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Groundbreaking services for the Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple were held on June 8, 2024. Elder [[Jorge F. Zeballos]], South America Northwest Area President, offered a dedicatory prayer and presided at the event. “The temple is the holiest place on the face of the earth,” Elder Zeballos said. “Today we are going to dedicate this sacred ground. From now on this will be a consecrated ground for the Lord, a place where His house will be built.”[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/groundbreaking-news-for-two-temples-in-south-america] | Groundbreaking services for the Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple were held on June 8, 2024. Elder [[Jorge F. Zeballos]], South America Northwest Area President, offered a dedicatory prayer and presided at the event. “The temple is the holiest place on the face of the earth,” Elder Zeballos said. “Today we are going to dedicate this sacred ground. From now on this will be a consecrated ground for the Lord, a place where His house will be built.”[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/groundbreaking-news-for-two-temples-in-south-america] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:26, 10 June 2024
The Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple is the second temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be built in Bolivia, where there are more than 225,000 members. President Russell M. Nelson announced its construction on October 4, 2020.[1]
With a population of more than 3 million, Santa Cruz is one of the largest cities in the country and is located on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands.
Missionaries began teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in the Andes Mission in November of 1964.
The first temple in Bolivia, the Cochabamba Bolivia Temple, was dedicated in 2000 by President Gordon B. Hinckley. Plans to construct the La Paz Bolivia Temple was announced at the October 2021 General Conference.
Location
The Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple is currently in the planning stages. On November 28, 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced its location. The Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple will be built at Av. Quinto Anilla y Santa Rosa (Av. Radial 27), Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 29,000 square feet.
Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking services for the Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple were held on June 8, 2024. Elder Jorge F. Zeballos, South America Northwest Area President, offered a dedicatory prayer and presided at the event. “The temple is the holiest place on the face of the earth,” Elder Zeballos said. “Today we are going to dedicate this sacred ground. From now on this will be a consecrated ground for the Lord, a place where His house will be built.”[2]
Approximately 500 people attended, including Jhonny Fernández, mayor of the City of Santa Cruz, Juan Carlos Medrano, councilor of Santa Cruz, and other civic and religious authorities.
