Although the groundbreaking is still more than three weeks away, the LDS Church has released the artist's rendering for the new Payson Utah Temple. Sort of.
Church spokesman Scott Trotter confirmed today that a copy of the Payson Temple rendering circulating among church members in Utah County and elsewhere is indeed the official rendering.
"(Renderings) of new temples are typically published when the temple website goes live right after the groundbreaking," Trotter said, acknowledging that a copy of the Payson rendering has been "circulated prematurely."