Mormon singles wards
Finally! Single Mormons have new opportunities, greater respect
By Jana Riess — April 30, 2021
(RNS) — New leadership policies and a general shift in attitude could help invigorate single members, who have low activity rates in the LDS church.
Worldwide, only 25 percent of young single Mormons are active in the LDS Church
By Jana Riess — October 5, 2016
A leaked video of a behind-closed-doors 2008 meeting of the LDS Church's top leaders revealed some startling statistics about the Church's youngest adult members.
“Should I marry a non-Mormon?”
By Jana Riess — August 14, 2014
A Mormon reader asks whether she should marry her Greek Orthodox boyfriend.
Journalist praises Mormon singles wards: “We are going to treat you like grownups”
By Jana Riess — July 18, 2014
Naomi Schaefer Riley heralds the Mormon singles ward for giving young adults actual responsibilities, but says that patterns of later marriage may add to defections from the Church.
Why Mormons Have the Lowest Rates of Interfaith Marriage
By Jana Riess — May 7, 2013
Interfaith marriages now make up 36% of marriages in America. So why are Mormon interfaith marriages still so rare?
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