Mission Boundaries

[BrianEdwards]

I wanted to check the boundaries of my old mission, but i don't think we have access to the classic lds maps anymore

Did you try the suggestions shared in this post earlier in the thread? I believe the site referenced by post #15 is still active for (unofficial) mission maps.

[terrysackett]

I think many Forum members share your interest in having access to interactive maps of stakes, missions, and temple districts (ranging from practical reasons, to simply just enjoying knowing more about how things are organized). However, the Church has not shared any specific reasons for removing the interactive maps, and also restricting the pdf versions to certain leadership access. Since that change was made, some have posited that it was due to privacy issues, others supposed that it just was easier for the Church to not bother with maintaining that functionality (and thus be able to use their limited resources elsewhere). So while we can speculate here in the Forum, our guesses are simply that, and may or not hit near the mark.

For me, it doesn't matter if the maps are interactive or not. If I said that, I apologize. I can definitely respect that the brethren have more to do regarding the work of salvation than tasking someone to spend time updating maps of Church organization boundaries, which is fine with me. However, I would say that I'm pretty sure we're blessed to be members of a church that no longer has limited resources.
It would just be useful, as you mentioned you you in your calling, and people like my wife who was recently called to be the ward Relief Society president even though we're brand new to the stake and we have a lot of ward members that live outside the ward boundaries. Nevertheless, the existing map in Member Tools suffices in locating them.

I'd also suspect that in many places in Utah, the local boundaries change much more frequently than most anywhere else in the Church. I have friends who lived in a previously-rural area and have not moved in decades, but have been divided and transferred at times almost yearly due to local growth as subdivisions sprout around them, always with a healthy percentage of church members moving into those new neighborhoods.

That's interesting, given that the Church is growing slower in Utah than almost everywhere else in the world outside of Utah. There are areas of the world where the Church has seen growth at the rate of a stake every month and none of the recently announced missions are in Utah. My uncle moved into his house in Salt Lake City over 50 years ago, and his ward has never changed. On the other hand, the ward we moved into 15 months ago had five wards merged into one two weeks before we moved in, even though this is an older area of Las Vegas that hasn't had any new home construction on a couple of decades.

[ambldsorg]

However, I would say that I'm pretty sure we're blessed to be members of a church that no longer has limited resources.

The Church no longer has limited resources? Does the attached "smiley" indicate sarcasm, laughter, bliss, glee, or something else?