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. The site location and an exterior rendering of the temple was released to the public on 20 April 2021.
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.
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Groundbreaking Date Announced by First Presidency
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has set a 26 June 2021 groundbreaking date for the Helena Montana Temple. The groundbreaking date comes just two months and 22 days after President Russell M. Nelson announced 20 new temple locations, including Helena, on 4 April 2021, during the 191st annual general conference.
Elder Vern P. Stanfill, of the Quorum of the Seventy, will preside at the event. Attendance at the site will be by invitation only, with a broadcast link provided to those living within the temple district. You can read more about Elder Vern P. Stanfill online.
