Small and Simple Things

April 2010

“Small and Simple Things,” Liahona, Apr. 2010, 8–11

Small & Simple Things

“By small and simple things are great things brought to pass” (Alma 37:6).

Temples by the Numbers

130: temples in operation.
21: temples announced or under construction.
1: city in the world that has two temples within its borders, South Jordan, Utah. “You may ask why we favor Utah so generously. It is because the degree of activity requires it,”¹ President Gordon B. Hinckley said when he announced the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple in October 2005, the fourth temple in the Salt Lake Valley.
34: temples dedicated in 2000, the most dedicated in a single year.
85: temple dedications performed by President Hinckley over his lifetime, the most by any Apostle in this dispensation. President Hinckley also performed 10 rededications.
685,000: people who attended the Draper Utah Temple open house. The temple was dedicated in March 2009.
6,800: square feet (682 sq. m) in the Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple, the smallest temple in the Church.
331,032: square feet (30,754 sq. m) in the Salt Lake Temple, the largest temple in the Church.
169: stakes and districts assigned to the Manila Philippines Temple District, serving more wards and branches than any other temple district in the Church.

Top left: illustration of Manila Philippines Temple by Robert T. Barrett; bottom left: photographs by Matthew Reier; right: photograph © Corbis

From top: photo illustration by Christina Smith; photograph © Deseret Morning News; photo illustrations by Robert Casey