Groundbreaking ceremony held for Sapporo Japan temple

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Groundbreaking Held For Sapporo Japan Temple - LDS Newsroom

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Sapporo Japan Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) was held Saturday amidst wind and rain, marking the beginning of the Church’s third temple in Japan and sixth in Asia.

Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Church’s First Quorum of the Seventy presided at the groundbreaking. He was joined by Elders Michael T. Ringwood and Koichi Aoyagi of the Seventy. Former Japan prime minister Yukio Hatoyama also attended the ceremony.

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The temple and grounds are beautiful. The grounds look amazing. I find it sad and ironic that many of the US Temples are reduced in scope because of religious intolerance.

[pam]

I've never seen it as temples being smaller because of religious intolerance. I've seen it as the Church building smaller and more to make it more convenient for travel to more people.

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Growth necessitated that in 1997, President Hinckley organized the third, fourth and fifth, quorums of the Seventy which oversaw Church operations in various regions of the world and pulled its leadership from the local members. As President Hinckley pondered the growth of the Church, he received a revelation that even more temples were to be built, but these were to be smaller than previous Mormon temples. These smaller temples would be faster to build and less expensive, allowing the opportunity for temple worship and covenant-making to become more available to members around the world. He said that by the end of the year 2000 the Church, which had just over 50 temples in 1997, would have 100 in operation. Mormon temples began to built all over the world: in the Hague, Netherlands; Helsinki Finland; Kiev, Ukraine; another in Africa; and dozens more in South America and North America. The first of these mini-temples was dedicated in Monticello, a rural community in Utah. While smaller, these temples are built to high standards of quality and beauty. The 100th temple was dedicated in Boston, Massachusetts on October 1, 2000. Thirty-four temples were dedicated in 2000 alone, approximately 3 per month

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[bytebear]

I've never seen it as temples being smaller because of religious intolerance. I've seen it as the Church building smaller and more to make it more convenient for travel to more people.

I was thinking most recently of the Phoenix Temple which was redesigned because of neighbor complaints.

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A young man in my mission prep class just recieved his call to sapporo!

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