El Paso, Texas, to Get LDS Temple

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7 October 2024, El Paso, Texas, Steven Zimmerman – For the longest time, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would have to travel to either Juarez, Mexico or Albuquerque, New Mexico to visit a Temple and perform Temple work for themselves, or their family. That, for the members of the Church in El Paso, Texas, is about to change.

President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced seventeen new temples during the concluding session of the October 2024 general conference.

• Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico
• Santa Ana, El Salvador
• Medellín, Colombia
• Santiago, Dominican Republic
• Puerto Montt, Chile
• Dublin, Ireland
• Milan, Italy
• Abuja, Nigeria
• Kampala, Uganda
• Maputo, Mozambique
• Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
• Queen Creek, Arizona
• El Paso, Texas
• Huntsville, Alabama
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Summit, New Jersey
• Price, Utah

El Paso, Texas, is one of seventeen new Temple locations accounted at this past weekends General Conference.

“Why are we building temples at such an unprecedented pace?” asked the prophet, who has announced 185 temples — more than half of all temples in the Church — since 2018. “Why? Because the Lord has instructed us to do so. The blessings of the temple help to gather Israel on both sides of the veil. These blessings also help to prepare a people who will help prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Lord!”

El Paso, located in Texas’ westernmost corner in the South-Central United States, is the seat of El Paso County and the sixth-largest city in the state.

Texas is home to more than 385,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 750 congregations. Missionary work in Texas began in 1843 during the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The El Paso Texas Temple will be the state’s 10th temple. Other temples that are announced, under construction or in operation, include the Austin Texas Temple, Dallas Texas Temple, Fort Worth Texas Temple, Houston Texas Temple, Houston Texas South Temple, Lubbock Texas Temple, McAllen Texas Temple, McKinney Texas Temple and San Antonio Texas Temple.