Mormon Jargon
Leadership & Structure

Primary

  1. The Church organization for children ages 3–11, providing Sunday classes, lessons, and songs.

Children move up by age through classes with distinctive names — Sunbeams (age 3), the CTR classes (ages 4–7), and the Valiant classes (ages 8–11) — before graduating into the youth programs at 12. Primary is also where children give their first talks and prepare for baptism at age eight.

Related terms

Age of AccountabilityNurseryYoung MenYoung Women

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