Missionary Training Center (Provo, Utah)
Organization
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.
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 6 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Ellen Edmunds papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7643
Scope and Contents
Contains personal and professional papers of Edmunds, including resources from her work at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, especially training in foreign languages and instruction of senior missionaries. Some materials deal with human services missions in countries such as India and Ghana. Collection also contains work from Edmunds' work on the Relief Society General Board, including teaching manuals, cards, and correspondence between various members of the Board. Also included...
Dates:
approximately 1971-2015
Missionary Training Center annual report
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 807
Scope and Contents
Annual report documenting the history of the Missionary Training Center, lists, graphs, charts, outlines, and statistics.
Dates:
1980
Russell Nelson Elder Podier Mission President Seminar, 1986 June 26
Fonds — Carton: 167
Identifier: UA 1197 Series 2 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Fonds A5837
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Contains audio recordings of seminars given for mission presidents. Dated 1979 to 1986.
Dates:
1986 June 26
Rulon Dean Skinner autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2955
Scope and Contents
A two-volume account relating his early life in Safford, Arizona, 1931-1948; experiences at Gila Junior College, 1948-1950; Latter-day Saint mission to Uruguay and Paraguay, 1950-1953; employment and experiences with Boy Scouts of America beginning in 1943; service to Latter-day Saint Boy Scouts of Uruguay, 1950-1953; helping to begin the Latter-day Saint Boy Scouts of Paraguay, 1951-1953; service as a branch president at Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, 1989-1993; employment in...
Dates:
1997
Sound recordings of mission presidents seminars, 1979-1986
Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1197 Series 2 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains audio recordings of seminars given for mission presidents. Dated 1979 to 1986.
Dates:
1979-1986
Student Auxiliary Services slides of the Missionary Training Center, 1976-1998
Series — Carton: 2, Folder: 8
Identifier: UA 5595 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains slides of the Missionary Training Center (MTC), including the cafeteria and its employees. Also includes slides of missionaries in the cafeteria and classes. Includes slides of the 1976 MTC groundbreaking and reception afterward, 1976-1998.
Dates:
1976-1998