Kansas City Missouri Temple

Kansas City Missouri Temple
Temple in June 2012
Number	137
Dedication	6 May 2012 (6 May 2012) by Thomas S. Monson
Site	8.07 acres (3.3 hectares)
Floor area	32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2)
Preceded by	Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple
Followed by	Manaus Brazil Temple
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Additional information Announcement 4 October 2008 Groundbreaking 8 May 2010 by Ronald A. Rasband Open House 7–28 April 2012 Current President John W. Hardy Location 7001 Searcy Creek Parkway Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri Notes Announced at the 178th Semiannual General Conference. Ground was broken 8 May 2010 by Ronald A. Rasband during an invitation-only ceremony. An open house was held from 7 April to 28 April 2012, with the dedication held on 6 May 2012.

Coordinates: 39°13′12.96″N 94°30′3.15″W / 39.2202667°N 94.5008750°W / 39.2202667; -94.5008750

The Kansas City Missouri Temple is the 137th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is the first to be built in the Greater Kansas City area. Previous attempts at building an LDS temple in the area failed in Independence in 1833 and Far West in 1838, after church founder Joseph Smith had selected and dedicated locations for their construction. A temple was completed in Independence in 1994 by the Community of Christ, which is not affiliated with the LDS Church.

The announcement of the new temple was made on October 4, 2008, during the church's 178th Semiannual general conference by LDS Church president Thomas S. Monson. When the announcement was made, Monson did not specify whether the temple would be constructed in Kansas or Missouri. However, a later press release confirmed that the temple would be built in the Shoal Creek development in Clay County, Missouri. This was the second temple of the LDS Church built in Missouri, after the St. Louis Missouri Temple.

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