Description
Mbuji-Mayi is the second largest city in the country and the capital of Kasai-Oriental Province, located in the south-central area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country, dedicated for the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ in 1987, was home to more than 100,000 Latter-day Saints in around 270 congregations. The first Congolese people to join the Church of Jesus Christ did so in Europe in the 1960s. Many of them met in small groups upon returning home.[1]”The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2023-general-conference-temples.
History
Announced
On October 1, 2023, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Laoag Philippines Temple at the October 2023 General Conference.[2]”The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2023-general-conference-temples. The Temple was announced in conjunction with 19 other temples.
There was 1 dedicated, 1 under construction, and 1 announced temple in the Democratic Republic of the Cong at the time of the announcement of this temple.
Dedicated
- Kinshasa DRC
Under Construction
- Lubumbashi DRC
Announced
- Kananga DRC
The temple in Kinshasa was dedicated in 2019. At the time of the announcement, a temple in Lubumbashi was under construction and temple for Kananga had been announced in October 2021.
Temple Site
No location has been announced for this temple.
Temple Rendering
No render of this temple has yet been released.
Announced 2023 10 01
- Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
- Savai’i Samoa
- Cancún Mexico
- Piura Peru
- Huancayo Peru
- Viña del Mar Chile
- Goiãnia Brazil
- João Pessoa Brazil
- Calabar Nigeria
- Cape Coast Ghana
- Luanda Angola
- Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Laoag Philippines
- Osaka Japan
- Kahului Maui Hawaii
- Fairbanks Alaska
- Vancouver Washington
- Colorado Springs Colorado
- Tulsa Oklahoma
- Roanoke Virginia
Groundbreaking
Open House
Dedication
Dedication Order
The temple will likely be the fourth house of the Lord in the country. [3]”The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2023-general-conference-temples.
Presidents
Details
Exterior
Interior
References
| ↑1, ↑2, ↑3 | ”The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2023-general-conference-temples. |
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