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The Mesa Arizona Temple is the oldest in Arizona and among the first temples built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple took five years to build and was completed in 1927.

The ordinance caused consternation across Mesa, home of the state’s first Latter-day Saints temple and a concentrated Mormon community in Arizona. A local representative of the church weighed in ...

Trump called into an “LDS 4 Trump” Zoom meeting, organized by Arizona supporters on Oct. 13, and described church members as “God-fearing American patriots,” emphasizing that he shares ...

The LDS Church has a long and storied history in Arizona, with the first settlers entering Mesa in 1877, according to the church. In 1927, construction on an LDS temple in Mesa was complete. The ...

Julie Spilsbury, left, gathers with Annie Lewis, far right, and Rachel Albertsen, left, at a phone banking event for "Republicans for Harris" in Mesa, Arizona, on Oct. 8. (Samantha-Jo Roth ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will host the Mesa Easter Pageant from April 9-19, 2025. Here's how to attend the LDS Easter Pageant.

On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, Mesa Mayor John Giles, a Republican Latter-day Saint who supports Kamala Harris and spoke at the Democratic National Convention, explains why he is opposing ...

Arizona’s Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum (MCA Museum) has revised its seasonal exhibition programme after an artist cancelled a show slated to run concurrently with a survey of artists affiliated ...

Arizona’s most prominent pro-Harris Mormon is John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa. Mr. Giles spoke at the Democratic convention in Chicago last month, and he shared a slide show of photos ...

FILE - The polling station at the Sandy Granite View Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is shown, June 24, 2014, in Sandy, Utah. Vice President Kamala Harris is stepping up her efforts to ...