“We are grateful to the Lord for the acceleration of temple-building in recent ... according to the church website. The LDS Church has a long and storied history in Arizona, with the first ...

The building would have been owned and managed by the district under a lease agreement with the LDS Church, which would have used the space from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. The church would have ...

If the public hearing goes well, Lessner said, the church would reapply for a permit to construct the building. “Temples are sacred and holy places for Latter-day Saints and are considered to be ...

The Lone Star State is home to more than 390,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 750 congregations. Church members view temples as the most sacred places on Earth, buildings where the faithful ...

The building would have been owned and operated by the district, but the district entered a 10-year lease agreement with the church. Under that lease, the LDS church would have had use of the ...

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, say the Dallas Texas Temple ...