Phoenix Arizona Temple
President Thomas S. Monson announced May 24 that the Church plans to build a new temple in Phoenix, Ariz., bringing the worldwide total number of temples already in operation or in the planning and construction phases to 140.
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Phoenix Arizona Temple (Hover)
This is great news. As a Native Arizonan, I am truly grateful for the blessings of the Temple for the members of the Church.
I hope the trend continues around the world and we go from hundreds of temples to someday thousands of temples.
This is so exciting!
We lived in Arizona, in a town called TOLLESON, outside of Phoenix. We converted there and then went as a family to be sealed in the Mesa, AZ temple. How wonderful to know that there is a need for one in Phoenix!
May the Lord bless the hands who build it! We love our little temple in Alaska!
I was just going through my email and came across this. I didn't realize that the Phoenix temple was the third announced! That is really exciting! I remember when they announced in General Conference that Alaska was getting one of the new temples. There was so much joy!
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Currently, 74 stakes are in the Mesa Temple district. The church's Temple Department reports that, outside of Utah, the Mesa Temple is the busiest temple in the world. So church members rejoiced when President Thomas S. Monson announced last month plans to build two new temples in Arizona, one in southeast Gilbert and the other one in the Gila Valley; and then at the announcement last week of plans to build another temple in Phoenix. The three new temples are the first to be announced by President Monson since he became president of the Church on Feb. 3. "It is my personal priority to make sure members of the church have access to the blessings of the temple," said President Monson, in the April 28 announcement of the new temples in Gilbert and Gila Valley. "It is here where members learn of their divine origin and destiny; where they are strengthened spiritually as individuals and as families. Temples are sanctuaries from the storms of life." |
Phoenix temple foes claim enough signatures to overturn council action
The resident was determined to find Phoenix registered voters willing to sign the petition asking to overturn the City Council decision allowing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to build a temple 10 feet higher than zoning allowed. Ref. Source 6
Church To Lower Planned Temple's Height
PHOENIX -- Church officials say the height of the proposed Mormon temple in Phoenix will not exceed residential zoning heights. A spokesman for the church said Mormon officials have decided to lower and redesign the height of the temple. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officials had proposed building a temple that would be 40 feet high -- 10 feet higher than the land's current zoning. The temple would still have a 78-foot-high steeple and spire. Ref. Source 4
Mormon temple protests target church's Utah leaders
During a late January protest, the group placed a 27-foot-tall inflatable gorilla with a message: "Utah: The 800lb Gorilla in our Neighborhood." They have been calling the project the "Temple of I'll will" because when the church redesigned the building in August, it came back with an even larger structure, said Scott Anderson, a neighborhood organizer. Ref. Source 1
Ground Broken for Phoenix Arizona Temple
Salt Lake City | 2011-06-04 | Officials from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined with community leaders in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday, 4 June 2011 to break ground for a new temple.
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