On Easter Sunday, April 3 in 1836, LDS Church founder Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdrey saw a vision of Jesus Christ standing on the Temple’s pulpit to accept the first-ever LDS Temple as his ...

There is not yet a cost estimate or timeline for when the new temple will open, but Lonni Leavitt-Barker, a spokesperson for the church, said it will be open for the public to tour before it is ...