After leading open house tours of the Washington D.C. Temple this week, Elder David A. Bednar and Elder Gerrit W. Gong, both of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, spoke about temples — and peace. 

“We’ve had the opportunity to visit with scores of media people from all over the world,” Elder Bednar said. “They’re interested in learning about the temple and what we do. So they’ve been very receptive, and it’s been joyful.”

Elder Gong said the Church is not just building temples, but also people. “We are building people of faith and people who understand covenants, and faith and covenants bring us to our Savior.”

This Church News video, titled “Be Still,” features Elder Bednar and his wife, Sister Susan Bednar, and Elder Gong talking about temples. 

Sister Bednar said people feel something when they enter the temple. “We know that what we do in the temple is not secret, it is sacred.”

Read more coverage of the Washington D.C. Temple

• About the Washington D.C. Temple, plus the dedicatory prayer
• Washington D.C. Temple open house extended, rededication date rescheduled
• In exclusive national interview, Elder Bednar calls Washington D.C. Temple ‘a place of light, of peace’
• See photographs of the inside of the Washington D.C. Temple
• Elder Bednar speaks of the Washington D.C. Temple: ‘It is not just about this building’
• What the Church did to restore, refurbish the Washington D.C. Temple and why it matters
• Video: Elder Bednar asks, why are we surprised by today’s youth
• Elder Bednar writes about the Washington D.C. Temple, answers questions about why it exists
• Reverse Open House Series: How a temple open house inspired visits to other faiths’ sacred sites, events
• Welcoming media – traditional and social – to the Washington D.C. Temple
• What those who visit are saying at the Washington D.C. Temple
• This week on social: 2 Apostles share insights about the temple during Washington D.C. Temple open house