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After leaving the church years ago, Tina Atwater is interested in rejoining. Through weekly meetings with Mormon missionaries, Atwater, along with her children Brandon and Haley are relearning the ...

SALT LAKE CITY – The common image of Mormon missionaries has long been two young men wearing white shirts and ties walking through neighborhoods, knocking door-to-door. But in a few years, that image ...

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Few groups exist in the world like missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. More than a million of them have served in the church’s history, so missionary stories are ...

During the 2012 presidential election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s openness about his Mormon faith brought to the surface many of the generalizations Americans maintain about what it means to ...

As a Mormon missionary, Ryan McIlvain spent two years ringing strangers' doorbells, even as he experienced doubts about his own faith. He left the... Former Mormon Missionary Describes The Experience ...

As a Mormon missionary, Ryan McIlvain spent two years ringing strangers' doorbells, even as he experienced doubts about his own faith. McIlvain left the church in his mid-20s. His debut novel, Elders, ...