Senior Missionary Opportunities*
Finding Places for Church Members to Serve as Full-Time, Away-from-Home Senior Missionaries or as Part-Time, Live-at-Home Senior Service Missionaries |
You should plan to serve a mission when you are a “senior”. For full-time “Senior Missionaries” a “senior” is at least 40 years old. For at-home “Senior Service Missionaries” a “senior” is at least 26 years old. You should not wait for your Bishop or Stake President to ask you to serve. To be a missionary, you need a desire to serve, a love of God, a love of people, and a Temple Recommend.
Senior Missionary Full-Time, Away-from-Home ![]() |
Senior Service Missionary Part-Time, Live-at-Home ![]() |
“If you have the finances, health, and family support to allow it, please consider a full-time mission. Thousands of full-time opportunities are available and are the greatest priority.”**
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To explore opportunities for a full-time Senior Mission, click here. | To explore opportunities for a part-time Senior Service Mission, click here. |
If you need help finding a missionary opportunity that is right for you, contact the Senior Missionary Coordinators (SMCs) assigned to your stake. SMCs help promote and facilitate missionary work among senior Church members. The North America Southwest Area is divided into ten Senior Service Missionary Groups, each of which has an SMC couple assigned. For a list of the current SMCs for the NASW Area, click here. If you are not sure who are the Senior Missionary Coordinators for your area, please contact the NASW Support Advisers (Elder and Sister Rushforth, https://seniormission.org/sa/), and either of them can tell you whom you should contact.
Start planning your mission. If family circumstances, physical health, and finances permit, please consider a full-time Senior Mission, usually serving away from home. If not, please consider a live-at-home, part-time Senior Service Mission. Set up a planning schedule so that you can be ready as soon as possible. Let your Stake Senior Missionary Specialist or Senior Missionary Coordinators help you find the right missionary opportunity for you. WE NEED YOU!
**“Senior Missionary Service Made Simple”, Ensign, January 2019.
†Discuss possible funding options with your priesthood leaders.
‡Some missionary opportunities can be adapted to health conditions, including disabilities.
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Updated
January 28, 2025