The temple — originally announced during an April 2024 session of the church’s annual general conference — is set to be built on a 22.48-acre site and will be the first LDS temple in the city.

Wakolo said the temple would not only be a symbol of church membership, but also a sign of "faith in life after death" and as a sacred step toward living with family members who have passed on.

Note: The Daily Herald’s sister paper, the Winchester Star, shared a story about the groundbreaking of a new temple for the ...

Temples are special buildings within the LDS faith and are open only to church members for special occasions such as weddings. Currently, the nearest temples are in Fresno and Los Angeles.

Speaking on Saturday afternoon during the fifth and final session of General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced 17 new temples — 10 international and seven in the United States ...

The temple would be the second in British Columbia and one of nine across Canada by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) More than 400,000 Christmas lights adorn the Washington D.C. Temple in 2023. This building is one of the faith's showcase temples.

Mormon temples being built in Arizona The three new Arizona temples are among more than 45 new temples announced by President Russell M. Nelson, the leader of the church, in the past 18 months.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - The historic Mormon Temple grounds of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on April 4, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Mormon Church, as it is informally known, wants to build a temple in Fairview with a spire that would reach nearly 174 feet, or about 16 stories high. That’s far taller than any other ...