Speaking on Saturday afternoon during the fifth and final session of General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced 17 new temples — 10 international and seven in the United States ...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Penn. (RNS) — It's one of over 150 new LDS temples in the process of being built and dedicated around the globe.

The Utah-based church has 350 planned or existing temples around the world. Church President Russell Nelson, who took the faith’s reins in 2018, has announced 168, or 48%, of them.

Why? Because the Lord has instructed us to do so." The "blessings" that come from the temple will help prepare the world for the second coming of the Lord, the 100-year-old leader added.

The church’s Light the World Giving Machines — those big red kiosks of kindness — raised more than $16 million this past holiday season. Located in a record 107 cities spread across 13 ...

Construction accelerated after 1980, from 19 temples worldwide to 122 by 2005. The 150th temple opened in Provo, Utah, in 2016.

LDS church members make up about 6% of Arizona’s population. There are now close to 443,000 Latter-day Saints in Arizona who are dispersed around 925 congregations, according to the church.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A historic building boom of big, bright Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temples — beacons to the faithful with steeples pointing heavenward around the world — is ...

The idea was to build smaller temples all over the world, in places like Kiev, Ukraine, and Aba, Nigeria, and Billings. In the years between 1999 and 2004, at least 65 new temples were constructed.

According to the report, the Church has more than 3,000 stakes and 30,000 ward and branches around the world. All numbers are as of Dec. 31, 2015.

The Mormon church has 122 temples in 37 countries around the world. Of those, 72 have been built in 21 countries during the 10 years that Hinckley has been at the helm of the church.