Hong Kong China Temple

Hong Kong China Temple

The Hong Kong China Temple (formerly the Hong Kong Temple) is the 48th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The LDS Church first sent missionaries to Hong Kong in 1853. Almost 140 years later, in 1992 Then First Counselor in the First Presidency, President Gordon B. Hinckley announced plans to build a temple in the territory. Finding a site on which to build, however, proved difficult, especially given the high cost of real estate in the area. Finally, it was decided that the temple would be built on the site of the existing mission home and chapel.

Because of the land shortage in the territory, the temple had to be 'built up' instead of 'spreading out' to build. This scarcity of space contributed to the unique design of the Hong Kong Temple. The six-story building is designed to house not only the temple, but also a chapel, mission offices, and living quarters for the temple president and several missionaries. [Hawkins, Chad. "The First 100 Temples," 2001, 132-133] This is known as the Hong Kong Temple Plan and has since been repeated with the Manhattan New York TempleFact|date=June 2007. The dedication of the Hong Kong China Temple took place on May 26, 1996. The temple serves church members from parts of India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Guam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Cambodia, Micronesia, Majuro, and Indonesia. It has a total of convert|21744|sqft|m2, two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

ee also

* List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
* Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.lds.org/temples/main/0,11204,1912-1-84-0,00.html Official LDS Hong Kong China Temple page]
* [http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/hongkong/ Hong Kong China Temple page]
* [http://www.lds.org/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] - Official Site
* [http://www.mormon.org/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] - Visitors Site
* [http://www.religionfacts.com/mormonism/practices/temple_ordinances.htm Mormon Temple Ordinances] - ReligionFacts
* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2671/ECLDSEn.html Early Christianity and Mormonism: The LDS Temple Endowment: An Introduction]


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