“Much has changed in the 163 years since the Kirtland Temple was dedicated,” said President Hinckley during the 1999 temple dedication. Hinckley announced the Columbus Ohio Temple during a visit on Aphe later dedicated the completed edifice on Sept. “Heaven is as close as it can be in the temple because it is the house of the Lord.” Columbus Ohio Temple President Ballard said he hopes Latter-day Saints will “see the temple as a place of refuge, a place of peace, a place where people can commune spiritually just by being in a dedicated house of the Lord.
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Download PhotoĬhurch members today also have access to this endowment of power. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, waves to someone off camera on the grounds of the Columbus Ohio Temple in Columbus, Ohio, on June 4, 2023. Columbus-Temple-rededication President M. “In a lot of ways, the heavens were open and the word of the Lord flowed through the Prophet Joseph Smith,” President Ballard said. It was also in Kirtland, Ohio, where 65 of the 138 sections of the Doctrine and Covenants were received. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared in the Kirtland Temple, as did Moses, Elijah and Elias, he said. “The unceasing desire was to receive their promised blessings to be ‘endowed with power from on high,’” said President Ballard, quoting Doctrine and Covenants 38:3. President Ballard noted that Hyrum Smith, the brother of the Prophet Joseph and his great-great-grandfather, was the first to begin digging a trench on the temple site, declaring that “he would strike the first blow upon the house.”Įarly Latter-day Saints built the temple with urgency - sacrificing not only physical labor, but also donating land, clothing, and cash to the project, explained President Ballard.
In response to this call, building the temple became the immediate priority for early Church members, and they began construction in June 1833. Further revelations asked the Saints to establish “a house of God” in Kirtland, Ohio. Reflecting on the history of the Church in the state, President Ballard noted that in December of 1830, the Lord identified “the Ohio” as the gathering place for His Church. There are more than 63,000 members of the Church in Ohio, in 15 stakes and 125 congregations. The two sessions were broadcast throughout the temple district, which includes stakes across Ohio to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Charleston, West Virginia. Sabin, General Authority Seventy and second counselor in the North America West Area presidency, and his wife, Sister Valerie P. Haynie, a General Authority Seventy and North America Northeast Area president, and his wife, Sister Deborah H. Duncan, General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Temple Department, and his wife, Sister Nancy S. Joining President Ballard in rededicating the temple were Elder Kevin R. It is here where we receive personal revelation, make covenants with Heavenly Father, the Savior, and participate in eternal ordinances.” It is here where Heavenly Father instructs His children and helps us prepare to return to His presence. “I testify that the temples are the houses of the Lord. The House of the Lord,” President Ballard said. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, rededicated the Columbus Ohio Temple, located 160 miles southwest of Kirtland.Ĭlosed for three years to undergo extensive renovation, the 11,745 square-foot temple sits on five acres in central Ohio.Įvery temple displays the words, “Holiness to the Lord.
Now 187 years later, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ohio are once again “endowed with power from on high” in their home state.
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