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Argentina Missionary Training Center

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1985 October - 2019 July

Biography

The Argentina Missionary Training Center (1985-2019) was a training center for native Spanish speaking missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints initially, then expanded operations to include the teaching of native English speakers assigned to certain Spanish speaking missions.

The Argentina Missionary Training Center (MTC) trained missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ from Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, Panama, and Spain initially, then broadened the missionaries accepted to include native English speaking missionaries assigned to Uruguay and Paraguay. The MTC was originally opened in a chapel in Buenos Aires in October 1985, but the first mission president L. Sid Shreeve and his wife Afton K. Shreeve didn’t arrive until January 8th 1986 and their first missionaries arrived in February of the same year. A separate MTC building was dedicated on the Buenos Aires temple grounds on March 5th, 1994 by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin. The MTC was closed in July 2019 with future use of the building decided with local church leaders.

Citation:
Afton K. and L. Sid Shreeve autobiographical information, 1955-1997 (Alternate name: Argentina Buenos Aires Missionary Training Center, first presidents and missionaries arrival dates, first mission pres name, missionaries countries of origin)

Church of Jesus Christ, via WWW, January 27, 2025 (MTC building dedicated on temple grounds March 5th 1994) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/global-histories/argentina/ar-chronology?lang=eng

Church of Jesus Christ Newsroom, via WWW, January 27, 2025 (MTC closed July 2019, name: Argentina Missionary Training Center, future building use decided w/ locals) https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/argentina-mission-training-center-to-close-in-july

Internet Archive Wayback Machine: Argentina MTC About Page as of Febuary 2019, via WWW, January 27. 2025 (name: Argentina Missionary Training Center, spanish name: Centro de Capacitación Misional (CCM) changed from Centro de Entrenamiento de Misioneros (CEM) de Argentina, opened in chapel October 1985, new building constructed on temple grounds, dedicated March 1994, nationality of missionaries) https://web.archive.org/web/20190202132930/https://www.lds.org/callings/missionary/missionary-training-centers/argentina/about?lang=eng

Deseret News, via WWW, January 27, 2025 (nationality of missionaries as of 1994, new MTC building dedicated March 5th 1994 by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin) https://www.deseret.com/1994/3/19/20766716/new-training-center-temple-housing-facility-dedicated-in-argentina/

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Afton K. and L. Sid Shreeve autobiographical information

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2100
Scope and Contents Includes "The Land Shadowing with Wings," by Lyman S. Shreeve, a compilation of correspondence, 1955-1991; reports, news clippings, and narrative. The account briefly documents his early life in St. Johns, Arizona, 1915-1930s; Latter-day Saint mission to Argentina, 1936-1938; second mission to Argentina, accompanied by his wife, 1945-1948; service as mission president in Uruguay and Paraguay, 1951-1955; work as director of Utah Society for Crippled Children and Adults, 1956-1959; work as...
Dates: 1955-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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