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 88 Collections and/or Records:
Ben E. Lewis personal papers
Contains annual volumes of randomly organized reminiscences of his life, including childhood in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah; scouting; family; missionary service; education and profession; the building of the Provo and Jordan River temples; and work at Brigham Young University, including interactions with Ernest L. Wilkinson and Dallin H. Oaks. Also includes addresses and poems by Lewis, an oral history, and Lewis family history. Materials dated 1944-2003 (bulk: 1988-2003).
LTM, 1977
Missionary Center Training records on Estonian language training, approximately 2008
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Estonian language.
The 2015 accession consists of one T.A.L.L. disc of "VP" content and language resources for Estonian-speaking missionaries. Materials dated approximately 2008.
Missionary Training Center annual report
Annual report documenting the history of the Missionary Training Center, lists, graphs, charts, outlines, and statistics.
Missionary Training Center floor plans, 1990-2011
Missionary Training Center Gospel research and training materials, approximately 1929-2011
Missionary Training Center records
Missionary Training Center records on Afrikaans language training, 1967-2006
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Afrikaans language (a South African Dutch derivative). Specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions. Materials dated 1967-2006.
Missionary Training Center records on Albanian language training, approximately 2008
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Albanian language.
The 2015 accession includes part of a T.A.L.L. (Technology-Assisted Language Learning) disc of ProTools Sessions and WAV files for Albanian-speaking missionaries. Material dated approximately 2008.
Missionary Training Center records on Aymara language training, 1967-2006
Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Aymara language, spoken by a native people of the Andes (specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions). Materials dated 1967-2006.
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