This house of the Lord will be built on a 1.6-acre site located at Avenue Ilunga and N1 in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Plans call for a one-story temple of approximately 11,000 square feet, along with patron housing and arrival facilities. This will be the city’s first temple.
Kananga DRC Temple Location Site
Kananga DRC Temple Location Site© 2024 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.On October 3, 2021, President Nelson announced plans to construct the Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple. This new house of the Lord will be the Church’s fourth temple in the country after Kinshasa (dedicated in 2019), Lubumbashi (under construction), Mbuji Mayi (announced)..
On July 1, 2023, the Church created a new mission headquartered in Kananga. This is the fifth mission of the Church in the country, where missionaries first arrived in 1986.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to more than 115,000 Latter-day Saints in about 290 congregations.
Latter-day Saints worship in temples for several reasons: to feel God’s love and peace, to learn more about God’s plan for His children and the gospel of Jesus Christ, to make promises with God and one’s husband or wife, and to unite families in this life and the next through sacred agreements with God in His holy house.