Temple Predictions:
3+ temples announced in any of the following cities and
states:
1.
Managua Nicaragua: Proposed
in 2012 by Elder Russell M. Nelson; land has already been purchased for it and
an announcement is imminent there when membership warrants it. Please also note
that it is the #1 city in terms of church presence that does not have a temple
in some phase.
2.
Port Moresby Papua New
Guinea: Land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there
when membership warrants it. Please also note that it is the #2 city in terms
of church presence that doesn’t have a temple in some phase.
3.
Bentonville Arkansas:
Land has been purchased for it and an announcement is imminent there when
membership warrants it; please also note it is the strongest contender for a
temple in the United States. I favor this location because a good friend served
his mission there.
4.
2nd Southwest Salt
Lake Valley Utah: Proposed in 2005 by Gordon B. Hinckley; more than likely
because land has already been purchased for it.
5.
San Juan Puerto Rico: Please
note that this is the #3 world city in terms of church presence that doesn’t
have a temple in some phase.
6.
Tarawa Kiribati: Please
note that this is the #5 world city in terms of Church presence that doesn’t
have a temple in some phase.
7.
Freetown Sierra Leone:
Please note that this is the #6 world city in terms of Church presence that
doesn’t have a temple in some phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in
Africa
8.
Kampala Uganda: Please
note that this is the #7 world city in terms of Church presence that doesn’t
have a temple in some phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in Africa.
9.
Nairobi Kenya: Publicly
proposed by President Gordon B. Hinckley in 1999; please note that this is the
#10 world city in terms of Church presence that does not have a temple in any
phase. May be needed due to extensive growth in Africa.
10.
Phnom Penh Cambodia:
Please note that this is the #9 world city in terms of Church presence that
doesn’t have a temple in any phase; I favor this location because my
brother-in-law served a mission there.
11.
Missoula Montana:
Publicly proposed in 2016 by Elder David A. Bednar.
12.
Lehi Utah: I favor this location because it is my wife's hometown.
13.
Layton Utah
14.
Budapest Hungary
15.
Pocatello Idaho
16.
Auckland New Zealand
17.
La Paz Bolivia: I
favor this location because my favorite bishop and good friend served a mission
there.
18.
Rapid City South
Dakota: I favor this location because my dad served his mission there.
19.
Richmond Virginia
20. Lagos Nigeria (may be needed due to extensive Church growth in Africa)
20. Lagos Nigeria (may be needed due to extensive Church growth in Africa)
21.
Tacoma Washington
22.
El Paso Texas
23.
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia:
I favor this location because a good friend served his mission there.
24.
Barcelona Spain
25. Puebla Mexico
26.
Valparaiso Chile
27.
Davao Philippines
28.
Maracaibo Venezuela:
Publicly proposed in 1999 by Gordon B. Hinckley.
29.
Singapore: Publicly proposed
in 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley/
30.
Edinburgh Scotland
31.
Cody Wyoming
32.
Jacksonville/Miami
Florida
33.
Brasilia/Belo
Horizonte Brazil
34.
Ghana (Kumasi).
35.
Neuquen Argentina
Alternative
locations:
1.
Ivory Coast (2nd and
possibly 3rd temples; may be needed due to extreme growth in the area)
2.
Kasai or other DR
Congo region (Kasai proposed in 2016 by Neil L. Andersen; may be needed due to
extreme growth in the area);
Dark
horse candidates:
1.
Vilnius Lithuania
(proposed in 1993 by M. Russell Ballard)
2.
Ipswich Australia
3.
Farbanks/Juneau Alaska
4.
Kaysville Utah
5.
Sandy Utah
6.
Orem Utah (I favor this location because it's where I'm living now, and when I worked at the Mount Timpanogos Temple for six years, a majority of my colleagues were from Orem, so the LDS presence is strong here.)
7.
Heber Utah
8.
Pago Pago American
Samoa: Please note that this is the #9 world city in terms of Church presence
that does not have a temple in any phase.
9.
Maputo Mozambique
10.
Oslo Norway
11.
Antananarivo
Madagascar
12.
Neuquen Argentina
13. Jakarta Indonesia (I favor this location because a good friend served his mission there.)
I think Henderson is out because the Las Vegas temple is practically in the City of Henderson, and it's also not overwhelmed.
ReplyDeleteChandler AZ is definitely out, as the Gilbert temple is less than 10 minutes away, and the Mesa temple is 20 minutes away. Both existing temples in the East Valley area have huge capacity, and are underused. I was present at the dedication of the Phoenix temple in 2014, and Elder Richards said that with the eventual completion of the temple in Tucson, Arizona's temple needs would be served for a long time. Should there be another temple in the Phoenix area, my money is on a second temple in Mesa near the intersection of Val Vista and McKellips. The Church owns a big area of land, including two neighboring ward houses, a ball field, and a sizable orange grove. That area is also the epicenter of Mesa Mormons, and has easy access to a freeway (much easier than the current Mesa temple). This is probably wishful thinking on my part, because the Mesa temple is currently severely underused. There's also a possibility of a temple in the San Tan Valley, as membership is growing and the Gilbert temple is 20-45 minutes away from the centers of population... but the number of stakes will have to triple (which isn't impossible in the next 20 years) before that will happen.
I'd love to see a temple in Port Morseby! Bentonville would be great as well -- those Walmart employees are loyal, pay large amounts of tithing, and have to travel 3 hours currently. And of course, more temples in Africa would be a wonderful blessing for the Saints there. The future growth of the Church will be in Africa, and it would be great to get ahead of the curve!
Thanks for your thoughts. I wasn't aware of the Las Vegas temple being in Henderson. I was also not aware of Elder Richards' statement about Arizona. Guess I will remove those from the list then.
ReplyDeleteAs for Port Moresby and Bentonville, my inside information from Rick Satterfield (Port Moresby) and my former TL at work (Bentonville) land has been purchased for temples there, and it is only a matter of time before those temples happen. I won't be surprised if these temples are announced, along with others, in October, nor will I be surprised if no new temples are announced.
As far as Africa, these nations mentioned are among the most populous LDS cities in terms of Church presence without a temple. So if any new temples are announced this go-round, those seem like the most likely possibilities.
DeleteI deleted the Henderson and Chandler temples and added a temple for Lagos, Nigeria in the main list and Jakarta Indonesia as a dark horse candidate. THoughts?
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DeleteI definitely think Lagos could have a shot in the next few years! Membership is growing like crazy, it's a major city with lots of transportation links, and it's just a matter of time.
ReplyDeleteJakarta sounds interesting... but I'd put my money on Singapore first, as it's a much bigger transportation hub. It's also a more developed country, and I am sure that temple presidents, temple missionaries, and visiting members of the Temple Department would rather be able to drink the water and avoid the violence Jakarta is infamous for having. Singapore is not that far from Jakarta, and is much closer to (non-Muslim) centers of growth in Malaysia. Still, in 20 years Jakarta would be a great candidate for a temple!