Monday, July 1, 2024 The Boise Idaho Temple is currently closed for extended maintenance through the end of September. The main purpose of the closure is to replace the roof. The temple underwent a major renovation 12 years ago and was rededicated in 2012. There are two temples serving Church members in the Treasure Valley, one in Boise (dedicated in 1984) and one in Meridian (dedicated in 2017 ..read more

Monday, June 24, 2024 The location of the Springfield Missouri Temple has been announced as a portion of a 38-acre site located at 2720 East Farm Road #188 in Springfield. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 29,000 square feet. It will be the third temple built in Missouri, joining the St. Louis Missouri Temple and the Kansas City Missouri Temple. The state is home to more than 80,000 Latter-day Saints in nearly 165 congregations ..read more

Monday, June 24, 2024 Elder Alan R. Walker, second counselor in the South America South Area Presidency, will preside at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Santiago West Chile Temple on Saturday, August 17, 2024. The 12,500-square-foot temple will be constructed at Primo de Rivera 1551 in the Comuna de Maipu neighborhood of Santiago. A rendering of the exterior has also been released. It is the second temple to be constructed in Santiago, Chile ..read more

Monday, June 17, 2024 The First Presidency has announced the location of the Brussels Belgium Temple, which will be constructed within an existing building located at Ave des Arts 52, near the Royal Palace of Brussels. The building will house not only a multistory temple of approximately 25,500 square feet, but also a meetinghouse and arrival facilities. It the first temple to be constructed in Belgium ..read more

Monday, June 17, 2024 The official exterior rendering for the Wellington New Zealand Temple has been published. The two-story structure will be approximately 14,900 square feet with an accompanying ancillary building, housing arrival facilities and patron housing. The temple will rise on a 3.35-acre property in the Aotea neighborhood of Porirua, a suburb of Wellington. Plans to construct the temple were announced in April 2022 ..read more

Thursday, June 13, 2024 Preliminary construction activity has been seen at the Wichita Kansas Temple site, preparing the property for the construction of the first house of the Lord in Kansas. The 9,950-square-foot temple will rise on a 6.42-acre site on North Meridian Avenue near I-235 in northern Wichita. No exterior rendering of the temple has been released, and no groundbreaking date has been announced ..read more

Friday, May 31, 2024 The concrete structural frame for the Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple is largely in place, and installation of the roof has begun. At the front of the property, excavation has been carried out for the footings of the ancillary building, which will provide patron housing, arrival and dining facilities, a youth center, and laundry machines. A groundbreaking was held in August 2022, but construction began in the latter months of 2023 ..read more

Friday, May 24, 2024 Preparations continue for construction of the Singapore Temple. Takenaka Corporation has been selected as the general contractor, which is the same company that constructed the Sapporo Japan Temple and renovated the Tokyo Japan Temple. Takenaka has also carried out significant projects at National Gallery Singapore and Singapore's Changi Airport. The existing building at the temple site was used as a meetinghouse for the Jurong Ward until late last year when the ward was relocated to the stake center. The property has now been turned over to Special Projects, but no ground ..read more

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 A weathered statue of the angel Moroni was lifted off the spire of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple this morning, and a fresh statue was installed in its place. The angel Moroni is placed on some temples as a symbol of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The temple, located in American Fork, was dedicated almost 28 years ago by President Gordon B. Hinckley on October 13, 1996 ..read more

Monday, May 13, 2024 An artist's rendering of the Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple has been released to the public. Plans to construct the temple were announced by President Russell M. Nelson at the October 2022 general conference. The location of the property was announced in March 2023. The temple will be constructed across from the Barrio Sión (Zion Ward) meetinghouse at 18 Avenida, Zona 4, El Terrero in Huehuetenango. Plans call for a single-story building of approximately 10,787 square feet ..read more