Brussels Belgium Temple Groundbreaking 

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the groundbreaking date for the Brussels Belgium Temple.  

Groundbreaking services will be held Saturday, November 22, 2025. Elder Jack N. Gerard, First Counselor in the Europe Central Area Presidency, will preside at the event. 

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The event will include a short program and a dedicatory prayer. No soil will be turned since the new temple will be built within an existing building at Ave des Arts 52, Brussels, Belgium.

Plans call for a multistory temple of approximately 25,500 square feet, a meetinghouse and arrival facilities. 

The temple was first announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson during the April 2021 general conference.

“Temples are a vital part of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in its fulness,” he said then. “Ordinances of the temple fill our lives with [God’s] power and strength available in no other way. We thank God for those blessings.” 

The history of the Church in Belgium dates back as early as the 1880s and has grown to a community of Latter-day Saints with nearly 7,000 members in 12 congregations. The Brussels Belgium Temple will be the Church’s first temple in the country. 

Savai’i Samoa Temple Rendering 

A rendering of the Savai’i Samoa Temple has been released.

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As previously announced, the Savai’i Samoa Temple will be built on a 4.6-acre site located in Salelologa, Samoa. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 29,630 square feet. A patron housing, ancillary building, distribution center and temple president’s residence will also be constructed.

Samoa is home to nearly 90,000 Latter-day Saints in over 165 congregations. The Savai’i Samoa Temple will be the second house of the Lord in the country. In 1983, a temple was dedicated in Apia, Samoa. After a fire in 2003, the Apia temple was rebuilt and rededicated. President Nelson announced the Savai’i Samoa Temple in October 2023.

“The temple is a place of revelation,” he said then. “There you are drawn closer to the Savior and given greater access to His power.”

Houston Texas South Temple Rendering and Location 

The location of the Houston Texas South Temple has been announced. An exterior rendering has also been provided.   

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The Houston Texas South Temple will be built on a 15.7-acre site located along Fort Bend Parkway, just north of Sienna Parkway, Missouri City, Texas. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 46,000 square feet, a meetinghouse and an accompanying ancillary building.  

Texas is home to more than 390,000 Latter-day Saints in over 750 congregations. 

Besides the Houston Texas South Temple, nine additional temples are announced, under construction or in operation in Texas in Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fairview, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, McAllen and San Antonio.

President Nelson announced this temple during the April 2024 general conference.  

“Regular temple worship will enhance the way you see yourself and how you fit into God’s magnificent plan,” he said then. 

Tulsa Oklahoma Temple Rendering  

The Church also released a rendering of the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple.  

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This house of the Lord will be a single-story building of approximately 29,600 square feet constructed on a 25.7-acre site at the northwest corner of 51st St. and 136th E Avenue, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. 

Oklahoma is home to over 50,000 members in almost 100 congregations. The Tulsa Temple joins the Oklahoma City Temple, which was rededicated in 2019.  

The Tulsa Temple was first announced by President Nelson in the October 2023 general conference. On that occasion, the prophet taught about the purpose of building temples around the world.  

“The ordinances and covenants of the temple are of eternal significance,” he said. “We continue to build more temples to make these sacred possibilities become a reality in each of your lives.” 

Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints differ from meetinghouses or chapels, where members and friends of the Church meet for Sunday worship services. Each temple is considered a house of the Lord, where Jesus Christ’s teachings are reaffirmed, so families can be united for eternity. In the temple, Church members can seek peace and guidance, learn more about the purpose of life and make covenants to follow Jesus Christ and serve their fellow men and women.