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The Las Vegas Nevada Temple is the 43rd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The temple was announced in April 1984. [1] The temple has six spires, one of which is topped by an angel Moroni statue. [2] This temple was designed by Tate & Snyder. [3]
On July 1, 2012, the Las Vegas and Las Vegas West Missions were realigned, and the Nevada Reno Mission was created. [8] On November 1, 2023 it was announced that a new mission in the Henderson area would be organized from area in the Las Vegas East Mission, effective July of 2024.
Temple presidents and matrons, the president's counselors, and the matron's assistants are appointed by the First Presidency.Their background in church leadership varies, yet they are couples who are considered by church leaders as spiritually mature and capable of handling both the administrative and spiritual matters necessary for the successful operation of a temple.
Las Vegas Nevada Temple: Operating 80,350 sq ft (7,465 m 2) 10.3 acres (41,683 m 2) December 16, 1989 Gordon B. Hinckley edit: 44 Toronto Ontario Temple: Rededication scheduled 57,982 sq ft (5,387 m 2) 13.4 acres (54,228 m 2) 25 August 1990 Gordon B. Hinckley: edit: 45 San Diego California Temple: Closed for renovation 72,000 sq ft (6,689 m 2)
The Boise Idaho Temple, announced in 1982, was the first temple to be built with the six-spire and sloped-roof design. Despite the six spires and sloped-roofs, temples in this style vary widely in design, size, capacity, and floorplan. An example is the Portland Oregon and Las Vegas Nevada temples. Despite being around the same size, Portland ...
From 1998 to 2005, Sorensen was a member of the seven-man Presidency of the Seventy. [6] [7] After being designated as an emeritus general authority in 2005, Sorensen served as president of the church's San Diego California Temple from 2005 to 2008. [8] Sorensen died at his home in San Juan Capistrano, California. [9] [10]
Sep. 14—The Jewish community in Las Vegas, N.M., survived without a building to call its own for more than six decades, calling to mind Moses and the Israelites wandering in the wilderness for ...
The temple was designed to be similar in style and form to the Salt Lake Temple so that it would be easily recognized as a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The angel Moroni statue, which stands atop the tallest tower, is 18 ft (5.5 m) tall and weighs 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg ).