Vancouver Washington Temple Groundbreaking

Elder Mark A. Bragg, General Authority Seventy, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Vancouver Washington Temple. “A temple is truly the house of the Lord, a holy protection from the world where sacred ordinances of the gospel are performed by and for the living and in behalf of our ancestors, because we know that we live after this life and can return to live with our Heavenly Father,” he said. The groundbreaking services for the Vancouver Washington Temple Groundbreaking held on Saturday, August 23, 2025. Read more on Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org