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41-594: The Kansas City Missouri Temple is the 137th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is the first to be built in the Greater Kansas City area. Previous attempts at building a temple in the area failed in Independence in 1833 and Far West in 1838, after church founder Joseph Smith had selected and dedicated locations for their construction. A temple

82-584: A succession crisis which divided the movement into different sects. The concept of temple worship evolved separately in many of these sects and until the 1990s only the sects claiming a succession through Brigham Young continued to build new temples. In April 1990, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) began to construct the Independence Temple , which was dedicated in 1994. The RLDS Church—now called

123-479: A House of the Lord, but are also where members of the church make covenants and perform sacred ordinances , such as baptism for the dead , washing and anointing (or "initiatory" ordinances), the endowment , and eternal marriage sealings . Ordinances are a vital part of the theology of the church, which teaches that they were practiced by God's covenant people in all dispensations . Additionally, members consider

164-513: A chronic lack of funding and the expulsion of Fetting and his followers (about one-third of the Temple Lot organization at the time) from the Temple Lot church. In 1946, the City of Independence had the hole filled in, and the lot today is mostly covered with grass, with the Church of Christ's meetinghouse and a few trees at the northeast corner. Today, the Temple Lot church has no plans to build

205-415: A daily prayer for peace. During its 1994 World Conference, Community of Christ dedicated the Independence Temple located in Independence, Missouri . The Community of Christ describes this temple as a house of worship and education "dedicated to the pursuit of peace". The church holds a Daily Prayer for Peace at 1:00 p.m. Central Time in the temple's 1,600 seat sanctuary. From around 1901 to 2024,

246-810: A press release later confirmed the temple would be built in the Shoal Creek development in Clay County, Missouri , within the city boundaries of Kansas City . This was the second temple of the LDS Church built in Missouri, after the St. Louis Missouri Temple . The Kansas City Missouri Temple was announced concurrently with the Philadelphia Pennsylvania , Calgary Alberta , Córdoba Argentina and Rome Italy temples. On October 22, 2009,

287-527: A result, the first temples in South America ( Brazil –1978); Asia ( Japan –1980); and Latin America ( Mexico City –1983) were built and the number of temples doubled from 15 to 36. Church president Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) also accelerated the construction of temples through the use of an even smaller standardized base design and set a goal to have 100 operating temples before 2001. Between

328-459: A temple but sees itself as the steward of the lot until the various Latter Day Saint factions unite around the time of Jesus Christ's Second Coming . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) endeavored to construct a temple in the mid-1840s in Voree, Wisconsin , according to a rather elaborate plan devised by their prophet James J. Strang . Poverty and factional infighting among

369-574: Is accessed through a trap door beneath the floor of the main-floor chapel, which is used for baptisms of both the living and the dead. Eternal marriages are not performed by the Cutlerites, as they have always rejected that particular doctrine. Community of Christ (formerly the RLDS Church) currently maintains one temple. Unlike those of the LDS Church, the temple is open to the public. Many religious functions take place including communion and

410-748: The 1838 Mormon War and the expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri left these attempts at temple-building no further progressed than excavating foundations. In 1839, the Mormons regrouped at a new headquarters in Nauvoo, Illinois . They were again commanded to build a "House of the Lord"—this one even larger and greater than those that went before. Plans for the temple in Nauvoo followed the earlier models in Kirtland and Independence with lower and upper courts, but

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492-509: The lot for this temple is owned and maintained by the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) . The Temple Lot church endeavored to construct a temple beginning in 1929, as a result of a revelation that apostle Otto Fetting was said to have received from John the Baptist . A hole for the proposed temple basement was excavated, and architects' drawings were done, but no further work was completed due to

533-689: The "centerplaces" of cities designed according to Smith's plan for the City of Zion . Conflict in Missouri led to the expulsion of the Mormons from Jackson County, preventing any possibility of building a temple there, but work on the temple in Kirtland continued. At great cost and sacrifice, the Latter Day Saints finished the Kirtland Temple in early 1836. On March 27, they held a lengthy dedication ceremony and numerous spiritual experiences and visitations were reported. Conflict relating to

574-529: The 1980s, church president Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) directed the church to build smaller temples with similar designs. Before this time, all but the Swiss Temple were at least 45,000 square feet (4,200 m ), and the average size of the first 20 temples was 103,000 square feet (9,570 m ). The new temples varied in size but were generally less than 25,000 square feet (2,300 m ) allowing temples to be built where there were fewer members. As

