President Nelson says Salt Lake Temple preservation project will be complete by end of 2026
Oct 7, 2024, 9:00 AM
President Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, tours the renovation work at the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Jeffrey D. Allred/Deseret News)
(Jeffrey D. Allred/Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — The renovation of the Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square has been underway for nearly five years and current projections show it will be completed at the end of 2026, President Russell M. Nelson said on Sunday.
During his remarks at the conclusion of the October general conference, President Nelson expressed gratitude for all those who worked on the temple preservation project, noting that it is what occurs in the building that is so significant.
“Here is my promise to you: Every sincere seeker of Jesus Christ will find him in the temple,” said President Nelson.
The Salt Lake Temple was built by Latter-day Saints pioneers between 1853 and 1893. The pioneers used ox-drawn wagons to bring quarried stones from Little Cottonwood Canyon and followed the instructions of church president Brigham Young that the temple be “built in a manner that it will endure through the millennium.”
More than a century later in 2001, Brent Roberts, managing director of the Special Projects Department of the Church of Jesus Christ, read a seismic report about the Salt Lake Temple. He said the report showed the temple would not withstand a significant earthquake. But the technology did not yet exist to address the issues.
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