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The Washington D.C. Temple (originally known as the Washington Temple, until 1999), is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Located in Kensington, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., and near the Capital Beltway, it was the church's first temple built east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple was completed in 1846.
Between 1979 and 1988, four more copies were made for visitors' centers in temples in Laie, Hawaii, Mesa, Arizona, Mexico City, and Washington D.C. [23] In 1990, 3-D Art, a fiberglass company in Kearns, Utah was asked by the church's Missionary Department to make a lighter weight replica of the Christus. [23]
In 2001, there were 1,073 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Washington, D.C. It has since grown to 3,168 members in 4 congregations. Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.38% in 2014.
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The interior of an LDS Temple, however, looks nothing like a traditional Christian house of worship. Inside the Tallahassee Florida Temple, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.
Temple District Annapolis Maryland 12 Jun 1983 Washington DC North Washington D.C. Baltimore Maryland 8 Dec 1974 Maryland Baltimore Washington D.C. Clarksburg West Virginia* 6 May 1979 West Virginia Charleston Washington D.C. Columbia Maryland 10 Nov 1991 Maryland Baltimore Washington D.C. Dover Delaware* 15 Apr 2012 Pennsylvania Philadelphia
They notably do not feature the angel Moroni statue that is featured atop most LDS temples. Three additional temples (which were built in the 2010s and 2020s), also do not feature a spire, though are not meant to replicate Solomon's Temple. These are the Meridian Idaho, Paris France Temple, and Lima Peru Los Olivos temples.
Church members consider temples to be the most sacred structures on earth. 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 ...