615-569: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would discontinue its practice of polygamy . In 1887 the US Congress passed the Edmunds–Tucker Act , which disincorporated the church and directed federal officials to begin seizing its assets, potentially including its temples. After a conversation with Woodruff, Logan Temple president Marriner W. Merrill stated that the contemplated public announcement prohibiting additional polygamist unions

656-582: The Community of Christ—owned the Kirtland Temple from 1901 to 2024, which it used for worship services and special events but also open to visitors, including various Latter Day Saint denominations interested in the building's historical significance. In the late 1880s and in 1890, a desire to continue the ordinance work in temples was a significant consideration preceding Wilford Woodruff's decision (announced in his Manifesto of September 1890 ) that

697-501: The Kansas City Council approved The Meadows at Searcy Creek First Plat, the subdivision of the Shoal Creek development where the temple is located. The plat includes the lot for a church meetinghouse as well as the temple. In 2009, JE Dunn Construction was selected to build a temple. Site work in the development, including acquiring property for the future temple, commenced in late October. The official groundbreaking for

738-555: The Kirtland Temple in 1836. Differing from other churches in the Latter Day Saint tradition, members feel that the first endowment ceremonies were performed in Kirtland, Ohio, although the endowment performed in Kirtland differed significantly from the endowment performed by Smith in Nauvoo. The construction of the Nauvoo Temple and the teaching of the full endowment by Smith are seen as the final steps in restoring

779-518: The LDS Church congratulating them on the completion of the temple. Over 92,000 people toured the temple during the open house, including those from 47 states and 11 countries. On May 5, 2012, church members between the ages of 12 and 18 who resided in the new temple district provided a cultural performance at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in celebration of the completion of the temple. The following day, May 6, 2012,

820-548: The Lord of hosts." It is believed to emphasize that when the Jesus comes again , he will come "to his temple." As plans were drawn up to construct a temple in Kirtland, the decision was made to simultaneously begin work on a second temple at the church's colony in Jackson County, Missouri . Surviving plans indicate that both temples would have the same dimensions and approximately the same appearance and both were to be at

861-780: The Strangites prevented the temple from progressing beyond the planning stage. The church has made no attempt to build temples since Strang's death. From 1855 to 1889, the LDS Church performed ordinances in the Endowment House to allow members to receive the endowment during construction of temples in Utah. Before the Endowment House was built, the Council House was similarly used, between 1850 and 1855. Historically, there were other locations where ordinances for

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943-419: The brief building period from 1998 to 2001, 38 of these standardized temples were constructed and dedicated, meeting Hinckley's goal and, during his service as president, the number of temples more than doubled from 47 to 124. The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) performs temple ordinances in its Independence, Missouri, meetinghouse, their only building still in active use, though the church also believes in

984-607: The church founded by Jesus Christ following the Great Apostasy . Because it is an integral part of their worship, Mormon pioneers , upon arriving in the Salt Lake Valley , began plans to build temples there, and built the Endowment House to allow members to receive the endowment until the temples were completed. Initially, the church constructed temples in areas where there were large concentrations of members: Utah , Idaho , Arizona , Hawaii , and Alberta . In

1025-520: The failure of the church's Kirtland Safety Society bank, caused the church presidency to leave Kirtland and move the church's headquarters to the Mormon settlement of Far West, Missouri . Far West was also platted along the lines of the City of Zion plan and in 1838 the church began construction of a new, larger temple in the center of the town. They may also have dedicated a temple site in the neighboring Mormon settlement of Adam-ondi-Ahman . The events of

1066-484: The life of Joseph Smith, a few years before the Kirtland temple was built, Smith dedicated a location in Independence, Missouri, for the building of a special temple, which was to be the center of a New Jerusalem . However, hostile action by non-Mormon citizens resulted in the expulsion of all Latter Day Saints from the area in 1833, and the planned temple did not proceed beyond the laying of cornerstones. As of 2011,

1107-526: The living were performed, both indoors and out, as recorded in pioneer journals. One of these is a building known as the Endowment House in Spring City, Utah , built by Orson Hyde . The building is still standing at 85 West 300 South. The Endowment House in Salt Lake City was razed in 1889 after church president Wilford Woodruff learned that plural marriages were being performed there without

1148-549: The mid-20th century, because of the importance of temples in the theology, the church tried to balance density with the travel requirements that attending the temple imposed upon members. Thus, temples were built in Europe ( Switzerland –1955 and England –1958); the Pacific Islands ( New Zealand –1958); and Washington, D.C.  (1974) when membership alone might not have justified the effort. Temple growth continued in

1189-421: The most prolific builder of temples in the Latter Day Saint movement. The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 201 dedicated temples (192 operating and 9 previously-dedicated, but closed for renovation ), 3 scheduled for dedication , 48 under construction , 1 scheduled for groundbreaking , and 114 others announced (not yet under construction). In the LDS Church, temples are not only

1230-534: The practice of temple worship. The Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio , were commanded to: Latter Day Saints see temples as the fulfillment of a prophecy found in Malachi ;3:1 (KJV): "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith

1271-436: The principle of constructing special temples such as the ones in Kirtland and Nauvoo. Cutlerites do not designate their meetinghouse as a temple per se , but they believe that it serves precisely the same purpose and that the ordinances performed there are equally as valid as ones done in any pre-1844 temple. These sacred services of the Cutlerites are not open to the public, and participants are forbidden to discuss them outside

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1312-469: The room in which they are performed. Cutlerite meetinghouses are constructed with a main-floor chapel that is always open to the public unless baptisms for the dead are being performed; a second-floor room, which is closed to the public at all times, is reserved for the ordinances of the endowment. Cutlerites do not use the term "endowment" to refer to these rituals; they generally refer to them as "the priesthood ordinances". A rectangular-shaped baptismal font

1353-483: The scale was much increased. New conflicts arose that led to Smith being killed , along with his brother Hyrum , at Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844. The Nauvoo Temple stood only half finished. Eventually, this temple was finished and dedicated. Some temple ordinances were performed before most of the Latter Day Saints followed Brigham Young west across the Mississippi River. Smith's death resulted in

1394-419: The temple a place to commune with God , seek God's aid, understand the will of God, and receive personal revelation . Upon completion (or after the completion of significant renovations), temples are open to the public for a period of time (an "open house"). During the open house, the church conducts tours of the temple with missionaries and members from the local area serving as tour guides, and all rooms of

1435-414: The temple are open to the public. The temple is then dedicated as a "House of the Lord", after which only members in good standing are permitted entrance. Thus, in the LDS Church, temples are not churches or meetinghouses but rather places of more consecrated worship. In 1832, shortly after the formation of the church, Smith said that the Lord desired the Latter Day Saints build a temple; and they completed

1476-488: The temple built in Kirtland, Ohio, was owned and maintained by Community of Christ. This was the first temple built by the Latter Day Saint movement and the only temple completed in the lifetime of Joseph Smith. The LDS Church and Community of Christ announced on March 5, 2024 that ownership of the site had transferred to the former as part of a $ 192.5 million acquisition of historic sites and objects. Four additional Latter Day Saint denominations have built temples: During

1517-440: The temple took place on May 8, 2010; attendance was by invitation only. The temple stands not far from the city of Liberty , where church founder Joseph Smith was incarcerated in the winter of 1838-39. A public open house was held from April 7–28, 2012. Among the visitors were Missouri governor Jay Nixon and Kansas governor Sam Brownback , who were given a private tour on April 5, 2012. Both governors presented proclamations to

1558-589: The temple was dedicated by Thomas S. Monson. The temple, built on 8 acres, serves 45,000 LDS Church members from 126 congregations in Kansas and Missouri, as well as some who live in Oklahoma and Arkansas. In 2023, a new temple was announced to be built in Springfield, Missouri, the state's third location in addition to Kansas City and St. Louis. Temple (Latter Day Saints) The Latter Day Saint movement

1599-400: Was "the only way to retain the possession of our temples and continue the ordinance work for the living and dead which was considered of more importance than continuing the practice of plural marriage for the present." Temples have held numerous purposes in the Latter Day Saint movement, both historically and their differing expressions today. These purposes include: The LDS Church has been

1640-524: Was completed in Independence in 1994 by the Community of Christ , which is not affiliated with the LDS Church. The intent to construct the temple was announced on October 4, 2008, during the church's 178th Semiannual general conference by church president Thomas S. Monson . When the announcement was made, Monson did not specify whether the temple would be constructed in Kansas or Missouri . However,

1681-528: Was conceived as a restoration of practices believed to have been lost in a Great Apostasy from the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Temple worship played a prominent role in the Bible's Old Testament , and in the Book of Mormon . On December 27, 1832, two years after the organization of the Church of Christ , the church's founder, Joseph Smith, reported receiving a revelation that called upon church members to restore

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