Groundbreaking
anticipated:
181. Nairobi
Kenya Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting
official site announcement; construction contract awarded; groundbreaking could
occur in mid-to-late 2019.
182. Brasilia
Brazil Temple: Planning and approval phase; property fence installed around
temple site; groundbreaking could
occur in mid-to-late 2019.
Note: On September 1, 2019, I was advised
that concept plans for this temple were floating around social media. If those
plans are verified, a groundbreaking could occur within this period of time.
183. Greater
Manila Philippines Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official name
announcement; groundbreaking could occur in mid-to-late 2019.
Note: Based on what is and is not known presently about this temple,
it seems probable that a groundbreaking for it could be fit in during this
window, if all goes well.
184. Harare
Zimbabwe Temple: Planning and approval phase; awaiting official site
announcement; President Nelson visited potential site on April 17, 2018;
groundbreaking anticipated in late 2019.
Note: Aside from the information noted above, in mid-November of
last year, Elder Andersen visited with Zimbabwe’s Vice President, and indicated
to him that the Church was hoping to begin construction on the Harare temple in
late 2019. Therefore, barring anything unexpected, it seems more likely than
not that a groundbreaking could occur at around this time.
185. Bengaluru India Temple: Planning and approval phase;
awaiting official site announcement; groundbreaking could occur in late 2019-early
2020.
186. Saratoga
Springs Utah Temple: Preliminary plans submitted to local government on May 7,
2019; groundbreaking could occur in late 2019-early 2020.
187. Puebla
Mexico Temple: Planning and approval phase; site acquired (according to a
Church member living in Mexico); awaiting official confirmation; groundbreaking
could occur in early 2020.
188. Salta
Argentina Temple: Planning and approval phase; site location confirmed;
groundbreaking could occur in early 2020.
189. Auckland New Zealand Temple: Planning and approval phase; site location
confirmed on May 21, 2019; groundbreaking could occur in early-to-mid 2020.
190. Layton Utah Temple: Planning and approval phase; site
location officially confirmed on July 15, 2019; groundbreaking could occur in early-to-mid 2020.
191. Richmond
Virginia Temple: Artist’s rendering and accompanying
photographs released on August 28, 2019; groundbreaking could occur in mid-2020.
192. Mendoza Argentina Temple: Planning and
approval phase; site location confirmed;
groundbreaking
could occur in mid-2020.
As always, I continue to monitor all Church news and temple updates and will be sure to pass along any and all such updates as I become aware of them. That does it for now. 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.
An unexpected development has occurred. A new president has been called to oversee a mission in West Virginia:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/callings/2019-09-02/this-new-mission-president-and-companion-were-recently-called-to-serve-in-west-virginia-158560
So within the last couple of months, new presidents have unexpectedly called for one mission and one temple outside the window in which temple and mission presidential calls are normally announced. Always interesting to see things like that occur. My thanks again to you all.
In the case of an extemporaneous MP calling, that only happens for one of two reasons.
ReplyDelete1. The old MP is extraordinarily good and you will hear his name mouthed out in the upcoming GC as either a new Area Seventy or General Authority Seventy.
2. The old MP fell through and he has been excommunicated or otherwise disciplined by the Church.
Let's hope it is the first.
Also changes in the health of the old MP may be a reason as well.
DeleteChris, you are right about that. That happens as well. I am not sure that is true in this case. If I have my information correct, the outgoing mission president was 50 two years ago at the time of his call, which would put him at 52 now. I know that some people do develop health issues in their 50s (we even had a General Authority Seventy die abruptly last year at the age of 58 after a brief and sudden illness), but based on a few initial resources I found on the mission in question, that does not appear to be the case with this particular mission president. I have more thoughts on this, which I will post in a new comment below my reply to Bryan (which follows this subset of comments). In the meantime, thanks for mentioning this, Chris!
DeleteHey, Bryan! Thank you for taking time to comment. I looked into this a little further, and the mission president being replaced has served for just over two years (since July of 2017). So it is possible that he will be called as an area seventy, since he has had years of prestigious and faithful service in other Church callings. However, a third scenario is that some or other familial difficulty needing the direct attention of the outgoing mission president or his wife would be enough for the Church to grant them an hnorable release early to take care of it. I guess we will know one way or another within the next 5 weeks or so. Thanks again for stopping by to share your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteAs a follow-up on my original reply to Bryan above, I did some digging on my end, and the last time a new General Authority Seventy was sustained in October was to ratify the call of Elder Brook P. Hales, which had been announced in May 2018. Aside from that, the last General Authority call to be sustained in an October General Conference occurred in 2002, and of those sustained at that time, only Elder Craig C. Christensen still actively serves as a General Authority Seventy.
DeleteInsofar as I can tell, no new area seventies were caslled last October, and the previous October (2017) only one new area seventy was sustained, and only two were sustained the October prior to that (2016). So it could be that the outgoing mission president will be sustained as an area seventy. We will have to see. But I am sure there is a reason for his release from that assignment, and until we hear otherwise, I would hope it is for a positive reason rather than a negative one, and particularly not for a very negative reason. Just my additional thoughts, for what they might be worth to anyone here. My thanks again to you all.
