The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the future site of the Eket Nigeria Temple. An exterior rendering for the Huntsville Alabama Temple has also been released.
Eket Nigeria Temple
The Eket Nigeria Temple will be built on a 7-acre site located on Eket/Oron Road in Ikot Ibiok, Eket Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Plans call for a one-story temple of approximately 18,850 square feet and a meetinghouse on the site. This will be the city’s first temple.
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced this house of the Lord during the October 2022 general conference.
“I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can,” he said then.
The Eket Nigeria Temple is one of six temples planned to be built in the country. Five other temples are planned for Abuja, Benin City, Calabar, Lagos and Uyo. The Aba Nigeria Temple was dedicated in 2005 by former Church President Gordon B. Hinckley.
There are more than 250,000 Latter-day Saints in 840 congregations in Nigeria.
Huntsville Alabama Temple
An exterior rendering has been released for the Huntsville Alabama Temple.
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As previously announced, the temple will be built on a site of approximately 21 acres located at the southeast corner of Gillespie and Browns Ferry Roads in Madison, Madison County, Alabama. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet.
This temple was one of 17 announced by President Nelson during the October 2024 general conference.
The Huntsville Alabama Temple will be the second in the state. It will join the Birmingham Alabama Temple, which was dedicated in 2000, also by President Hinckley. Alabama, situated in the southeastern United States, is home to more than 40,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 70 congregations.
The ceremonies conducted inside each temple teach about the purpose of life and unite families, both past and present. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints promise to keep God’s commandments, support His work, live the higher law that Christ taught while on earth, remain chaste and dedicate their lives to building the Church of Christ.
