With BYU-Pathway Worldwide's global presence, service missionaries play a central role in finding, shepherding, and supporting students at the local level in most countries. As missionaries give Christ-like service to the students they work with, they demonstrate the truthfulness of King Benjamin's words: When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God. (Mosiah 2:17)
Service Missionaries
Called & Set Apart
Service missionaries assigned to BYU-Pathway are called and set apart through local priesthood leadership and thus carry a meaningful mantle. Missionaries watch over, encourage, and empower students to become disciple leaders and capable learners. In the same way that full-time proselyting missionaries pray for their investigators, service missionaries assigned to BYU-Pathway also have access to the powers of heaven and should use that power in behalf of students, as well as to seek out new students who need the educational and spiritual blessings that BYU-Pathway's offerings can provide.
When we first started our mission we thought it would be us contributing more; however, we quickly realized that we were the ones benefitting the most.
- Participate in on-going training to help shepherd students and support other missionaries.
- Facilitate weekly gatherings at a local building or virtually through video conferencing software.
- Inform prospective students, including friends of the Church, about BYU-Pathway and invite them to participate.
- If the opportunity presents itself, invite friends of the Church to meet with full-time missionaries to learn more about the gospel.
- Provide students with love and support.
- Serve 10–15 hours per week.
- Encourage and motivate students toward academic and life success.
- Assist in finding the one or hidden many by orienting stake and/or ward leaders about BYU-Pathway as assigned and give promotional presentations when needed.
I'm a current service missionary
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Contact us via email at
missionary-pw@byupw.edu.