It has been more than 10 years since the LDS Church had two openings at the same time in its Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the Mormon world has changed much in the intervening decade.
The Utah-based faith has seen one of its own finish second in a historic bid for America's highest office, and its theology, history and practice lampooned in a Tony Award-winning musical. The Mormon missionary force has skyrocketed from 58,000 to nearly 90,000, with pairs of young female and male proselytizers visible across the globe. The percentage of Spanish-speaking members now accounts for more than a third of the 15 million Latter-day Saints, inching ever closer to the 41 percent who communicate in English.
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