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The groundwork for the Hong Kong China Temple was laid decades before its construction. In 1853, the LDS Church sent its first missionaries to Hong Kong—Hosea Stout, James Lewis, and Chapman Duncan. However, internal turmoil in China made their efforts challenging, causing them to return home after only a few weeks.
The Hong Kong China Temple was built in 1996 and is located at 2 Cornwall Street, Kowloon Tong. When it was completed it served also as a meetinghouse for a local congregation. The offices of the China Hong Kong Mission were also located in the building, as were living quarters for the temple president, mission president, and others. In 2005 ...
The Hong Kong mission, with 9 missionaries and 14 Chinese converts, closed on February 6, 1951. [5] In 1956, missionary activities returned in Hong Kong and were initiated in Taiwan. [5] Since then, the church has experienced "stable and moderate growth" in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. [2]: 44
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating, 9 undergoing renovations [1]), 4 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 4 with groundbreakings scheduled, [2] and 110 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
The temple is then dedicated as a "House of the Lord," after which only members twelve years of age and older [1] who hold a valid temple recommend are permitted to enter. Weekly worship services are not held in temples, but ordinances that are part of Latter-day Saint worship are performed within temples.
The Hong Kong China Temple (48) was built on the site of an existing mission home and meetinghouse. Because of the cramped situation of Hong Kong, the temple had to be built up instead of spreading out, a situation which contributed to the temple's unique design. The six-story building is designed to house not only the temple, but also a chapel ...
In the LDS Church, a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord and considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. Upon completion, temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time (an "open house"), and then each is dedicated as a "House of the Lord," after which only members with a ...
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