Hello again, everyone! The following additional Church news stories have been reported:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2019-09-03/president-nelson-latin-america-ministry-wrap-latam-159100
https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2019-09-02/latin-america-ministry-tour-president-nelson-latam-brazil-158363
https://www.thechurchnews.com/global/2019-09-03/hurricane-dorian-bahamas-florida-jamaica-159126
My thanks once again to you all.
Forgot to mention that the text of the dedicatory prayer for the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple is now available:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2019-09-03/elder-bednar-port-au-prince-haiti-temple-dedication-159139
Once again, my thanks to you all.
And I have a few temple updates to pawss along as well. First, at the Durban South Africa Temple, light fixtures, door hardware, and glass are being installed while artists continue decorative paintin. Work on the entrance plaza is also progressing, the water feature has been tested, and mature trees have been transplanted onto the temple grounds. Meanwhile, another update on the Pocatello Idaho Temple notes that structural steel and a corrogated metal floor deck are being set, and that the parking lot and driveway curbing are being poured. And on the Hamilton New Zealand Temple renovation, it has been noted that renovations on the interior and exterior are now well underway. Once again, my thanks to you all for your continued interest and ongoing support.
ReplyDeleteThe Newsroom has shared the following two reports:
ReplyDeletehttps://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/mission-president-dies-philippines-september-2019
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/boy-scouts-of-america-honors-the-church
My thanks once again to you all.
I have seen a trend for more remote temples. It was also expressed in interview with President Nelson during his trip to Brazil that more temples will be announced in October. He specifically talked about building them in more remote places and he said something the size will be built to meet local needs. He mentioned other recent announcements as examples. I really hope for Mongolia and Paupa New Guinea. I also hope for ones in Uganda, Vanauatu, Kirabati, Southern New Zealand, (Wellington or Christchurch), Austria, Ghana#2, Nigeria#3, DemRepCongo#2, Norway, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Bolivia#2, Indonesia. Other places for temples may include Arkansas, Forida#3, Nevada#3 or4, Philadelphia, Maui HI, Taiwan#2,and Montana#2, Colorodo#3, Wyoming#2 others. Due to busy temples at or near capacity, I expect more temples in Utah and other places.
ReplyDeleteThis video was posted on Matt's church growth website.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/nUx1J-16d94?t=199
Chris, the video of President Nelson's comments to which you referred above was first shared in the threads of a previous post, in which I discussed more about President Nelson's remarkable statement and what that could mean in terms of the "other announcements" to which he referred. You can find that post at the following web address:
ReplyDeletehttps://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2019/08/some-thoughts-on-president-nelsons.html
The three examples cited by President Nelson (Yigo Guam, Praia Cabo Verde, and San Juan Puerto Rico) appear to be part of a new trend in building smaller temples that can be approved and begin construction relatively easily, and that function with just the most basic elements that a temple absotutely needs to have for the ordinancnes performed therein. So there will be plenty of those types of temples among those that are built going forward. I have previously shared my thought5s about the most likely candidates to have a temple announced next month for which I am accepting feedback up until midnight MDT in the early morning when when Monday September 30 becomes Tuesday October 1:
https://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2019/07/revised-and-expanded-list-of-potential.html
And just last month, I did a 3-part series on Nelsonian temple announcements thus far, including a look at the general parameters I anticipate may prevail if, as I anticipate, 14-16 new temples are announced next month:
https://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2019/08/additional-thoughts-and-observations-on_17.html
I am currently working on a more specific list of narrowed-down prospects that seem most likely. I won't be replacing my latest mass list of locations (posted here in July) with that list, but wanted to give a look at what I see as the most likely prospects if 14-16 new temples do wind up being announced. So stay tuned for that.
In the meantime, I will say that I do not anticipate a mass number of temples to be announced in General Conference for either next month or at least the 3-4 General COnferences following that. Instead, it seems more likely that the focus will be on an incremental increase in the number of temples announced each subsequent April and October. Since 7 were announced in April of last year and 8 were announced in April of this year, and since 12 were announced last October, 14-16 new temples would be an incremental increase to that. I will be happy with any number of temples that wind up actually being announced, but that's my thought process for now. In the meantime, I appreciate you sharing your list here, Chris, and I look forward to seeing how many are announced in October, and for which locations. Thanks again.
Saratoga Springs Groundbreaking is scheduled for October 19th. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/saratoga-springs-temple-groundbreaking-date-announced
ReplyDeleteThankk you, Scott, for mentioning that here. Due to some personal commitments elsewhere, I first saw the news about this groundbreaking around 1.5 hours ago, not long after the Church News reported it. I was not expecting that development to occur at this time, but it gives me hope that a new round of temple groundbreakings may soon be announced. I am still hopeful that at least one more temple will have a groundbreaking prior to General Conference, and that 3-4 additional temples could also have a gorundbreaking before the end of this year. You can see my post covering this development right above this one. Great to see more being done to clear the queue. Thank you, Scott, for taking time to mention this here as well.
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