Today’s dedication of the restored Joseph Smith home in Kirtland by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints celebrates this year’s 20th anniversary of Historic Kirtland, the restored village ...

KIRTLAND, Ohio – When Joseph Smith arrived in Kirtland with a group of followers in 1831, they built a community to serve as headquarters of the fledgling religion that would become The Church of ...

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — When Glenn Rawson heard the news Tuesday that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had purchased the Kirtland Temple, tears welled up in his eyes. “I know the ...

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The historic Kirtland Temple, perched at the crest of the Route 306 hill in Kirtland, is now owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976, ...

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The recent acquisition by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Mormonism’s first temple — in Kirtland, Ohio — along with historic buildings in Nauvoo, Ill., similarly tied to founder ...

The front of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the historic site on March 5, 2024. (Church Newsroom) On Tuesday, March 5, the Community of ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has bought the Kirtland Temple in Lake County in a transaction that included several other "significant historical properties and artifacts." The church ...

My first date with my now husband, Skylar, was at the Kirtland Temple in Ohio. This wasn’t intentional. I had connected with him on a dating app because he had touched down at the Salt Lake City ...

KIRTLAND, Ohio — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has purchased the Kirtland Temple, the first temple built by the religion’s founder in the 1800s and recently designated one of the ...