{"id":178,"date":"2005-06-16T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-16T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=178"},"modified":"2006-05-10T07:41:41","modified_gmt":"2006-05-10T14:41:41","slug":"spanish-official-mormon-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/06\/16\/spanish-official-mormon-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Official Mormon Language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over at BCC, John Hatch <a href=\"http:\/\/rameumptom.blogspot.com\/2004\/06\/how-does-brethrens-worldview-influence.html\">asks the question<\/a> ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecIn what ways is the Church doing better in recognizing local customs and culture??\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9 I don&#8217;t have any answers, but I wanted to add a question that goes a bit further than that.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been nearly four years since English was outnumbered by all other languages spoken in the Church. It is predicted that in roughly 15 years, Spanish will be the most widely spoken language in the Church, with English being an ever-dwindling second.<\/p>\n<p>How will this affect the demographics and administration of the Church?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over at BCC, John Hatch asks the question ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecIn what ways is the Church doing better in recognizing local customs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/06\/16\/spanish-official-mormon-language\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spanish Official Mormon Language?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spanish Official Mormon Language?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/06\/16\/spanish-official-mormon-language\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spanish Official Mormon Language?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over at BCC, John Hatch asks the question ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecIn what ways is the Church doing better in recognizing local customs &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/06\/16\/spanish-official-mormon-language\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Thoughts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2006-05-10T14:41:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/06\/16\/spanish-official-mormon-language\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/06\/16\/spanish-official-mormon-language\/\",\"name\":\"Spanish Official Mormon Language?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"-0001-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2006-05-10T14:41:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/06\/16\/spanish-official-mormon-language\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Our Thoughts\",\"description\":\"Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\",\"name\":\"Kim Siever\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kim Siever\"},\"description\":\"Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. 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