Updated Temple Construction Progress Report: Part One—Overview of Changes Made & Preliminary Notes Section

Hello again, everyone! After doing some additional analysis on the most effective ways to present data in my temple construction progress report, I made several tweaks to it that seemed reasonable and practical. First, I put the temples which are anticipated to be dedicated within the next year or two (5 in total currently) into one section. Temples anticipated to be completed within the next 2-3 years will also be in a separate new section

Based on my efforts to weigh what I know against all that is unknown at present, I have shrunk my list of temples which I consider to be in a "Groundbreaking anticipated" status down to the 5 for which there is enough information to enable me to confidently provide an estimate for the groundbreaking timeframe. The 10 or 11 other temples which used to be in that section have been moved instead to the top of the "Announced temples" section near the end of my report, joiining others for which more information is needed before I venture a more specific but still general estimate for their groundbreakings.

For the temples undergoing renovation, since all of them are anticipated to be rededicated within the next few years or sooner, I have combined them back into a single section. And the final changes I made were to the once-again-newly-expanded list of announced temples. I weighed what I know (among which were if official sites for them had been confirmed, whether one had reportedly been acquired, or if more information, including a probable or definite location, was needed before moving those temples back up on the list).

Because all of these changes have been made, and due to so many new developments having been reported recently on temple construction projects all over the world, I will be posting updated elements of that report over the next several minutes. But since some of you have mentioned that lengthier posts are harder to get through, I will see what I can do to provide those updates in smaller segments over several shorter posts. Having provided an overview of these changes, I wanted to share the introductory segment of that report, which follows below.

In order to not disturb the flow of that information, I will end here and now as I always do: That does it for this post.  Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as such comments are made in accordance with the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly-added content, please feel free to subscribe.. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

Temple Construction Progress Report (current as of 4/28/19)

Note about future temple construction: In late April 2017, Elder Larry Y. Wilson, who serves as the Executive Director of the Church’s Temple Department noted in an interview that the Church had a list of 80 potential temple locations which were being considered for an official announcement within the next 15 years (by late April 2032). In 2018 alone, President Nelson announced 19 new temples. Recent statements from apostles (including and especially President Nelson himself) have implied that the goal is a ten-fold increase in the total number of temples.

With that in mind (as confirmed by the Church News recently), the Church is on track to have a minimum of 200 operating temples by or before Saturday April 6, 2030, which will mark the Church’s bicentennial anniversary. The Church would just need to complete 37 of the temples in various phases in the 10.94 years between now and then, which could be done if 3.38 temples are dedicated each year. And within the next year alone, the Church is anticipated to have 7 new temples dedicated, so there will be at least that many temples by that date, if not several more than that.

Current temple status: The Church has 209 temples in various phases, among which 163 are currently operating; while 1 other has open house tours underway; and 2 more have had a dedication scheduled. There are additionally 7 others in various phases of construction, as well as 1 which has construction pending following its’ groundbreaking.

The Church has scheduled the groundbreaking for 5 other temples (which are all set to occur before the end of June), and there is enough information on 5 additional temples to consider them as being in a “Groundbreaking anticipated” status.

11 previously-dedicated temples are currently closed for renovation; which include 1 which is being prepared for its’ rededication; 1 which has open house tours underway; and 2 more for which a rededication has been scheduled. The Church has also announced the renovation closure for 3 more temples (including the Salt Lake Temple).

The final 25 temples are announced, most, if not all, of which could see construction begin within the next few years, but certainly sooner if all goes well.