Talk:List of missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Add Creation Date

I think this list would be more interesting if we just made it one giant table, and added "Creation Date", so that it could be sorted by date, name, or location. Any objections? -- Jdfoote (talk) 15:48, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

I think that is a wonderful idea. Up until I believe 2005 the Church Alamanacs actually had a table of all missions listing them by when they were formed.

If there is somewhere online that these exist, I can help to enter the info. -- Jdfoote (talk) 13:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Useful table. The "current" mission part of the list, though, is rather odd—how are decisions made on which mission is the successor mission? So, for example, why is the successor mission of the Australian Mission and Australia Sydney South Mission but not Australia Sydney North (or any of the other missions in the geographic area of the original Australian Mission, for that matter)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBowie (talk • contribs) 20:52, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

I wonder if the successor is whichever mission that gets to keep the existing mission office, or the existing mission home, or the bulk of the mission territory. ——Rich jj (talk) 17:16, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Mission changes going into effect in 2019

Hello again, everyone! While I appreciate the work and am assuming good faith on the part of the editor with only an IP address, I worry that the insertion of those anticipated changes at this point may be problematic per this policy. The reality of it is, until the Church issues more details about how and in what manner these consolidations will be occurring, Wikipedia is about what is verifiable by reliable sources, not about what is going to happen or what might occur. I wanted to post my concerns on that subject here before reverting these good faith efforts. I think it would be better to revert the changes for now until the Church publishes specifics (which usually happens in April or May, if memory serves). --Jgstokes (talk) 02:09, 21 February 2019 (UTC)Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

RfC: Sorting Missions by Chuirch Area rather than Major Geographical Regions

Hello again, everyone! I wanted to open a discussion now about the vutlist of missions. While I have no objections to the current list (which sorts the missions by major geogtaphical region, in the latest list of new mission leaders, the Church lists the new leaders by the geographical aree under which they fall. In the Wikipedia page for Church areas, the number of Church missions and temples listed aligns with the area boundaries. Wouldn't it make more sense if our list of missions followed that format? Among other things, that would mean that the Micronesia Guam Mission (incorrectly listed here as the Federated State of Micronesia Guam Mission), would be shifted from Oceania to being listed under the Asia North Area, while the Cape Verde Praia Mission would shift from being listed under the general Africa region to Europe. Additionally, the Caribbean and Central America region would be split between the separate regions of the same names, that the Europe & Russia regions would be retitled the Europe and Europe East Areas, with the region of Oceania retitled the Pacific Area. I think it would be more effective that way, and it would provide greater consistency between this page and the page about Church areas. Would that be a good idea or not? --Jgstokes (talk) 08:16, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

I see no objection towards sorting by Church Area. In addition to what you stated, Eurasian countries are split between continents event though they may be more culturally in line with Europe. North Africa is culturally in-line with Asia's Middle East. Guyanas and Suriname are culturally aligned with the Caribbean more than South America. I've noticed the church area divisions tend to align with cultural geographic divisions more than continental divisions.Dmm1169 (talk) 15:09, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Looking at this again, there are 22 Areas of the church which means 22 sections. If using Areas, I would recommend having them as Sub-sections rather than Sections. I think it would be good to have a table listing missions by country, and another listing missions by Country. Example for listing by country is located in: User:Dmm1169/sandbox/Missions. Feel free to edit. -Dmm1169 (talk) 22:49, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Name Fixes

Hey! There are two name fixes I wanted to make known- the Cote d’ivoire Abidjan mission has now been renamed to the Abidjan West Mission (in contrast to the east) If you go to the church’s website on the maps, the mission is listed as such. Second, the Central Eurasian Mission combined with the Bulgaria Sofia mission to create the Bulgaria/Central Eurasian mission, headquartered in Sofia. My friend got assigned there recently Persian speaking. Interestingly, the mission boundaries don’t exist on the church maps. 205.185.99.83 (talk) 08:54, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

It's now corrected. Feel free to address or make changes if you find other issues. Thank you for addressing this! -Dmm1169 (talk) 21:21, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Blue links

There are blue links to Names of cities, mountains, and languages whenever mentioned in the mission name. Are these blue links necessary? Of most missions, most missions cover much more than the city of the mission office & home. If using blue links would it be better to link it to "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in (Country or State)#Missions" where it may have a brief description of the mission and history of that area?-Dmm1169 (talk) 23:00, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

First mission president for every mission

Is there a need for the name of the first mission president for every mission? I'm not sure what value it adds to the list. In addition, are the mission presidents after the first mission president less important? Excluding "First Mission President will simplify and make room for the remaining columns on mid-size and smaller screens.

Consequently, I would suggest removing the list of "First Mission President".

I don't see value in creating a list of mission presidents, but at the same time, I would not object someone from creating such a list (ie. columns of mission president, dates served, mission they presided over) if they feel there's enough value. The second mission president for an early mission such as the Eastern States or British missions probably have more historical significance than the first mission president for the 2000's mission when there's 300-400+ missions. -Dmm1169 (talk) 15:49, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

There's no response and proceeding to remove "First Mission President". "Current Mission President" may have more value, but I don't see it being noteworthy enough to be mentioned in Wikipedia. Mission history is which sometimes mentions first mission presidents is sometimes talked about in the respective LDS in [Country/State] page in the mission section. Consequently, I'll be removing the column it over coming days.--Dmm1169 (talk) 19:49, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Check there's 411 Missions

Can you please check theres 411 missions listed as the Church said there would be 3 new missions this month as in April the Church that that the Rwanda Kigali Spain Madrid North Missions as well as the Reinstated England Bristol Mission would take the total number of Missions to 411 86.188.206.34 (talk) 14:58, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

I don't have time right now to verify every mission listed in the tables, but the three you mentioned was already updated in the "by continent" and "by year tables" (note Bristol is a reinstatement of the originally named Southwest British). I've updated the "by country" although I couldn't add the Spain Madrid North until the boundaries are published.-- Dmm1169 (talk) 14:10, 16 July 2022 (UTC)