<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Salt Lake Temple Renovation Updates
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/temple-square-visitors-center-media-resources?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">New Temple Visitors Center to Open to the public</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">West Wing: Christus Statue </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">East Wing: Temple Cutout model with moving walls</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Basement: Temples around the world and “Inside a Temple”</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-temple-square-visitors-center?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Press Conference with Dieter Uchtorf and Emily Belle Freeman </a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">To Open to Guests on May 18th
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/templesquare/posts/pfbid0WnujqTkLrxddrieJV4qkeSTLSwYL3a2qTgvnwPRV6Gr9mSj54mNPevRy2AYijYQBl?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Now full through July</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4">More to open up on June 1st </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Inside the temple tour requires a reservation
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4">Download the Temple Square app</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/03/20/temple-square-renovation-south-tower-crane-scaffolding-down-art-glass-windows-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">New Art Glass</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/03/27/2-new-statues-on-temple-square-depict-christ-greater-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">New Statues</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/salt-lake-temple-exhibit-children-firm-foundation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">New Children&#8217;s exhibit</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/03/16/salt-lake-temple-open-house-will/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">7-day a week Open house</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Official Dates: <a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/temple-square-renovation-update-march-2026?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">April 5, 2027 &#8211; October 1, 2027</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Being called a “celebration” instead of an open house</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Open house begins
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Davao Philippines Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/03/23/public-invited-to-tour-house-of-the-lord-in-davao-philippines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Media day on March 23rd</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4"><a href="https://news-ph.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/nearly-100-media-attend-first-day-of-davao-philippines-temple-open-house?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Attended by nearly 100 press members</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4"><a href="https://pia.gov.ph/features/a-temple-clad-in-stone-rises-in-davao-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Local Coverage</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/davao-philippines-temple/photographs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Interior Photos Released</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4">“Traditional Filipino piña embroidery — a textile woven from fibers of the pineapple plant and often accompanied by local flora and geometric artisan designs”</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Through April 10th</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Bacolod Philippines Temples
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/04/12/bacolod-philippines-temple-open-house-begins-countrys-third-this-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Media day on April 13th</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4"><a href="https://news-ph.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/bacolod-philippines-temple-opens-its-doors-to-the-media?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">General Authority seventies address media</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4"><a href="https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1272920?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Local Coverage</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/bacolod-philippines-temple/photographs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Interior Photos Released</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4">“Exterior and interior patterns draw inspiration from Filipino barong shirt designs, with colors from local flora, like the bird of paradise and native lilies.”</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Through May 2nd</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/04/13/temple-dedications-announced-managua-nicaragua-miraflores-guatemala-city-guatemala-belo-horizonte-brazil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Open House and Dedications scheduled</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Belo Horizonte Brazil Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Media Day: June 10th </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Open House: June 13th to 27th</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Dedication: August 16th, presided by TBA</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Media Day: August 24th</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Open House: August 27th to September 12th</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Dedication: October 11th, presided by Gerritt Gong</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Managua Nicaragua Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Media Day: September 7th</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Open House: September 10th to 26th</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Dedication: October 18th, presided by Ronald Rasband</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Groundbreaking
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/03/14/ground-broken-for-guatemalas-fifth-house-of-the-lord-huehuetenango/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">March 14th, presided by Patricio M. Giuffra</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/04/13/missoula-montana-temple-groundbreaking-announced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Missoula Montana Temple</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Announced for June 6th, to be presided by José Teixeira</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/03/23/renderings-released-vienna-austria-temple-culiacan-mexico-temple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Temple Exterior Renderings </a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Vienna Austria Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Two-Story building of 15,300 sq ft</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/vienna-austria-temple/photographs/#Official-2?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Rectangular floorplan without a steeple or spire</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Culiacán Mexico Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Single-Story building of 10,000 sq ft</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/culiacan-mexico-temple/photographs/#Official?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Square floorplan, spanish colonial style, terracotta cupula</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Temple Sites
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/03/23/new-site-announced-for-charlotte-north-carolina-temple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Charlotte North Carolina Temple</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Site RELOCATED to<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1641206,-80.66755,3a,75y,122.43h,94.61t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1silm275TDI847Lzs360iD7A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-4.612978765961444%26panoid%3Dilm275TDI847Lzs360iD7A%26yaw%3D122.43254260704369!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-US&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss"> 7.7 acres located at 5926 Mathews-Mint Hill Road</a>, Mint Hill, North Carolina.
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/345+Providence+Rd+S,+Marvin,+NC+28173/@35.0075527,-80.7663138,485m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x8854285877d9a635:0xfd7bd89fbbb3988d!8m2!3d35.0075308!4d-80.7658824!16s%2Fg%2F11cs6pmkbk?hl=en-US&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Previous site in Weddington</a> (25 minutes south)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">New Temple Leaders
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/03/26/new-temple-presidents-matrons-feather-river-california-smithfield-utah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Smithfield Utah Temple</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Michael Lee Staheli and Linda Ann Gardner Staheli</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/04/09/neiafu-tonga-temple-president-and-matron-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Neiafu Tonga Temple</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">Tukia-’I-Vava’U Havea and Linita Fekitoa Havea</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Construction Updates
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Cody Wyoming 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://www.powelltribune.com/stories/powell-man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-construction-workers-at-cody-lds-temple,173746?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Man arrested for threatening to kill construction workers </a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://www.codyenterprise.com/news/local/article_c34e0666-5e88-4d61-9888-2452962ed8f6.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Temple</a> <a href="https://www.codyenterprise.com/news/local/article_59642394-6431-4a79-8750-44bb1c366cdd.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">night light</a> <a href="https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/04/03/cody-temple-lights-up-for-first-time-neighbors-arent-happy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">neighborhood drama </a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Coeur d&#8217;Alene Idaho Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://cdapress.com/news/2026/mar/27/lighting-concerns-shape-approval-of-coeur-dalene-lds-temple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Design Review Commission meeting</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Viña del Mar Chile Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">V<a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/vina-del-mar-chile-temple/news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">iña del Mar Ward commemorates last Sunday&#8217;s service</a> in the current meetinghouse. Which is being prepared for demolition to prepare the temple site.  </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Lubumbashi DRC Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/lubumbashi-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-temple/news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Christus statue placed outside temple</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Freetown Sierra Leone Temple
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/freetown-sierra-leone-temple/news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Will have a children’s playground equitment </a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Church Units in 2026
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.fullerconsideration.com/DeseretDemographer/units.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Stakes</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">22 Opened or formed from Districts</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">9 Discontinued (all in Utah)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Districts 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">6 Opened</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">1 discontinued</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2026/04/2025-statisical-report-analysis.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">2025 Statistical Report Highlights</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/04/04/lds-church-reports-record/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Most convert baptisms ever</a> (passing 1990)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">New Children of Record continues to flat line or decline</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Teaching missionaries at a high (except for the age drop years) &#8211; 78,569
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">4.9 converts per teaching missionary (highest since 2011 (5.1))</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">94 new stakes, 7 discontinued</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">Net increase of 370 congregations </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Countries with biggest gains and losses</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">44 countries with at least a 10% annual growth rate</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3">First ever year of membership decline in the United States
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4">Net decrease of 186 (rounds to -0.00% rate)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="4">This is despite a 17% growth in converts </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href="https://religionnews.com/2026/04/06/how-the-lds-church-is-growing-and-shrinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss">Membership records don’t take in the full picture</a></li>
</ul>
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