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Scott Taylor

On the Deseret News staff since September 1984, Scott Taylor has been managing editor, opinion editor, sports editor, Olympic sports editor and an assistant city editor as well as a reporter/writer covering events and issues for the News, Sports, Olympics, Church News, Faith/Ethics, City and Utah County departments/sections. From 2011 to 2014, he took a leave of absence to serve as a Church mission president in Phoenix. A BYU graduate and Pulliam Fellow/intern at the Arizona Republic, he has reported from five continents with coverage from high school sports to five Olympic Games and from local city government and law enforcement agencies to relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. He has received numerous local, state, regional and national journalism awards in news, sports, features, columns, headline writing and section supervision.


The First Presidency released site locations for the fourth house of the Lord in Colorado and the third in Montana.

The Church’s 10th set of 20 operating temples — from Bentonville Arkansas to Deseret Peak Utah — includes temples dedicated from September 2023 to November 2024.

Single men ages 40 and older now allowed to serve full-time missions; roles for single women 40 and older increased.

The Salt Lake Temple spires are without scaffolding after their four-year restoration and strengthening; entry pavilions are rising up on the north side of the temple.

She spoke of her great-grandfather who joined the Church in 1898 and her mother who converted while a student at Florida State — and their temple travels to Utah.

Elder Neil L. Andersen welcomed the media, with the Church releasing interior and exterior photos of what will be the state’s third house of the Lord.

The Church’s ninth set of 20 operating temples — from Barranquilla Colombia to Brasília Brazil — which also includes the Rome Italy Temple and houses of the Lord in several island locations.

Whether playing accompaniment or teaching the gospel, it’s not about us or our delivery; it’s the message — pure and simple.

"The First Presidency has authorized changes in the garment to bless those members and others who might benefit from the changes," said Church spokesman.

"Success means doing well those things over which you have control ... our thoughts, our feelings and our actions," the Apostle taught at a Provo MTC devotional.

Grading, clearing and installing utilities and sewer lines planned; a groundbreaking date has not yet been announced.

Breakdowns include announcements by date and year; current status; and first, multiple and total temples in specific areas, countries, territories and states.

The First Presidency announced a singular Nov. 10 dedicatory session at 4 p.m., which will be simulcast to local meetinghouses and then rebroadcast again at 7 p.m.

Three Apostles taught of that foundation, as Elder Uchtdorf declared: "Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice are the root of our testimony. All other things are branches."

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “does not endorse, promote or oppose political parties and their platforms or candidates for political office,” the statement says.

President Nelson announced 17 new temple locations at October 2024 general conference.

“I felt that Jesus Christ was someone I knew,” said Elder Takashi Wada.

“Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice are the root of our testimony. All other things are branches,” said Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The Church’s eighth set of 20 operating temples — from Tegucigalpa Honduras to Concepción Chile  — which also includes the Provo City Center and Paris France temples.

“To decisively and unquestioningly make the Lord’s will our own requires majestic and heroic discipleship,” said Elder Ulisses Soares.

“We can decide to serve as a humble gust of wind in the Lord’s hands," said Elder Aroldo B. Cavalcante.

Over the past 12 months, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has seen increases in missionaries, missions and training centers.

Since April 2024 general conference, nearly 60 houses of the Lord have gone through a milestone event — from dedication to groundbreaking to site location to announcement.

A look at each of the 168 — from 24 temples operating or scheduled for operation to 46 temples under construction or scheduled for groundbreaking to 98 announced temples in various stages of planning.

The 6 will serve in the Church’s Africa, Mexico and South America administrative areas.

The Church’s seventh set of 20 operating temples — from Aba Nigeria to Calgary Alberta — which includes the Manaus Brazil Temple, the house of the Lord in the Amazon Basin.

Exterior, interior photos of the new house of the Lord were released in conjunction with the Monday, Sept. 23, media day.

Elder Ronald A. Rasband dedicated the Mendoza Argentina Temple — the Church’s 197th house of the Lord.

The Church’s sixth set of 20 operating temples — from Recife, Brazil, to San Antonio, Texas — which includes the Winter Quarters Nebraska, Nauvoo Illinois and Manhattan New York temples.

Temple ordinances for Carlos and Nilda Agüero were in Switzerland and the U.S.; now a temple in Mendoza, Argentina, will be a seven-minute drive from home.