The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that the curriculum for its seminary program will follow the calendar year, not the school year, and will align with other classes in the global faith.
Beginning in January 2020, these teenage students will study the same book of scripture used in the church’s “Come, Follow Me” study outline. Seminary classes will focus on the first half of the New Testament in June 2019, then join the rest of the church in studying the Book of Mormon, the faith’s foundational scripture, in 2020.
In a letter to be read to congregations, the governing First Presidency, led by church President Russell M.