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The Los Angeles Temple was announced on March 23, 1937, by church president Heber J. Grant, when the church purchased 24.23 acres (98,000 m 2) from the Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Company. Construction was to begin soon thereafter, but financial difficulties relating to the Great Depression and World War II delayed its construction.
Los Angeles California Santa Clarita California: 19-May-1974: California Bakersfield: Los Angeles California Santa Cruz California: 24-Apr-1977: California San Jose: Oakland California Santa Margarita California: 17-Jan-1993: California Newport Beach: Newport Beach California Santa Maria California: 20-Oct-1963: California Ventura: Los Angeles ...
Newport Beach California Temple: Operating 17,800 sq ft (1,654 m 2) 8.8 acres (35,612 m 2) August 28, 2005 Gordon B. Hinckley edit: 123 Sacramento California Temple: Operating 19,500 sq ft (1,812 m 2) 46 acres (186,155 m 2) September 3, 2006 Gordon B. Hinckley edit: 124 Helsinki Finland Temple: Operating 16,350 sq ft (1,519 m 2) 7.4 acres ...
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 others undergoing renovations [1]), 3 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 1 with a groundbreaking scheduled, [2], and 112 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
The first was sent to the Oakland California Temple Visitors' Center in 1992. [23] The fiberglass process was then used to make a traveling model that is sent around the world for temple open houses. Over time the statue became a clear symbol of the LDS Church and is used frequently in its visitors' centers. [23]
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 others undergoing renovations [1]), 3 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 1 with a groundbreaking scheduled, [2], and 112 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
[7]: 21 The Netherlands Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in 1864, [5] and the first Dutch LDS emigrants to the U.S. left the Netherlands on June 1, 1864 to travel to Utah. [7]: 20–21 By 1865, there were three branches of the Church in Amsterdam, Gorinchem, and Rotterdam. [9]
The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints; University of Illinois Press; ISBN 0-252-06236-1 (1979; Paperback, 1992) Arrington, Leonard J. (1958). Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900; University of Illinois Press; ISBN 0-252-02972-0 (1958; Hardcover, October 2004). Givens, Terryl L.