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Serving a mission for the LDS Church will cost more in 2020

A year from now, it will cost more to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The monthly amount families and congregations pay to cover a missionary’s living expenses will increase to $500 beginning July 1, 2020, according to a letter from the church’s First Presidency. The letter was sent to mission leaders around the world, and released to the media.

That is a 25 percent increase over the current rate of $400, which has been in place since 2003, said the letter signed by President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors, Dallin H.