The Laie Hawaii Temple

Download or read book The Laie Hawaii Temple written by Eric Marlowe and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The temple in Laie became the Church's fifth temple and the first functioning outside North America. It was one of the first to accommodate large numbers of patrons from different cultures speaking different languages. At the forefront of a Churchwide shift away from gathering that included immigration to the Intermountain West, the temple was among the first temples brought to the people. It was an early physical symbol of the audacity of a relatively young and provincial church to take the fullness of the gospel, realized only in temples, to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people (Revelation 14:6-7). The Laie temple played a role in spawning a university, BYU-Hawaii, and a world-class tourist attraction, the Polynesian Cultural Center. Over the years, the temple and nearby institutions have drawn millions of visitors, likely second in numbers only to historic Temple Square in Salt Lake City.