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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 serves 39 stakes in Los Angeles, Ventura, Kern, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. The grounds include a visitors' center, which was renovated in 2010, the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center, both of which are open to the public, and the headquarters of the church's California Los Angeles Mission.
The LDS Church booklet "Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple" explains that Latter-day Saints "do not discuss the temple ordinances outside the temples". [29] To enter the temple, an individual must be baptized, and after one year, may seek a temple recommend, which authorizes admission to the temple.
Since 1978, the temple and visitors' center have hosted an annual Christmas lights display, starting with 50,000 lights and expanding to 500,000 by 1998. [35] [38] In addition to the lights, various displays and artwork of the birth of Jesus and the Christmas narrative are placed on the temple grounds and in the visitors' center. The displays ...
The LDS Church operates an interpretive visitors' center one block east and south of the Temple Lot. It also maintains a stake center, LDS Social Services center, and mission headquarters on its portion of the greater Temple Lot.
The Kansas City Missouri Temple is a grandiose white temple. How many Latter-day Saints are in Iowa? According to the church, Iowa is home to more than 29,000 active Latter-day Saints in about 70 ...
The Independence Visitors' Center (dedicated on May 31, 1971) [1] is a visitors' center owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Independence, Missouri. The center is situated on the Greater Temple Lot dedicated and purchased by Joseph Smith and his associates in 1831, only a few yards from the ...
It will be the first temple in Pierce County for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Mormon church announces Tacoma as one of 18 sites worldwide chosen for new LDS temple Skip to main ...