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Why more than 85,000 young people are studying faith with Latter-day Saints

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More than 85,000 youth and young adults of other faiths worldwide are choosing to join their Latter-day Saint peers in learning about Jesus Christ through the global religious education program run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Worldwide enrollment in the faith’s Seminaries and Institutes of Religion program now exceeds 1,090,000 youth and young adults, including 85,695 of other faiths, the church reported in a press release Wednesday. Enrollment of friends of other faiths has “nearly doubled in the past two years,” the church press release states. Behind that growth is an army of Latter-day Saint youth and young adults who are following their prophet’s invitation. Young adults are joining institute in record numbers as Latter-day Saint program hits 100 years — here’s why “In a day of noise and confusion, I invite you to consistently attend institute ,” President Dallin H. Oaks, the faith’s prophet and president, told young adults in February. “I also encourage yo

First report: More than 85,000 of other faiths enroll in seminary and institute — deseret.com, 1d