After 14 shuttered months, missionary training centers will begin to open

Missionary training centers around the world of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been closed for the past 14 months as the coronavirus pandemic spread. Church officials announced last week that the centers will begin to reopen in June. The Provo, Ghana and New Zealand training centers are slated to reopen in late June at a limited capacity to a small number of missionaries. A timeline for reopening in-person instruction for the remainder of the church’s missionary training centers has not yet been released.

Since the centers were closed at the onset of the pandemic, more than 30,000 missionaries have trained for their service online at home through the church’s 10 missionary training centers.

The exact opening dates for each location will be based on local guidelines from health officials and are subject to change, the church said.

In order to qualify for in-person training at any MTC, missionaries must have a negative COVID-19 test prior to arriving, the church said. Additionally, tests will be given to any missionary with symptoms during their training.