| Frequently Asked
Questions
What Are
Part-Time Church-Service Missionaries?
How Do Members Initiate a Mission
Call?
How
Are Missionaries Called?
What Qualifications Are
Required?
How Long Do They Serve?
What about Other
Church Callings?
How Do I Get Started?
What Are Part-Time Church-Service
Missionaries?
Part-time Church-service missionaries serve at least 8 hours
but less than 32 hours per week, and must live at
home. They normally serve for 6 to
24 months
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How Do Members Initiate a Mission
Call?
- Members become aware of
Church-service missionary opportunities through Church leaders, current
or former missionaries, or knowledgeable members. A Church Service Missionary Opportunities bulletin is
provided for all church units in Australia for placement on notice boards. This is also available
from the website. here. Information gained from any source may
be confirmed through communication with the department requesting missionaries
or your local Church Service Mission Coordinator.
- Members must complete a form entitled "Recommendation for Part-Time
Church-Service Missionary." The completed form is then given to their
bishop.
- A choice, or choices, of service preference may be written on the
application before it is submitted to the bishop. The number of months
of service and the starting date should also be established.
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How Are Missionaries
Called?
- Upon receiving the application, the bishop certifies the worthiness
of the member and concurs with the selected service unit for which the
member has applied. He then signs the form and forwards it on to the
stake president.
- The stake president interviews the candidate before signing the
recommendation form. It is then sent to the local Church-service
missionary coordinator's office for review, for entry into the database,
and for authorization for the stake president to issue the call.
- The coordinator advises the stake president by letter when the
processing is completed, and the stake president extends the call to the
member. The stake president then authorizes the bishop to set the new
missionary apart in his or her assignment.
- Church-service missionaries are supervised and trained under the
direction of the department in which they serve. The stake president and
bishop remain the priesthood leaders to whom the missionaries report.
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What Qualifications Are
Required?
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Must live at home
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Temple Recommend worthy
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Physically and emotionally able to perform the
duties required.
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Self-supporting and have own
transportation.
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Financially responsible for all medical, dental and
eye care.
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Willing to serve
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How Long Do They Serve?
Church Service Missionaries serve
6, 12, 18 or 24 months, depending on the availability of the missionary
and the needs of the service unit.
Assignments may be extended up to a
maximum of 30 months, if the availability of the missionary and the needs of
the service unit continue to exist. After a 30-month mission, a new
recommendation form can then be submitted for another mission, either in
the same service mission location or another.
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What about Other Church
Callings?
Church-service
missionaries may serve in ward or stake callings at
the discretion of their local leaders, as long as their additional duties
do not interfere with Church-service missionary assignments.
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How Do I Get Started?
- Review the service opportunities in the "Church-Service Missionary Opportunities
Bulletin".
- Feel free to visit, ask questions about, and evaluate one or more
service assignments through the listed contact name and phone number.
Prayerfully consider the assignment. Is it consistent with your time,
ability, and health?
- Carefully fill out the "Recommendation for Part-Time Church-Service
Missionary Form," indicating your choice or choices of places to
serve.
- By appointment, consult with your bishop so you can give him your
completed form and be interviewed for mission service. Be sure you
include the date you're available and the number of months you wish to
serve.
- Meet with your stake president and be interviewed for your
Church-service mission.
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