Temple Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Other Latter Day Saint denominations==== Various [[List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement|sects]] in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith have temples.<ref>Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office. [http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/cmsdocuments/The_Primer.pdf The Primer, Helping Victims of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse in Polygamous Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127133628/http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/cmsdocuments/The_Primer.pdf |date=2013-01-27 }}. Updated June 2006. Page 23.</ref> *The [[Church of Christ (Wightite)]], a Latter Day Saint denomination formed by [[Lyman Wight]] following the [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|death of Joseph Smith]], built first Mormon temple west of the Mississippi in [[Zodiac, Texas]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=Melvin C.|title=Polygamy on the Pedernales:Lyman Wight's Mormon Villages in Antebellum Texas, 1845-1858|date=2006|page=125|url=http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=usupress_pubs|access-date=6 February 2015|publisher=Utah State University Press|location=Logan, Utah}}</ref> about three miles from [[Fredericksburg, Texas|Fredericksburg]]. * In 1990 or earlier a temple in [[Ozumba]], [[Mexico]] was built by the [[Apostolic United Brethren]].<ref name = Moore>Andrea Moore-Emmett. God's Brothel. Pince-Nez Press: June 1, 2004. {{ISBN|1-930074-13-1}}</ref> *On April 17, 1994, the [[Independence Temple]] in [[Independence, Missouri]], was open by the [[Community of Christ]] by then-church [[Prophet-President]] [[Wallace B. Smith]]. The Community of Christ also currently owns the original [[Kirtland Temple]], dedicated in 1836 by the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of the Latter Day Saints]] (later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), in [[Kirtland, Ohio]]. The Community of Christ operates the Kirtland Temple as a historic site. *In 2005<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.myeldorado.net/YFZ%20Pages/YFZ010605.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050307015520/http://www.myeldorado.net/YFZ%20Pages/YFZ010605.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= March 7, 2005 | title= Jeffs dedicates FLDS temple site at YFZ Ranch | newspaper= [[The Eldorado Success]] | date= January 11, 2005 | access-date= April 6, 2008 }}</ref> construction on the [[YFZ| YFZ Ranch Temple]] by the [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] Church began. It is located just outside [[Eldorado, Texas|Eldorado]] in [[Schleicher County, Texas|Schleicher County]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.deseretnews.com/article/635180342/FLDS-temple-appears-complete.html | title= FLDS temple appears complete | publisher= [[Ben Winslow]] (AP) | date= 31 January 2006}}</ref> However, as of April 2014, the [[Texas|State of Texas]] took physical and legal possession of the property.<ref name="NBC">{{cite news |title= Texas Seizes Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Ranch |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-seizes-polygamist-warren-jeffs-ranch-n83736 |publisher= NBC News |agency= Associated Press |date= April 17, 2014 |access-date= April 18, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Carlisle">{{cite news |last1= Carlisle |first1= Nate |title= Texas takes possession of polygamous ranch |url = http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57832276-78/ranch-texas-amp-jeffs.html.csp |newspaper= [[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date= April 17, 2014 |access-date= April 17, 2014}}</ref> as it was used to "commit or facilitate certain criminal conduct."<ref name="NBC"/><ref name="Carlisle"/> * A pyramid-shaped temple near [[Modena, Utah]], was built by the [[Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref name = Moore/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page