Indianapolis Indiana Temple

At the opening of the 180th General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Thomas S. Monson announced the construction of a new temple in Indianapolis, Indiana. It will be the first temple to be built in Indiana. In early 2011, the Church announced the location of the future temple: The temple will be located in the city of Carmel on the southwest corner of the intersection of W116th and Spring Mill Road.

There are eleven stakes in Indiana, and these Latter-day Saints must currently travel 130 miles to the Louisville Kentucky Temple to attend. The new Mormon temple will serve 25,000 members in the area. LDS Church membership in Indiana is about 42,000.

On Saturday, September 29, 2012, LDS Church and community leaders broke ground for the Indianapolis Indiana Mormon Temple. The ceremony was conducted by Elder Donald L. Hallstrom of the Presidency of the Seventy. Elder Gregory A. Schwitzer of the Seventy also assisted, as did local Church and community leaders.

Open House, Cultural Celebration and Temple Dedication

An open house for the Indianapolis Indiana Temple will be held from Friday, 17 July 2015 through Saturday, 8 August 2015. The open house is free to the public and will run every day except Sundays. There will not be an open house held on Sunday, 19 July, 26 July, and 2 August 2015.

Prior to the temple dedication, a cultural celebration will be held on Saturday, 22 August 2015. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, 23 August 2015 in three dedicatory sessions at 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. The services will be broadcast only within the temple district, and the three-hour block of meetings for those congregations will be cancelled for that Sunday.

The Indianapolis Indiana Temple will be the 148th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the world.