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20,000 Facebook Fans Follow Pacific Mormon Newsroom

The Auckland-based Pacific Mormon Newsroom editorial team celebrated reaching 20,000 Facebook friends yesterday (28 July).

“We’re very grateful for everyone who follows Pacific Mormon Newsroom and shares our content with others,” said Richard Hunter, Pacific Area Director of Public Affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“In the last 18 months we’ve grown from 3,000 Facebook friends to 20,000. Our next goal is to reach 30,000 followers by Christmas,” he said.

Mr Hunter said Pacific Mormon Newsroom is one of around 70 similar Mormon Newsroom sites around the world, including sites for Australia, Papua New Guinea and a French-language site for the Pacific.

The aim of Mormon Newsroom is to provide news and other resources related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members for the information and use of news media, opinion leaders and the public.

“We couldn’t do what we do without our wonderful volunteers here in Auckland: Jeff and Linda Champlin, Barry and Susan Preator and Cheri Loveless.  They do a huge amount of finding, writing, photographing, editing and posting. They are always on the look-out for a good story to share with others. They epitomise the spirit of the Latter-day Saint hashtag, #ShareGoodness.”

He added, “They and thousands of other retired couples are making a massive difference around the world as senior Latter-day Saint missionaries. Some are involved in maintaining Mormon Newsroom websites, others are dentists, doctors, teachers, family history consultants, humanitarian coordinators and lawyers, among many other assignments.”

Hunter also thanked the many Pacific Mormon Newsroom contributors from across New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the islands of the South Pacific.

“Latter-day Saints—often alongside our friends from other faiths and other groups—are doing some truly extraordinary things in terms of lifting lives, fortifying families and creating caring communities,” Hunter said.

“We love hearing about these unsung heroes and sharing their stories with others, to inform and inspire.”

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