A new statue — depicting church founder Joseph Smith receiving the gold plates from which he said he translated the Book of Mormon — has been placed on Salt Lake City’s Temple Square.

"I have no issue with my LDS neighbors," he said. "But I am frustrated at how the church has gone about this." Originally, the temple was to be two stories and 45,000 square feet, but after ...

Despite a lot of pushback, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been given the go-ahead to construct a temple with a 120-foot steeple in Fairview. After more than a year of going ...

After more than a year of discussions and disputes, the Fairview Town Council has approved construction of a new temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS Church has ...

widely known as the Mormon church, a permit request for the McKinney Texas Temple — now renamed the Fairview Texas Temple. The temple won approval in April, after a year of debates over ...

A new statue of Joseph Smith receiving the gold plates from the angel Moroni is added to Temple Square. An update is also ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After about a year of debate, the town council for Fairview, Texas, voted 5-2 to approve the construction of a temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Most ...

“I shall be leaving immediately,” he intoned. “God has foreordained me to become the pastor of the Mormon Temple across town.” To say that the congregation was bewildered would be an ...