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People around the world now have a new way to learn about Joseph Smith, the founder and first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A film called Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration is now available online, marking the first time the Church has shared a full-length film on the [...]
The Church’s website on Temples is great for looking up contact information, temple schedules, etc., but what if you wanted more. That’s where today’s site comes in. LDS Church Temples is a site that has multiple photographs, schedules, maps, construction updates, news articles, statistics, quotes from Church leaders, and much more. Rick Satterfield, from Pocatello, [...]
President Thomas S. Monson’s dedication of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple on August 29, 2010, fulfills a prophecy made 19 years earlier by President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. On September 12, 1991, then-Elder Packer and Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles stood on a [...]
Have you ever tried to explain your beliefs to someone, but just didn’t have a simple way to explain it? Well, the following animated YouTube videos do an excellent job of explaining Mormon beliefs. They are animated and interesting, and simple. 1. Book of Mormon – Made Simple 2. Joseph Smith and Restoration – Made [...]
Latter-day Saints are a temple-building people. Theirs is a history of temples projected and built, often under intense opposition. An early revelation declared that “my people are always commanded to build [temples] unto my holy name” (D&C 124:39-40). In the last weeks of his life, the Prophet Joseph Smith affirmed: “We need the temple more [...]
More than a century has passed since the public open house was held for the Salt Lake Temple, but an exhibit featuring a 1:32 scaled replica of the Mormon temple opened today that offers an open house experience of the magnificent building. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled an 88-inch tall, near-identical [...]
I remember in my grade school days watching via film projector the time-lapse animation of plants growing. It was quite fascinating to see in only a few seconds the things that normally take place over many hours, weeks, or months. Here is a time-lapse of the Nauvoo temple construction. Each second of the time-lapse corresponds [...]
It seems that property values in neighborhoods are often higher around a temple than otherwise. With the recent temple in Twin Falls, Idaho opening last August, property values seemed to bring higher prices than other places in the city. Plans for the Gilbert temple were announced in April for a site on the corner of [...]
Whether you’re visiting the temple lights on Temple Square in Salt Lake City or among the thousands of visitors that stroll among more than 450,000 Christmas lights at the 31st annual Festival of Lights on the grounds of the Washington D.C. Temple, viewing temple lights during the Christmas season is a fun family activity among [...]
President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced today that the Church plans to build a new temple in Phoenix, Arizona. This will bring the worldwide total number of temples built or under construction to 140, including five in Arizona (Mesa, Snowflake, Gilbert, Gila Valley, and Phoenix). There are [...]
