Latter-day Saint missionaries are entering a new age of equality. It’s 18. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that it is lowering the minimum age for female missionaries ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced on Friday that it will allow women to serve missions starting as young as 18, lowering the minimum age by one year and making the age ...

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It marks the first time since 2012 that the faith known widely as the Mormon church has changed this rule for missionaries. At that time, the minimum age for missionaries was lowered from 21 to 19 for ...