Austin Texas Temple
The Austin Texas Temple was among those announced by President Russell M. Nelson during the April 2022 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Other temples in Texas are the Dallas Texas Temple, Houston Texas Temple, Lubbock Texas Temple, San Antonio Texas Temple, and McAllen Texas Temple. The construction of a temple in Fort Worth was announced in October 2021. A second temple in the Houston area and a temple in a suburb of Dallas were recently announced.
Missionary work began in Texas in 1843. In 1898, land was purchased that eventually became the East Texas colony of Kelsey, composed of 300 Church members.
There are more than 385,000 Latter-day Saints in Texas. Austin is the state capital. [1]
Location
The Austin Texas Temple is currently in the planning stages. The Austin Texas Temple, which was announced in October 2021 by President Nelson, will be built on a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse located at 1801 E. Park Street, Cedar Park, Texas. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.
Groundbreaking
Elder Michael A. Dunn, Second Counselor in the North America Southwest Area Presidency, presided at the Austin Texas Temple groundbreaking on Saturday, August 17, 2024. In his site dedicatory prayer, Elder Dunn said: "Help us, as a people to continue to stand firmly on holy ground, to reach for heaven even as heaven reaches us in the form of this magnificent Austin Texas Temple."
The 30,000-square-foot temple will be built on a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse.
Temples in Texas
- Austin Texas Temple
- Dallas Texas Temple
- Fort Worth Texas Temple
- Houston Texas Temple
- Houston Texas South Area Temple
- Lubbock Texas Temple
- San Antonio Texas Temple
- McAllen Texas Temple
- McKinney Texas Temple
