of returned missionaries.
Citation:
Missionary vocabulary & phrases, 2006: t.p. (Missionary Training Center) found: Google website, 2007-08-23 (Missionary Training Center; hdqts.: Provo, Utah; also MTC)Navajo dictionary for missionaries, 1979: t.p. (Missionary Training Center) verso t.p. (c[opyright] Brigham Young University)
Wikipedia, Apr. 20, 2012 (Missionary Training Center; Missionary Training Centers (MTCs) are centers devoted to training missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The flagship MTC is located in Provo, Utah, adjacent to the campus of Brigham Young University, a private university owned and operated by the church)
Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1992: p. 913 (completed in 1978; replaced Language Training Mission)
Missionary Training Center, via WWW, Aug. 27, 2014 (About the MTC; houses up to 4000 missionaries; approximately 50 languages taught; staff composed mostly of returned missionaries; trains missionaries)
Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:
Missionary Training Center records on Tagalog language training, 1967-2006
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines (specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions). Materials dated 1967-2006.
Missionary Training Center records on Tahitian language training, 1973-approximately 2008
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Tahitian language (specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions). Materials dated 1967-2006.
Missionary Training Center records on Thai language training, 1967-2006
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Thai language (specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions). Materials dated 1967-2006.
Missionary Training Center records on Tongan language training, 1967-2008
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Tongan language.
The 2015 accession consists of one shared T.A.L.L. disc ("Tongan & Fijian fillers") and one disc of "VP" content and language resources for Tongan-speaking missionaries. Materials dated approximately 2008.
Missionary Training Center records on Turkish language training, 1983-1989
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Turkish language.
The 2015 accession contains selections from the Book of Mormon in Turkish, and a Turkish-English/English-Turkish dictionary. Materials dated 1983-1989.
Missionary Training Center records on Ukrainian language training, approximately 2008
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Ukrainian language.
The 2015 accession consists of one T.A.L.L. disc of "VP" content and language resources for Ukrainian-speaking missionaries. Materials dated approximately 2008.
Missionary Training Center records on Vietnamese language training, approximately 2008
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Vietnamese language.
The 2015 accession consists of one T.A.L.L. disc of "VP" content and language resources for the Vietnamese-speaking missionaries. Materials dated approximately 2008.
Missionary Training Center records on Yucatec language training, 1967-2006
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in Yucatec, a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize (specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions). Materials dated 1967-2006.
Sound recordings of mission presidents seminars, 1979-1986
Contains audio recordings of seminars given for mission presidents. Dated 1979 to 1986.
Sound recordings on the Missionary Training Center, 1974-1986
Contains audio recordings of seminars, devotionals, groundbreakings, and dedications from the Missionary Training Center. Dated 1974 to 1986.
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