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These ordinances are considered essential to enter the highest degree of heaven, so this meant that Black church members could not enjoy the full privileges enjoyed by other Latter-day Saints during the restriction. [27]: 164 [2]: 296–297 Non-Black spouses of Black people were also prohibited from entering temples. [28]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination. Founded by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening , the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City , Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide.
The intent to construct the temple was announced by Heber J. Grant on October 1, 1919, only seven years after Arizona achieved statehood.As one of the first constructed by the church, it was one of three built to serve outlying Latter-day Saint settlements in the early part of the century, the others being constructed in Laie, Hawaii and Cardston, Alberta.
The Orlando Florida Temple is the 48th constructed and 46th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and was the first to be built in Florida. Located near Windermere, Florida , it was built with a modern single-spire design. [ 1 ]
The Mormon corridor refers to the areas of western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly called "Mormons". [30] In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. [31] [32]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in England. England has five missions, and both temples in the United Kingdom. [2] With 145,385 members in 2011, England had more LDS Church members than any other country in Europe. [3]
The McAllen Texas Temple is the church's southernmost in the contiguous United States. As of 2019, the Latter-day Saint community in Texas had grown significantly since 1990, from over 154,000 members to more than 350,000, with nearly 700 wards and branches across the state. [9] [11]
The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has three main periods, described generally as: [1] [2] [3] the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, which is in common with most Latter Day Saint movement churches; the "pioneer era" under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th-century successors;