Location of the Fort Worth Temple Announced
On October 31st 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the location of a new temple to be built in the Forth Worth Area. The announcement goes as follows:
The Fort Worth Texas Temple—a single-story building of approximately 30,000 square feet—will be built on a 9.37-acre site north of SW Hulen Street and Greenridge Drive in Burleson, Texas.
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President Nelson announced a temple for Fort Worth in October 2021 general conference.
At the time of the site announcement, an exterior rendering of the Fort Worth Texas Temple was also released.
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More than 371,000 Latter-day Saints comprising nearly 740 congregations reside in Texas. The state has dedicated and operating temples in Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and Lubbock, with a temple under construction in McAllen and two others announced and in planning in Austin and Prosper, the latter in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.
Learn more about temples built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here.