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The Columbus Ohio Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located in Columbus, Ohio, United States.It was completed and dedicated in 1999 as the church's 60th operating temple and at the time served church members living in 16 stakes, covering most of Ohio, but also extending into western Pennsylvania and southwestern West Virginia.
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 others undergoing renovations [1]), 4 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 3 with groundbreakings scheduled, [2] and 110 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) are buildings dedicated to be a House of the Lord. They are considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth. When construction is completed, temples are usually open to the public for a short period of time (an "open house").
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 others undergoing renovations [1]), 4 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 3 with groundbreakings scheduled, [2] and 110 others announced (not yet under construction). [3] There are temples in most U.S. states, Puerto Rico ...
The LDS church’s investment branch, Property Reserve, purchased the 1.3-million-square-foot site from Codina Partners. It is not yet clear what the church plans to do with the massive property.
The Kirtland Temple was used by the main body of the church from 1836 to 1838. Unlike current operating LDS temples, the Kirtland Temple was used primarily for religious meetings rather than ordinance work. At the time of construction, none of the ordinances associated with LDS temple worship, such as baptism by proxy, had been
A Mormon leader first asked permission for members of the persecuted faith to settle in Texas in 1844. There were 28 Mormons in Fort Worth in 1920. Soon they will build a 30,000-square-foot temple
The story of its 1950 founding goes that the spiritual guru Paramahansa Yogananda purchased the 10-acre Pacific Palisades property from an oil company president, after the oilman had a vivid dream ...