Houston Texas Temple

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The Houston Texas Temple is the 97th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

After the September 1997 announcement that the LDS Church would build a temple in Houston, the search began for an appropriate site. The site eventually chosen formerly belonged to a developer unwilling to sell. Years earlier, however, the developer had gone through difficult financial times and had made a promise to God that if God would help him avoid financial ruin, he would someday "pay God back". When the developer learned what was proposed to be built on his land, he decided to sell the land as his way of paying God back.^[1]

LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Houston Texas Temple on August 26, 2000. The temple serves over forty-four thousand Latter-day Saints in the southern half of Texas. The temple has a total of 33,970 square feet, two ordinance rooms, and three sealing rooms. It is one of four LDS temples in the state of Texas.

Contents 1 Notes and references 2 Latter-day Saint temples in the Western United States 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Cook, Steven. "The Beginning of the Houston Temple: Site Selection History".

[edit] Latter-day Saint temples in the Western United States

This list excludes temples in Utah and California.

• Anchorage Alaska Temple
• Mesa Arizona Temple
• Snowflake Arizona Temple
• Denver Colorado Temple
• Kona Hawaii Temple
• Laie Hawaii Temple
• Boise Idaho Temple
• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
• Rexburg Idaho Temple (under construction)
• Twin Falls Idaho Temple (under construction)
• Billings Montana Temple
• Reno Nevada Temple
• Las Vegas Nevada Temple
• Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
• Portland Oregon Temple
• Medford Oregon Temple
• Dallas Texas Temple
• Lubbock Texas Temple
• San Antonio Texas Temple
• Houston Texas Temple
• Seattle Washington Temple
• Columbia River Washington Temple
• Spokane Washington Temple

[edit] See also

• Temple (Mormonism)
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)

[edit] External links

• Official LDS Houston Texas Temple page
• Houston Texas Temple page
• Mormons plan to build Houston-area temple
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Official Site
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Visitors Site
• Mormon Temple Worship - BBC Religion & Ethics
• History of Mormon Temples - Lightplanet