The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the date of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Wichita Kansas Temple. It will take place on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Elder Steven R. Bangerter, First Counselor in the North America Central Area Presidency, will preside at the event. This will be the first house of the Lord in this Midwestern US state.
An exterior rendering has also been released.
Attendance at the site will be by invitation only. Additional details will be released as the date of the groundbreaking approaches.
The site location was released in June 2023. The Wichita Kansas Temple will be built on a 6.42-acre site located at Lot 1 Block 1 of The Moorings Plaza Fourth Addition in Wichita, which is located in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 9,950 square feet. Currently, Latter-day Saints in Kansas travel to the neighboring states of Oklahoma or Missouri to worship in temples.
You can read more about this soon-to-be constructed temple on Church Newsroom here.
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