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President Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced the Knoxville Tennessee Temple on April 3, 2022, during the Sunday afternoon session of April 2022 general conference. A sacred edifice for Knoxville was among 17 announced by the Church President during this conference — and will be the third temple for the Volunteer State.
Bishop Brent Dial of the Bearden Ward, Knoxville Tennessee Stake, was a child in 1999 when the Columbia South Carolina Temple was dedicated in his home state. He recalled the enthusiasm and goodwill the new temple brought to the greater Columbia community. Bishop Dial expects to see the same for Knoxville.
“This will be a great opportunity for our neighbors and friends who have no clue about what a temple is to learn about temples in an up-close and personal way. That will be a huge blessing,” Bishop Dial said. “A temple in Knoxville will bring a new light to our community.”
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 3, 2022, during April 2022 general conference. It was one of 17 temples announced at the conference and the third for Tennessee.
The Knoxville Tennessee Temple was announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson on April 3, 2022. The Church released a site location on Oct. 31, 2022, for a house of the Lord in Farragut, a suburb in the Knoxville metropolitan area. Details about the temple’s groundbreaking have not yet been released.
According to site plans released by the Church on Oct. 31, 2022, the Knoxville Tennessee Temple will be a single-story building of approximately 30,000 square feet. The edifice will stand on a 4.99-acre site in the Knoxville suburb of Farragut.
Architectural renderings of the house of the Lord released by the Church on Dec. 19, 2022, show a grayish-white exterior surrounded by rectangular windows with windowpane-type borders. A domed, golden-hued cupola with a spire upon a golden orb stands above the center of the building. Trees, flower gardens and shrubs adorn the grounds.
3 April 2022
13001 Kingston Pike
Farragut, Tennessee 37934
United States
This will be the third Latter-day Saint temple in Tennessee.
When this house of the Lord was announced, Tennessee had approximately 53,000 Latter-day Saints among some 100 congregations.
The closest temple to Knoxville is currently the Atlanta Georgia Temple, a distance of approximately 140 miles away to the south. The suburb of Farragut, where the Knoxville Tennessee Temple will be constructed, is situated in hilly country between Blackoak Ridge to the north and the Tennessee River to the south.
The Farragut area was originally a stage coach station. The brick historic Campbell’s Station Inn still stands within sight of the Farragut Town Hall.
Tennessee gained its nickname, “the Volunteer State,” during the War of 1812. Historians estimated that when then-Tennessee Gov. Willie Blount called for 3,500 volunteers, some 28,000 Tennesseeans answered the call by the end of the war. Newspapers of the day touted “the Tennessee Volunteers.”
The 17 new temples — including a sacred edifice for Knoxville, Tennessee — announced at the conclusion of the April 2022 general conference brought the total number of temples announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson to 100 since he became President of the Church in 2018.
This will be the third Latter-day Saint temple in Tennessee.
When this house of the Lord was announced, Tennessee had approximately 53,000 Latter-day Saints among some 100 congregations.
The closest temple to Knoxville is currently the Atlanta Georgia Temple, a distance of approximately 140 miles away to the south. The suburb of Farragut, where the Knoxville Tennessee Temple will be constructed, is situated in hilly country between Blackoak Ridge to the north and the Tennessee River to the south.
The Farragut area was originally a stage coach station. The brick historic Campbell’s Station Inn still stands within sight of the Farragut Town Hall.
Tennessee gained its nickname, “the Volunteer State,” during the War of 1812. Historians estimated that when then-Tennessee Gov. Willie Blount called for 3,500 volunteers, some 28,000 Tennesseeans answered the call by the end of the war. Newspapers of the day touted “the Tennessee Volunteers.”
The 17 new temples — including a sacred edifice for Knoxville, Tennessee — announced at the conclusion of the April 2022 general conference brought the total number of temples announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson to 100 since he became President of the Church in 2018.