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SALT LAKE CITY — A rendering of the future Latter-day Saint West Jordan temple released Monday shows a white building with tall rounded windows, topped with a pyramid.
Plans for the building include multiple stories and a total of 85,000 square feet, along with a new meetinghouse near the temple.
The temple was announced one year ago in the April 2024 general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with the Lehi Utah Temple, which already has a public rendering.
The West Jordan Utah Temple will be built on a 16.10-acre location west of state Route 111 at approximately 7148 South.
There are currently 21 open temples in Utah. Five are under construction, including Ephraim, Heber Valley, Lindon, Smithfield and Syracuse. Two temples are under renovation in Salt Lake City and Provo, and four have been announced — including Lehi, Price, Spanish Fork and West Jordan. This is a total of 32 temples.
"Latter-day Saints worship in temples for several reasons: to feel God's love and peace, to learn more about God's plan for his children and the gospel of Jesus Christ, to make promises with God and with one's husband or wife and to unite families in this life and the next through sacred ordinances," a church statement released along with the rendering said.
The Syracuse Utah Temple will have an open house in May before its dedication on June 8, and the iconic Salt Lake Temple will have a six-month open house from April to October of 2027.
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