(WBAP/KLIF) — For the first time in 42 years, a new temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be open to free public tours. The church’s Justin Piepgrass explains that a new temple was needed due to the faith’s growing membership as well as traffic congestion for those traveling across the Metroplex to the Dallas Temple.
Free public tours will run from November 5th through November 21st, except Sundays. About 100,000 LDS Church members live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Fort Worth Temple is located at 1851 Greenridge Drive in Burleson.
Official Press Release:
BURLESON — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced an open house for the newly constructed Fort Worth Texas Temple. The free public tours will run from Thursday, November 5, 2026, through Saturday, November 21, 2026, except on Sundays. The new temple is located at 1851 Greenridge Drive in Burleson. The open house provides an opportunity for the public to tour the temple’s beautiful interior and grounds and learn about the purpose of this sacred structure.
There are nearly 400,000 Latter-day Saints in the state of Texas, worshipping in 756 congregations. There are about 100,000 Church members in the DFW Metroplex and currently there is only one temple, located in Dallas. There are only four other temples in Texas. They are located in Houston, San Antonio, Lubbock, and McAllen. Additional temples are announced or under construction in Austin, Fairview, Missouri City, and El Paso.
“We are thrilled to invite the entire North Texas community to come to the open house and see this beautiful new House of the Lord. All are welcome! This temple represents our faith and hope in the promises of God the Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ. Regardless of your faith tradition, we hope you will come take a tour and share a few minutes with us,” said Elder Brandon Ellison, the Church’s Area Seventy who oversees the greater Fort Worth region.
Lydia Holt, Stake Relief Society President and leader of the Church’s women’s ministry in the Burleson area, added, “The Fort Worth Temple is a holy place—one where we can draw closer to heaven while still here on earth. Anyone who steps onto the grounds of the temple with an open heart and open mind will feel the power of heaven and be drawn nearer to God. For me, it is a place of refuge. I look forward to visiting, so that I can leave behind the negativity of the world and feel God’s presence, peace, and a connection to heaven. I’m confident that all who come seeking that same peace and refuge will feel God in their lives and leave strengthened.”
Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints differ from meetinghouses or chapels, where members gather for Sunday worship services. Each temple is considered a house of the Lord, where Jesus Christ’s teachings are reaffirmed through sacred ordinances that unite families eternally. In the temple, Church members learn more about the purpose of life and make covenants to follow Jesus Christ and serve others.
More information about the purpose of temples is available at newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org
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