The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced a new “zoombombing” program for new missionaries early Saturday morning.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Church has released dozens of missionaries from service, and has suspended the calls of many more potential missionaries.
This suspension of mission calls has no doubt disappointed hundreds of young people hoping to serve.
“Zoombombing” is the process of joining a random zoom meeting and taking control of said meeting.
According to the Church’s announcement, missionaries will spend most of their day doing just that. When they enter the meeting, one missionary will begin teaching the first lesson, and the other will type contact info directly into the chat. If possible, they will hijack the screen to share Church-related images and videos
The Church estimates that the new Zoombombing protocols will have success rates similar to normal missionary work.