Church Reopens 17 Temples For Limited Use; 18 More To Reopen May 25
May 18, 2020, 9:24 AM | Updated: 9:25 am
Gilbert Arizona Temple (Photo: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
(Photo: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Seventeen temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have reopened as part of Phase 1 of the Church’s four-phased plan.
Another 18 temples will reopen May 25, according to the Church.
“With profound gratitude to our Heavenly Father that He has heard our prayers, we rejoice in announcing a careful, phased reopening of temples,” the First Presidency said an a May 11 letter to Church members.
In the first phase of reopening, temple ordinances will be limited to husband-and-wife living sealings for members who are already endowed, according to a Church statement.
Phase 2 will open temples for all living ordinances, and Phase 3 will open temples for all ordinances with restrictions. The fourth phase will open temples for full operations.
The following 17 temples are reopening Monday:
- Atlanta Georgia Temple
- Billings Montana Temple
- Birmingham Alabama Temple
- Bismarck North Dakota Temple
- Copenhagen Denmark Temple
- Gilbert Arizona Temple
- Jordan River Utah Temple
- Memphis Tennessee Temple
- Nashville Tennessee Temple
- Phoenix Arizona Temple
- Seoul Korea Temple
- Snowflake Arizona Temple
- Star Valley Wyoming Temple
- Taipei Taiwan Temple
- The Gila Valley Arizona Temple
- Tucson Arizona Temple
- Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple
