{"id":13561,"date":"2025-10-21T08:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/13561\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:16:08","slug":"church-announces-progress-on-four-temples-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/13561\/","title":{"rendered":"Church announces progress on four temples \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Temple construction plans are moving forward in Belgium, Samoa, Texas and Oklahoma, with new details released Monday<\/a> by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n

This progress reflects recently called church President Dallin H. Oaks\u2019 commitment to advancing work on the 200 temples announced by the late church President Russell M. Nelson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the large number of temples now in the very earliest phases of planning and construction, it is appropriate that we slow down the announcement of new temples,\u201d said President Oaks<\/a> at the start of his October 2025 general conference remarks. \u201cTherefore, with the approval of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, we will not announce any new temples at this conference. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe will now move forward in providing the ordinances of the temple to members of the church throughout the world, including when and where to announce the construction of new temples.\u201d<\/p>\n

See below to learn more about the updates released Monday by the church.<\/p>\n

Church announces groundbreaking date for Belgium\u2019s first temple<\/p>\n

The church\u2019s recently reorganized First Presidency announced Monday that a groundbreaking ceremony will be held Saturday, Nov. 22, to dedicate the site and begin the construction of the Brussels Belgium Temple.<\/p>\n

Presiding at the ceremony will be Elder Jack N. Gerard, first counselor in the church\u2019s Europe Central Area presidency. He will provide a short message and offer the site\u2019s dedicatory prayer as part of the ceremony\u2019s program. But because the Brussels temple will be built within an existing building \u2014 located at Avenue des Arts 52 in Brussels, Belgium \u2014 the program will not include its traditional turning of the soil.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see more details about the Brussels Belgium Temple and the church there.<\/p>\n

\"SiteSite location map for the Brussels Belgium Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church releases renderings for temples in Oklahoma and Samoa<\/p>\n

The church\u2019s Monday update included exterior renderings for the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple and the Savai\u2019i Samoa Temple.<\/p>\n

As previously announced, the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple is planned to be a single-story building of approximately 29,600 square feet constructed on a 25.7-acre site located at the northwest corner of 51st Street and 136th East Avenue in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

To be the church\u2019s second operating temple in the state, the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple will help serve the more than 50,000 Latter-day Saints that call the state home.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn exterior rendering of the Tulsa Oklahoma Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints <\/p>\n

As for the Savai\u2019i Samoa Temple, it is planned to be a single-story edifice of approximately 29,630 square feet constructed on a 4.6-acre site in Salelologa, Samoa. To be the church\u2019s second operating temple in Samoa, the Savai\u2019i Samoa Temple will help serve the nearly 90,000 Latter-day Saints that call the island nation home.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more details on the two temples and their renderings.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn exterior rendering of the Savai\u02bbi Samoa Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church releases rendering, location for new temple in Houston, Texas<\/p>\n

Also in its update, the church released a rendering and site map of the Houston Texas South Temple announced by President Nelson in April 2024 general conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the site map, this temple will be built on a 15.7-acre site located along Fort Bend Parkway, just north of Sienna Parkway in Missouri City, southeast Texas. It will be a single-story structure of approximately 46,000 square feet, and be accompanied by a church meetinghouse and an ancillary building.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to learn more about the Houston Texas South Temple and the church there.<\/p>\n

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