Ground Broken for New Temple in Africa
LDS Living - On Saturday, April 9, 2016, hundreds gathered in Durban, South Africa, as ground was broken for a new temple. The presidency of the Church's Africa Southeast Area and their wives attended the event, with the area president, Elder Carl B. Cook of the Seventy, performing the groundbreaking. Announced in 2011, the Durban South Africa Temple will be the second temple in the country following the Johanasberg South Africa Temple dedicated in 1985. Currently, there are 150 operating temples worldwide, with three completed in Africa (Aba, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; and Johannesburg, South Africa), one under construction (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)...