Why do Mormon missionaries have to be young?

Question

Why cant they be 50? and why not females? the JW females go buggin people

Answer 1

Jehovah's Witnesses do not "bug" anyone.

Really, everyone who respects and obeys Jesus Christ goes from door to door to teach his neighbors about the Bible's good news. It is interesting that only Jehovah's Witnesses are so clearly identified with the preaching work; globally more than 6 million preach publicly each month.

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.

(Acts 5:42) Every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus.

(Acts 20:20) I did not hold back ...from teaching you publicly and from house to house


It's sad when someone who claims to respect the bible actually insults or even advocates attacking a peaceful preacher. Sad but completely expected.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching... You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.


Really, if someone goes out of their way to disregard Christian preachers and preaching, what is he saying about himself?

(Luke 10:1-17) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos... “He that listens to you listens to me too. And he that disregards you disregards me too. Moreover, he that disregards me disregards also him that sent me forth.”


Learn more:
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_03.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_15.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_09.htm

Answer 2

There are old missionaries (and they are very nice, by the way!), they are married couples that do their mission together after their children are all grown up. They are not as frequent in the streets as the Elders, their job is like the young missionaries too, but they also do a lot in seminary/institute and take care of anything concern of the younger missionaries, like their hospital appointment, any other help etc..
Guys go to mission after they turn 19, let's say a guy leaves at the age of 19 and six months.. pobably he is in college already and completed his freshman year (all male missionaries I've met so far have done that) then they leave, go back home at the age of 21 and six months, a few months later go back to school and they are still young and in a good college age, according to may stories I've heard (MANY) they get married A FEW years after mission.. or even months. But what happens is that it is true, the church encourages people to marrry, often Mormons marry young, a 25 - 28 years old college grduate guy is encouraged to marry and have a family, a 19 years old is too young yet and has plenty of time to do that so they go and do their missions.
With the girls - girls go on mission after the age of 21 if they are still single, so according to what I have been told is: they go to college, graduate or at least complete until Junior year and one year and a half later when they come back they just finish their Senior year and gets married and have a happy ending... not the same happens in all situations but that is what I've known and it all makes sence!

Answer 3

The type of missionary work you're thinking of is called a proselytizing mission (which is the one where they go and knock on doors). You'll find that the Mormon missionaries who do this work are young because, among other things, it does take a certain amount of stamina to be able to do that dayh in and day out for 18 months (for the ladies, who can and do indeed serve missions) to 2 years (for the guys). It's also done by younger individuals (usually starting at age 19 for guys and 21 for the ladies, though you can be as old as 25 and still go on a proselytizing mission) who have finished up high school (or the equivelant in their respective nation, if it's called something else there) because they haven't yet committed their lives to things like a wife & kids or a career, and thus can be in a position to devote their full attention to the mission.

Local members (age 16+) can also go with the full-time missionaries (on what's called "splits," because the missionaries normally go within an assigned geographical area in pairs, and in splits they split up, and each missionary pairs up with one or more local members to increase the work they can do during a specified time period); the local members could be viewed as part-time missionaries, because they go with the missionaries part of the time, while having families and careers as their primary focus.

Older members, once they have retired from secular employment and their children are grown and on their own, can go on a variety of Church service missions (being tour guides on the grounds of Mormon temples, helping out in humanitarian capacities, serving as English as a Second Language teachers, etc., depending on their specific training, education, and desires) or as mission presidents of various Church missions.

Answer 4

There are several types of missionaries. Full time missionaries and ward missionaries. The later can be any age and serve locally on a part time basis. Full time male missionaries serve between the ages of 19 and 24. Females from 21 to 24. Older sisters and older married couples may serve full time missions.

Answer 5

They can be fifty, but by then they are married and they go with their spouse. Young Mormon missionaries cannot be married.

Secondly, there are A LOT of Mormon missionaries that are women. I've known a few in my lifetime. There just aren't as many. You've probably seen a couple of ladies walking down the street in dresses, but you didn't think anything of it at the time.

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses have missionaries all over the globe. In addition to the missionaries, all the active Jehovah’s Witnesses of more than 6.7 millions publishers are voluntarily preaching from house to house around the globe sharing the good news of God's kingdom. Whether we are young, old, healthy, disable, or mute, each one is having a part in preaching and sharing (some preach in sign language). If we can talk, walk, move our hands, we will find a way to carry out the good news to our neighbors. We have family/children and works (to provide for our needs) just like everyone else but that do not stop us from offering our whole souls service to Jehovah God (sanctifying His name) and obeying His son Jesus Christ’s commandments in Matt. 24:14; 28:19, 20.

1 John 5:3 says: “For this is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet his commandments are not burdensome,”

Answer 7

Young men who are between 19 and 25 can serve a mission provided they have been LdS for at least a year and are not yet married. In the early days of the Church, there were no rules for age or marital status. Joseph F. Smith (Iosepa) served his forst mission at age 14. Most of the Apostles (all married) were called to serve missions, leaving their wives to the care of the Church.

Today women can serve missions beginning at age 21.

Older couples may serve missions after they retire and no longer have children at home.

Answer 8

1. The longer one waits the harder it is to serve, life gets in the way.( college, career, family, medical conditions, and other stuff gets in the way)

2. Supposedly it is a testimony booster; one serves for two years and comes back with a stronger testimony and knowledge of the gospel than before, the earlier one gets it the better.

3. They are young and usually not very knowledgeable, so when they lose in a bible bash it does not look as bad for the church.

4. So that when they climb on top of Buddha to get there picture taken, it can be shrugged off as young peoples immaturity, and again will not look bad for the church.

Females are expected to find a man to get married with, that is why they do not serve missions. I do not know about the JW's though.

Answer 9

Many are young. But more likely they are busy raising families after missionary work. Their lifestyle is VERY expensive and the only time they are likely to be able to afford non-profit work is before they have a family after high school.
Old empty nesters do missionary work too-if they can. Most likely they will be doing it overseas.

The young women are more likely to lose virginity or be attacked on a mission than the males. So they stay at home unless they are particularly confident.

Answer 10

ok they can be 50 and they can be female. Mostly men go because its encouraged more, but if they feel like they have other things to do then they dont' go. Many people don't go because they want to start families, thats why when they get old they can go serve a mission, like when their 50 and the kids are grown they can serve missions. Women serve too, just not as much because many would ragther start a family.