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The architecture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) includes the design and use of the church's temples, meetinghouses, historic sites, and other buildings and facilities. The LDS Church is known for its unique and often imposing architecture.
The most notable use for meetinghouses is the weekly worship service known as sacrament meeting.Every Sunday, members of the LDS Church meet to partake of the sacrament (equivalent to eucharist or communion in other Christian services), listen to sermons by members of the congregation, sing congregational hymns, and hear announcements for upcoming events.
The largest of the denominations that come from the Latter Day Saint movement, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), view temples as the fulfillment of a prophecy found in Malachi 3:1 (KJV). The Kirtland Temple was the first temple of the Latter Day Saint movement and the only one completed in Smith's lifetime.
The first LDS or Mormon meetinghouse in Murray was built in 1856. [5] As in most pioneer LDS communities, the first meetinghouse was vernacular classical in style and was built with the nearest and most available materials. [6] It was understood that in time, a larger, more substantial facility would replace this first building.
The 19th Ward Meetinghouse and Relief Society Hall, at 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, Utah, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It was built in 1896. Its architecture is significant in American history as reflecting changes imposed upon the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by outside ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uses the term "Meetinghouse" for the building where congregations meet for weekly worship services, recreational events, and social gatherings. [10] [11] A meetinghouse differs from an LDS temple, which is reserved for special forms of worship. [12] [13] Provisional Movement
The Wilshire Ward Chapel, formerly known as the Hollywood Stake Tabernacle, is a meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Los Angeles, California. The building is listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and on the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation registry.
The Conference Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the premier meeting hall for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Completed in 2000, the 21,000-seat Conference Center replaced the traditional use of the nearby Salt Lake Tabernacle , built in 1868, for the church's biannual general conference and other major ...