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In 1852, Brigham Young—second prophet/president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—implemented a ban on people of African descent holding the priesthood and accessing temple rituals, ...

New plans call for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to build a 35-foot-tall temple with a 120-foot spire outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. If it's tall, too bad." Chron Logo ...

news Faith. How a temple spire put a small Texas town and the LDS church’s religious rights at odds Fairview’s mayor says the McKinney Texas Temple conflicts with its small-town identity.

The church first proposed the 174-foot-tall spire on a 43,200-square foot building next to the church’s existing meetinghouse on the residential side of town.Houses in the area can be no taller ...

The originally proposed 44,000-square-foot temple in Fairview, Texas, would have include a 173-foot tall spire. Last month, the LDS Church proposed to build a one-story temple with 30,742 square ...

The dispute started in March 2024 when the Church proposed a 44,000 square-foot, multi-story temple with a spire that would stand 174 feet tall. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

FAIRVIEW, Texas — The town council of Fairview late Tuesday evening, after a four-hour meeting, decided unanimously to deny the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints' proposal to build the ...

FAIRVIEW, Texas — The town council of Fairview late Tuesday evening, after a four-hour meeting, decided unanimously to deny the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints' proposal to build the ...