LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson announces new temples at the close of General Conference.
In doing so, he brought the total temples operating, announced or under construction for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint to 367, including 31 in Utah alone.The announcement contained the faith’s first planned temples for Ireland, Uganda, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Utah’s Carbon County.
Independent church tracker Matt Martininch, who correctly guessed three of the new locations , said Mozambique is unique in church history for having a second temple announced before the country’s first had a chance to be completed. Nelson announced the Beira, Mozambique, temple in 2021, while Sunday he named one for the nation’s capital of Maputo.
However, he said it would be incorrect to assume all the announced temples were for locations seeing growth in church membership. Rather, the current surge has more to do, he explained, with satisfying the church’s goal of increasing temple accessibility than meeting demand. The Aaronic Priesthood end of the Assembly Room of the Salt Lake Temple as of July 31, 2024. This is one of the rooms being restored in the temple’s extensive renovation.
He explained that the blessings they provide “help to prepare a people who will help prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Lord.”
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