President Nelson dedicates 200th temple

TOOELE — President Russel M. Nelson, prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the church's 200th temple in Tooele on Sunday.

The Deseret Peak Utah Temple was first announced at the April 2019 General Conference. The dedicatory ceremony was held and broadcast to all congregations in the temple district. President Nelson was accompanied by his wife, Wendy, and Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Lesa.

"I hope that our members in the Deseret Peak temple district will not just treasure the addition of a beautiful building to their community but will arrange their lives so that they worship and serve in the house of the Lord as regularly as possible," President Nelson said. "The temple is a place of peace and power, and spending time there will literally change a person's life."

Elder Stevenson pointed out the unprecedented circumstances of the dedication. "The first, of course, is that we have a 100-year-old prophet of the Lord in this dispensation dedicating a temple, so that alone is really special, and you add to that the 200th temple in this dispensation being dedicated by our dear prophet, President Russell M. Nelson," he said.

"I promise you today that your time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can," President Nelson said in his dedicatory remarks. "My promise to you is that as you sincerely seek Jesus Christ, you will find him in the temple. This is his house! You will feel his mercy. You will find answers to your most vexing questions. You will better comprehend the joy of his gospel."

There are now 367 temples in operation, under construction or announced around the world. Elder Stevenson remarked that when all 367 temples are completed, 95% of the members of the church will live within 2 hours, or 200km, of the temple.

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