Hello again, everyone! In a recent post on the LDS Church Growth Blog, Matthew Martinich announced the creation of an LDS Church Growth reddit to more fully discuss matters relating to Church growth. This will not replace the discussion threads on the blog; rather, it will give us all an opportunity to have more deep discussions on specific Church growth matters than the threads of that blog might otherwise allow.
I have started a subject covering President Nelson's temple-building plans. In the comments of that discussion, it was noted by someone (Matt himself, unless I am mistaken) that he had talked to a stake president who recently spoke to President Oaks. According to what President Oaks shared with that stake president (who relayed it to Matt), part of that plan will indeed involve an acceleration of the process of constructing temples, which will include some way in which the current backlog of 19 announced temples will begin construction fairly quickly.
The extent of those plans is unknown, but it is nice to have that at least confirmed. If that turns out to be the case, then I have no doubts whatsoever that new temples will be announced during General Conference in around a month. That said, I am still evaluating which of the four lists I referenced in this post should be the one I use for the upcoming General Conference.
In the meantime, I also wanted to share that Matt has published a number of to other new posts within the last week, all of which may be of interest to some of you here. You can find those newly-published posts here. I continue to monitor the discussions on the new reddit and new content on the LDS Church Growth Blog and will pass new developments and insights along to you which may be of interest to you all.
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Saturday, August 25, 2018
LDS Church Growth Reddit Created; Several New Developments Reported on the LDS Church Growth Blog
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Those comments from temple and stake presidents about President Nelson's goals and desires along with Sister Jones and Elder Bednar are so exciting. I hope he's goals are far enough along in the planning that we will see the starting of it all in announcements come Oct.
ReplyDeleteHi, Kenny! Thanks for stopping by to comment. I always appreciate hearing from you. My biggest take-away from those comments is that the plans involve both expediting the process whereby temples go from announcement to groundbreaking and construction to dedication (which is very good news for the 19 temples which have currently not gone beyond an announcement), but also some way in which the number of temples worldwide will be greatly expanded.
ReplyDeleteDuring President Hinckley's administration, we saw the number of temples increase from 47 to 124, which increased the number of temples by roughly 264 percent. I was curious, so I ran the numbers. If President Nelson matches what President Hinckley does, then within the next 5-10 years, the number of temples could increase to around 420. But since President Nelson's plans are anticipated to seemingly outpace and overshadow President Hinckley's previous legacy, we could be looking at a bunch of smaller temples being built rapidly, which may mean a higher number than that could be in place within that same period of time. It will surely be interesting to see.
But you raise another interesting point, Kenny. Would President Nelson wait until October to detail how all of that will occur, or is it possible that the Church could announce within the next month that several groundbreakings will occur before the end of this year?
Another interesting thing to consider in all of this is something I have previously wondered: How extensive should my list of potential temple locations be for next General Conference? If President Nelson's plans involve expediting the process of temple construction in addition to announcing several dozen new temple locations, then nothing can be ruled out. At the same time, with a backlog of 19 announced temples, I would understand if the Church held off on announcing new temples until that backlog had cleared somewhat. Whether or not we find out anything before the October General Conference, it will be interesting to see it all unfold. Thanks, Kenny, for taking time to comment.