
Temples differ from the Church’s chapels, where all are welcome to attend Sunday services and other weekday activities. This adjustment to the temple recommend questions highlights some of the things that matter most as Latter-day Saints carefully prepare to enter a temple. Since becoming Church president in January 2018, President Nelson has announced 35 new temples, has authorized the immediate temple marriage (what the Church formally calls a “sealing”) of couples first married civilly, has implemented changes to temple instruction sessions and has modified the ordinance witness policy to enable all members of the Church (including youth and women) more ways to participate in temple worship. President Nelson’s actions in 21 months as leader of the Church back that up. And he is getting that guidance from the Lord.” “He has a deep, deep understanding and is willing to do whatever the Lord is guiding him to do. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said while traveling with the prophet in Brazil in September. “Nobody has had as much association with temples in my lifetime as President Nelson,” Elder Quentin L. These current updates clarify, but do not change, worthiness requirements to enter a temple. Temple recommend questions have been periodically clarified or adjusted to meet the needs and circumstances of God’s children. He read an updated list of questions Church members will be asked when receiving a temple recommend. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continued his fervent focus on improving the faith’s temple worship Sunday at the concluding session of the 189th Semiannual General Conference.
