Lindon Utah Temple

On 4 October 2020, during the 190th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans for the construction of the Lindon Utah Temple. The Lindon Utah Temple will be a three-story building of approximately 81,000 square feet. Plans include four instruction rooms, four sealing rooms, and two baptistries.

The Lindon Utah Temple will be the twenty-fifth temple built in Utah and the seventh built in Utah County, following the Provo Utah Temple (1972), the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple (1996), the Payson Utah Temple (2015), the Provo City Center Temple (2016), the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple (under construction), and the Orem Utah Temple (under construction).

On 21 December 2020, the location of the Lindon Utah Temple was announced. The temple will be constructed near the intersection of 800 East and Center Street in Lindon, Utah. On 26 April 2021, an official exterior rendering was released for the temple.

Lindon is a small city of approximately 11,000 people located immediately north of Orem and south of Pleasant Grove in Utah Valley. Church members in Lindon currently belong to the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple district, which encompasses 63 stakes.

Utah currently has 17 dedicated temples, with 14 operating, and three — the Salt Lake Temple, the St. George Utah Temple, and the Manti Utah Temple — closed for major renovations. In addition to the temple in Lindon, more temples in Utah are under construction in Layton, Orem, Saratoga Springs, St. George (the Red Cliffs temple), Taylorsville, Tooele (the Deseret Peak temple), and Syracuse. Three more temples have been announced in Utah: the Smithfield Utah Temple, the Heber Valley Utah Temple, and the Ephraim Utah Temple.

Groundbreaking for Lindon Utah Temple

Elder Kevin W. Pearson, a General Authority Seventy, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony, which was held on Saturday, 23 April 2022. Due to the chilly spring weather, the meeting portion of the event was held in a nearby meetinghouse where Elder Kevin W. Pearson, president of the Utah Area, presided and conducted. In his dedicatory prayer, Elder Pearson said: "May the construction of Thy holy house here in Lindon continue to bless this community with peace, love and unity."

Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Lindon Utah Temple

Church and civic leaders broke ground at the site of the Lindon Utah Temple at 800 E. Center St. on Saturday, 23 April 2022.

Elder Kevin W. Pearson, a General Authority Seventy and president of the Church's Utah Area, presided at the event and spoke to those gathered in a nearby chapel before dedicating the site of the future edifice. During his remarks, he said, "With the dedication of the temple site. . . .may each of us rededicate our own lives and recommit ourselves to placing the Lord Jesus Christ and our sacred covenants at the very center of our lives."

Elder Pearson also made reference to temples dotting the earth. He said, "Why do we need to dot the earth with temples? The answer seems to be clear: The Lord has been hastening His work for some time now. It has always been the greatest work on the earth." He further stated, "As we break ground today for the Lindon Utah Temple, we need a groundbreaking effort to prepare for the dedication of this temple by searching out and preparing our family names to submit to and nourish this new temple as it's constructed."

Kelly Washburn, a young woman from the Lindon Utah Stake, spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony. She commented, "It’s so amazing that it [the temple] will be even more accessible to us (a junior high school is in walking distance of the temple). We are learning every single day how to become better and how to be more like Jesus Christ." She continued, "All of us are looking forward to coming together and working together in the Lord's work" adding how when she makes an appointment in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, she feels as if she is making a doctor's appointment, and the Lord is the Master Physician.

Eduardo Silva, an elders quorum president in the Lindon Utah Central Stake, who grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, spoke about how he and other Church members saved and sacrificed to make the 14-hour trip to the São Paulo Brazil Temple. He said, "We expect to be here as often as we can." He also urged others to make the temple a part of their lives and never take it for granted, saying, "I know temples are sacred."

As this area of Utah County became settled after the 1850s, homes and farms were strung along the road connecting Pleasant Grove and Orem, earning the nickname "String Town." Some of the descendants of the first settlers were at the groundbreaking.