Helena Montana Temple
On Sunday, 4 April 2021, during the Sunday afternoon session of the 191st annual general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced that a temple will be built in Helena, Montana. The temple will be built on a 4.8-acre site located at 1260 Otter Road where the stake center for the Helena Montana Stake is located.
Montana, located in north central United States and bordering Canada, is home to more than 50,000 Latter-day Saints and approximately 125 congregations.
The Helena Montana Temple will be the second temple for the Treasure State. The first is the Billings Montana Temple, which was dedicated on 20 November 1999. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet with a center spire. The stake center will be razed and rebuilt while the temple is constructed. A news release revealed that it will be one of the smallest temple’s in the world. A groundbreaking date has not yet been set.
The Helena Montana Temple will serve members living in the western side of the state who currently attend the Billings Montana Temple, the Spokane Washington Temple, or the Cardston Alberta Temple.
