It took an extra year, it seems, for the number of Mormon missionaries to settle back into the 70,000s after a post-2012 "surge" swelled the proselytizing ranks to nearly 90,000.
After the Utah-based faith lowered the minimum age for young women and men to serve missions, the worldwide force skyrocketed — from about 58,000 in late 2012 — and surprised everyone by continuing to climb for several years, eclipsing 85,000 at the end of 2014.
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