Hello again, everyone! The First Presidency just released the site locations and preliminary details for both the Lagos Nigeria and Benin City Nigeria Temples, and also released a rendering of the reconstructed Kona Hawaii Temple. With a preliminary version of this post having been published a short time ago, let's get right into the details: First, as most of you are likely aware, the Lagos Nigeria Temple was originally announced in October 2018, with the Benin City Nigeria Temple following in April 2020.
The single-story temple in Lagos will be approximately 19,800 square feet and will rise on a 2.7-acre site at Rumens Road and Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. In addition to the temple proper, patron housing and an arrival center will be part of that project. The two-story 30,700-square-foot Benin City Nigeria Temple will also feature an arrival center and patron housing at 16 Commercial Ave., Benin City, Nigeria.
Before I move on to the Kona Hawaii Temple rendering, I wanted to note that, in view of these announcements about two Nigerian temples, all temples originally announced in October 2018 have, at minimum, had site locations and preliminary details announced, though a number of them are also in the construction queue, somewhere in between, or have already been dedicated.
Only 2 temples originally announced in April 2020 have not had information released: Dubai United Arab Emirates and Shanghai China, both of which may take some time. Of the 79 currently announced temples, all but 39 (a little under half) have seen some information announced. I should also note I'm a little surprised we haven't gotten word on any other temple dedications yet. Hopefully, that's coming down the pike starting next week.
With all of that said, let's now turn to the Kona Hawaii Temple rendering. That temple is scheduled to close for renovation on September 30, with plans to expand it from either 10,700 square feet or 9,500 square feet (the Church Temples page for that temple lists both numbers) to an even 12,000 square-foot edifice. That temple will close on September 30. That said, the rendering seems to be very much in keeping with temples designed under President Nelson's dynamic leadership. I will let others more qualified than I am comment on anything significant you see about the redesign.
I am grateful to have been able to learn about this news and to be able to pass it along to you all. Hopefully, this means that the Church may soon queue up more groundbreakings and release several more renderings in the weeks ahead. I also hope we get at least 1 or 2 temple dedication announcements before General Conference weekend, but time will tell in that regard.
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