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The LDS Church views slain missionaries as martyrs. Their names "will be engraved forever in the history of this Church as those who lived as faithful servants of God and died as martyrs to His eternal work[s]." [6] [7] The circumstances surrounding the politically motivated assassinations of Ball and Wilson affected people of many different ...
After returning to Utah McMurrin was called as a home missionary, somewhat like modern ward missionaries. He also acted as a bodyguard to LDS Church leaders during the anti-polygamy crusade. In 1885 he was shot by a US Marshall through his vitals, but survived after being given a priesthood blessing by John Henry Smith .
Oscar Zapata (missionary) LDS Church Shot and killed after getting off a bus 20 October 17, 1998 Ufa, Russia José Manuel Mackintosh (missionary) LDS Church Stabbed outside the lobby of a building where he and his companion had been visiting Church members 21 April 24, 1999 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Jonathan Philip Barrett (missionary) LDS Church
The local mission office will often help missionaries find LDS doctors or dentists who can offer their services to missionaries for a small fee or for free. Young people in the church are encouraged to save money throughout their childhood and teenage years to pay for as much of their mission as they can, although many receive assistance from ...
Missionaries were sometimes attacked. In February 1913, an anti-Mormon riot in Sunderland possibly led to the death of an American missionary, Ralph H. Hendricks, [40] though his death certificate stated he died from fever [41] and the LDS Church's own publication's obituary stated he died after a two-month illness. [42]
Shortly after his call to the Twelve, Snow left on a mission to Italy and French-speaking Switzerland. He later sent missionaries under his direction to India (1849–52). Snow was directly involved in missionary work in Italy and Switzerland, and also preached in Malta. He had planned to visit India, but various circumstances prevented this ...
In 1920, the First Presidency assigned McKay to make a worldwide tour of the LDS Church's missions with Hugh J. Cannon, who recorded the journey of some 61,646 miles. [19] They opened a new mission to China, traveled to Hawaii (where McKay had a vision, promising to build a school near the temple), [20] and visited Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand ...
After completing his education, Kimball was called as a missionary to the southern United States on April 6, 1883, by LDS Church president John Taylor. Kimball remembered that he: ... left Chattanooga, Tennessee, with twenty-seven elders assigned to the Southern States. There were all kinds of elders in the company—farmers, cowboys, few ...