Seminary Program
High-school-age Mormon youth are encouraged to enroll in a four-year course of religious education in addition to their normal school classes.
- The classes are typically held before school on weekdays, but in areas with heavy concentrations of Latter-day Saints may be held during the school day.
- The aim of the program, known as “seminary,” is to help students become familiar with the scriptures and to apply scriptural principles and lessons in daily living.
- The students are taught one-year courses on the following four subjects: Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants (a modern volume of scripture) and Church history. A seminary class usually includes teaching by the instructor and discussions with students.
- During 2005, over 363,000 students participated in seminary classes around the world.
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