Latter day-Saints church reveals location of new temple coming to East Valley
The 82,000-square-foot LDS place of worship will be built near Ironwood and Queen Creek roads in Queen Creek.
This photo depicts the temple in Manti, Utah. (Photo: LDS Church, media library)
(Photo: LDS Church, media library)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the location and preliminary plans for its future Queen Creek Arizona Temple.
The temple will be built on 15.5 acres near Ironwood and Queen Creek roads. Plans call for a temple of around 82,000 square feet, along with a meetinghouse and an additional support building.
LDS temple Queen Creek: purpose, timeline, impact
LDS temples are considered sacred places of worship and are used for religious ceremonies distinct from regular Sunday services. The meetinghouse planned for the property will serve as a more traditional location for weekly worship and other congregational activities.
The church announced the Queen Creek temple in 2024.
It is one of three planned temples in Arizona, along with projects in Flagstaff and Yuma. However, church officials have not released a timeline for their completion.
Arizona is already home to six operating temples in Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Snowflake, the Gila Valley and Tucson. More than 442,000 Latter-day Saints worship in nearly 900 congregations across the state.
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''LDS temples are considered sacred places of worship and are used for religious ceremonies distinct from regular Sunday services.''
''Tithing is technically voluntary but functionally mandatory for full participation in the LDS Church, as it is a prerequisite for temple ordinances and exaltation.''
''While members can attend regular services without paying, non-tithe payers are denied a temple recommend. This restricts access to saving ordinances considered essential for the highest level of salvation (exaltation).''
Organized religion:
Man's attempt to bottle the move of God then sell it to the masses.
Close your eyes and imagine this scenario, but FIRST you must read...
The Prophet wanders the countryside and happens to fall upon golden tablets hidden in the brush.
Mysteries kept secret since the foundation of the world are now revealed.
NO ONE gets to see these golden tablets, NO ONE gets to hold these tablets of gold other than The Prophet--as he meticulously translates them to the ''modern'' vernacular of Old English.
With an imagination as wild as the west, a new way of thinking, a new way of living, and a new way of worshipping is born.
To add spice and a devilish attraction to this newfound faith, having multiple wives is permitted--the younger the better.
The Prophet had thirty to forty.
Holy Undergarments, Batman...another temple!?!