Renamed in 1904 to the Central States Mission (used to be Southwestern States Mission) and headquarters were moved from St. Johns, Kansas to Independence, Missouri. Beginning in 1907, the mission published a periodical called the Liahona. Later that same year the magazine merged with the Southern States Mission magazine to become Liahona, The Elders' Journal.
Media
Central States (1898 - ?) Profile
![Missionaries of the Central States Mission, circa 1902](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/PH_8742_item_2-Southwestern_States_Mission_photographs.jpeg)
Missionaries of the Central States Mission, circa 1902
![President Duffin with Missionaries](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/L/arthur-livingston-1881-FS-2.jpg)
President Duffin with Missionaries
![Missionaries in the Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/harvey-delbert-bassett-1891-FS.jpg)
Missionaries in the Central States Mission
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/A/floyd-thomas-anderson-1901-FS.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/F/edgar-osdon-fullmer-1884-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Mission Headquarters](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/Central States office.jpg)
Central States Mission Headquarters
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/rolla-john-cummings-1898-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/central-states-mission-1922-CH76409.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Publications Staff of "Liahona, The Elders' Journal"](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/Missionary_staff_Liahona_the_Elders_Journal.jpg)
Publications Staff of "Liahona, The Elders' Journal"
![Missionaries at Mission Headquarters](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/CHL-PH-725it077.jpg)
Missionaries at Mission Headquarters
![Central States Mission Visiting Missionaries and Officials](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/A/christian-nephi-anderson-1865-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission Visiting Missionaries and Officials
![Northwestern States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/northwestern states/rosel-hale-hyde-1889-CH68626-3.jpg)
Northwestern States Mission
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/merlin-walter-cottle-1908-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Missionaries March 15](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/Melvin-Earl-Phippen-1893-fs-central-states-missionaries-march-1915-1a.jpg)
Central States Missionaries March 15
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/chester-richard-brough-1898-FS.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/D/heber-dalley-1871-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission
![United States Mission Presidents](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/other/United-States-Mission-Presidents-2-ca-1904-PH-2543_f0001_i0001_00001.jpg)
United States Mission Presidents
![Central States Mission St John District Missionaries May 23, 1927](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/S/ellis-eugene-shakespear-1901-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission St John District Missionaries May 23, 1927
![Central States Mission January 1917-September 1919](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/samuel-o-bennion-1874-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission January 1917-September 1919
![Central States Missionaries](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/morris-eldon-barnes-1903-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Missionaries
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/A/william-bailey-adair-1892-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Elders of the East Kansas Conference Central States Mission Winter 1909-1910](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/Andrew-Gordon-Kimball-1888-fs-1a.jpg)
Elders of the East Kansas Conference Central States Mission Winter 1909-1910
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/CHL PH 7354.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Mission 1928-1930](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/G/theron-griffin-1898-FS-1.jpg)
Central States Mission 1928-1930
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/william-baxter-brown-1863-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/hugh-barnes-1877-FS-2.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Missionaries at Mission Headquarters](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/CHL-PH-725it085.jpg)
Missionaries at Mission Headquarters
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/samuel-otis-bennion-1874-FS-1.jpg)
Central States Mission
![Central States Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/manessa-julius-blackburn-1878-FS.jpg)
Central States Mission
Kansas City-Independence Conference
![Northwestern States Mission Group ca 1919](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/northwestern states/PH 197_f0001_i0002_00001.jpg)
Northwestern States Mission Group ca 1919
![Central Mission](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/walter-alex-bishop-1889-FS.jpg)
Central Mission
![Central States Mission, November 1912](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/central states/central states mission nov 1912- big picture.jpg)
Central States Mission, November 1912
![Dedicatory Services of New Chapel, Independance, Central States Mission, 1914 November 22](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/Other/john-edwin-soderquist-1894-fs-02.jpg)
Dedicatory Services of New Chapel, Independance, Central States Mission, 1914 November 22