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Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bring countless blessings to a person’s life. The promises (or covenants) which members of the LDS Church (often called Mormons) make in temples allow families to be bound together in an eternal bond. This means that marriages do not have to end with death; they can go on for eternity. Children can be bound to their parents through the same eternal bonds. This brings indescribable peace when trials afflict individuals in their lives, when people lose loved ones, and when a repentant heart seeks the cleansing power of the atonement of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Below are the feelings of a Mormon woman who had to travel great distances in the past to reach Mormon temples, of the blessings those trips to the temple have brought, and of her joy at soon having a temple nearer to her in Indianapolis.
Peace Be Unto You
by Cathy
Cathy and Roger Gorge
When I was a child I asked my dad what he wanted... Read the rest of this article »
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon Church) has a long history in the state of Indiana. The first missionaries, Samuel H. Smith and Reynolds Cahoon, preached in the cities of Unionville, Madison, and Vienna in 1831. More missionaries came soon after that. It had branches (small congregations) organized in September 1831.
In 1834, members of Zion’s Camp (an armed group of Latter-day Saints who were traveling to Missouri to protect and defend fell0w Saints who had been thrown out of their homes) passed through Indiana peacefully. This was not the only time a significant group of Saints would pass through this area.
There were many early faithful members from Indiana. Between the years of 1831 and 1843, branches were established in more than 30 counties. Despite all of this success, with the exodus of the Saints to the Utah Valley in 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois, little work was done in Indiana for three decades.... Read the rest of this article »
Missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (inadvertently known by some as the “Mormon” Church) arrived in Indiana in 1831. The first prophet in the latter-days, Joseph Smith, visited Greenville in 1832. A group of Latter-day Saint men, who called themselves Zion’s Camp, left Ohio in 1834 and marched through Indiana on their way to Missouri to help the Mormons there, who were suffering from bitter persecution.
Early Church members held meetings in homes until a hall was rented in 1913. In 1927, a meetinghouse was built and then dedicated by Church President Heber J. Grant.
Today there are over 41,000 Latter-day Saints in the state of Indiana. They meet in 99 congregations throughout the state.
On the 2nd of October, 2010, Prophet Thomas S. Monson announced that a temple would be built in Indianapolis. The announcement was made at the 180th semi-annual general conference of the LDS Church. The site chosen... Read the rest of this article »
