Kansas City Missouri Temple

The Kansas City Missouri Temple is a planned temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be constructed in the Greater Kansas City area. The announcement of the temple was made on October 4, 2008 during the church's 178th Semiannual Conference by President Thomas S. Monson. Monson did not specify whether the temple would be constructed in Kansas or Missouri while making the announcement. [cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700264138,00.html|publisher=Deseret News|date=2008-10-04|accessdate=2008-10-04|first=James M|last=Dougherty|title=Rome LDS temple, four others announced ] A later press release confirmed that the temple will be built in the Shoal Creek development in Clay County, Missouri. [cite news|url=http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/new-temple-site-locations-announced|publisher=LDS Church|date=2008-10-07|accessdate=2008-10-07|title=New Temple Site Locations Announced ] This will be the second temple in Missouri after the St. Louis Missouri Temple.

Announced concurrently with the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple, the temple brings the number of operating and announced temples in the United States to 72. The temple was also announced concurrently with the Calgary Alberta, Córdoba Argentina and Rome Italy temples, bringing the worldwide total to 145.

Previous attempts at building an LDS temple in the area failed in Independence and Far West after having originally selected and dedicated locations for their construction during the 1830s. A temple was completed in Independence in 1994 by the Community of Christ church, which is not currently affiliated with the LDS faith.

ee also

* List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region

References

External links

* [http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/kansascity/ Kansas City Missouri Temple page]