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Temple construction just after installation of the Angel Moroni statue. |
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| Number | TBD | ||||||||||
| Announcement | 4 October 2008 | ||||||||||
| Groundbreaking | 8 May 2010 by Ronald A. Rasband |
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| Site | 8.07 acres (3.3 hectares) | ||||||||||
| Floor area | 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) | ||||||||||
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The Kansas City Missouri Temple is a planned temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) under construction in the Greater Kansas City area. The announcement of the temple was made on October 4, 2008 during the church's 178th Semiannual Conference by President Thomas S. Monson. Monson did not specify whether the temple would be constructed in Kansas or Missouri while making the announcement.[3] A later press release confirmed that the temple will be built in the Shoal Creek development in Clay County, Missouri.[4] This will be the second temple in Missouri after the St. Louis Missouri Temple.
Announced concurrently with the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple, the temple brings the number of operating and announced temples in the United States to 72. The temple was also announced concurrently with the Calgary Alberta, Córdoba Argentina and Rome Italy temples, bringing the worldwide total to 145.
Previous attempts at building an LDS temple in the area failed in Independence and Far West after having originally selected and dedicated locations for their construction during the 1830s. A temple was completed in Independence in 1994 by the Community of Christ church, which is not affiliated with the LDS Church.
On October 22, 2009, the Kansas City Council approved The Meadows at Searcy Creek First Plat, the subdivision of the Shoal Creek development where the temple is located. The plat includes the lot for a church meetinghouse as well as the temple.[5] Site work in the development, including the property for the future temple, commenced in late October. The official groundbreaking of the temple took place on May 8, 2010. Attendance was by invitation only.[6]
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