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    Okinawa Temple Symbolizes Peace, Elder Stevenson Says in Podcast

    ‘I have really been touched by all of the elements that have been part of the lives of people in Okinawa,’ Apostle says

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    By Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News

    On Sunday, November 12, Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the Okinawa Japan Temple, the fourth temple in Japan for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    While the first missionaries arrived in Tokyo in the early 1900s, the Church didn’t have a presence in Okinawa until the 1940s, when World War II brought American servicemen to the area. During April 2019 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple to be built in this historic area. 

    Elder Stevenson has a rich history in Japan, where he served as a young missionary and later returned as a businessman, mission president and area president. He joins this episode of the Church News podcast to talk about his love for Japan’s people and culture and the rich blessings a new house of the Lord brings to these temple-loving people. 

    Read a transcript of the podcast.

    Church News Video: How there’s a ‘Culture of Temples’ in Japan

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