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The São Paulo Brazil Temple (formerly the São Paulo Temple) is the 19th constructed and 17th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, it was the first Latter-day Saint temple built in South America, and the first to use a single story, single spire design ...
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG; Portuguese: Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus; Spanish: Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios, IURD) is an international Evangelical [5] Neo-charismatic Christian denomination with its headquarters at the Temple of Solomon in São Paulo, Brazil.
The São Paulo Brazil Temple Visitors' Center was the first in South America. [54] It was converted from patron housing and opened in January 2019. [55] [54] There are several exhibits, including one which chronicles the history of the church in Brazil. [56] As in most temple visitors' centers there is a replica of Thorvaldsen's Christus. [56]
The temple is on a 6.7-acre plot, [14] with its architecture reflecting both the cultural heritage of the Belem region and the spiritual significance of the church. The temple has a single attached central spire with a statue of the angel Moroni [15] is 89 feet tall, and is constructed with Brazilian granite, like many of Brazil's other temples ...
In 1922, a few years after attending the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, Rev. Hosen Isobe established the Zenshuji Soto Mission [3] in a Los Angeles apartment. Anti-immigration laws at that time made it extremely difficult for people of Japanese descent to purchase land in the United States.
Church membership in Brazil continues to grow quickly. The Campinas Temple serves more than 117,000 members from 36 stakes in the area. Brazil is home to more Latter-day Saints than any other country in the world, except the United States and Mexico. Plans to build the Campinas Brazil Temple were announced on April 3, 1997.
An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...
The structure is entirely covered in gold leaf. Behind the ark is the temple's baptistry, above the altar is 100 square meters of gold stained glass windows, and an inscription "Holiness to the Lord" [9] [11] In September 2019, Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro visited temple to strengthen ties with UCKG. [12]