What is an LDS Temple?

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San Diego California Temple





Cardston Alberta Temple



Salt Lake City Utah Temple

 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than 100 operating temples around the world. Visitors are welcome to visit the temple grounds at all of these temples and attend open houses prior to dedication. However, only baptized members who are qualified and prepared are allowed to enter a temple after it is dedicated.

In temples, Church members participate in ordinances designed to unite their families together forever and help them return to God. In the temple, members:

• Learn eternal truths.
• Receive sacred ordinances, including those that bind husband and wife together for eternity, as well as join children and parents (Malachi 4:5-6).
• Provide ordinances such as baptism for those who have died without the opportunity to receive the gospel of Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:29; 1 Peter 4:6)



Temples

There are temples all over the world. Here are the places of the temples owned by THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

134 operating  ·  10 under construction  ·  16 announced

Aba Nigeria Temple Accra Ghana Temple Adelaide Australia Temple Albuquerque New Mexico Temple Anchorage Alaska Temple Apia Samoa Temple Asunción Paraguay Temple Atlanta Georgia Temple Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple Bern Switzerland Temple Billings Montana Temple Birmingham Alabama Temple Bismarck North Dakota Temple Bogotá Colombia Temple Boise Idaho Temple Boston Massachusetts Temple Bountiful Utah Temple Brigham City Utah Temple†Brisbane Australia Temple Buenos Aires Argentina Temple Calgary Alberta Temple†Campinas Brazil Temple Caracas Venezuela Temple Cardston Alberta Temple Cebu City Philippines Temple Chicago Illinois Temple Ciudad Juárez México Temple Cochabamba Bolivia Temple Colonia Juárez Chihuahua México Temple Columbia River Washington Temple Columbia South Carolina Temple Columbus Ohio Temple Concepción Chile Temple†Copenhagen Denmark Temple Córdoba Argentina Temple†Curitiba Brazil Temple Dallas Texas Temple Denver Colorado Temple Detroit Michigan Temple Draper Utah Temple Edmonton Alberta Temple Fort Collins Colorado Temple†Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple†Fortaleza Brazil Temple†Frankfurt Germany Temple Freiberg Germany Temple Fresno California Temple Fukuoka Japan Temple The Gila Valley Arizona Temple Gilbert Arizona Temple†Guadalajara México Temple Guatemala City Guatemala Temple Guayaquil Ecuador Temple The Hague Netherlands Temple Halifax Nova Scotia Temple Hamilton New Zealand Temple Hartford Connecticut Temple†Helsinki Finland Temple Hermosillo Sonora México Temple Hong Kong China Temple Houston Texas Temple Idaho Falls Idaho Temple Indianapolis Indiana Temple†Johannesburg South Africa Temple Jordan River Utah Temple Kansas City Missouri Temple†Kona Hawaii Temple Kyiv Ukraine Temple Laie Hawaii Temple Las Vegas Nevada Temple Lima Perú Temple Lisbon Portugal Temple†Logan Utah Temple London England Temple Los Angeles California Temple Louisville Kentucky Temple Lubbock Texas Temple

Madrid Spain Temple Manaus Brazil Temple†Manhattan New York Temple Manila Philippines Temple Manti Utah Temple Medford Oregon Temple Melbourne Australia Temple Memphis Tennessee Temple Mérida México Temple Meridian Idaho Temple†Mesa Arizona Temple México City México Temple Monterrey México Temple Montevideo Uruguay Temple Monticello Utah Temple Montréal Québec Temple Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple Nashville Tennessee Temple Nauvoo Illinois Temple Newport Beach California Temple Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple Oakland California Temple Oaxaca México Temple Ogden Utah Temple Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple Orlando Florida Temple Palmyra New York Temple Panamá City Panamá Temple Papeete Tahiti Temple Payson Utah Temple†Perth Australia Temple Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple†Phoenix Arizona Temple†Portland Oregon Temple Porto Alegre Brazil Temple Preston England Temple Provo Utah Temple Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple†Raleigh North Carolina Temple Recife Brazil Temple Redlands California Temple Regina Saskatchewan Temple Reno Nevada Temple Rexburg Idaho Temple Rome Italy Temple†Sacramento California Temple St. George Utah Temple St. Louis Missouri Temple St. Paul Minnesota Temple Salt Lake Temple San Antonio Texas Temple San Diego California Temple San José Costa Rica Temple San Salvador El Salvador Temple†Santiago Chile Temple Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple São Paulo Brazil Temple Sapporo Japan Temple†Seattle Washington Temple Seoul Korea Temple Snowflake Arizona Temple Spokane Washington Temple Stockholm Sweden Temple Suva Fiji Temple Sydney Australia Temple Taipei Taiwan Temple Tampico México Temple Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple†Tijuana México Temple†Tokyo Japan Temple Toronto Ontario Temple Trujillo Perú Temple†Tuxtla Gutiérrez México Temple Twin Falls Idaho Temple Urdaneta Philippines Temple†Vancouver British Columbia Temple Veracruz México Temple Vernal Utah Temple Villahermosa México Temple Washington D.C. Temple Winnipeg Manitoba Temple†Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple

For viewing pictures of these Temples go to www.temples.lds.org. To learn more contact your local missionaries at 1 (800) 438 7557.