Following several years of renovation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced significant progress on the Salt Lake City temple. Some of the upgrades include a new foundation, ...

The baptismal font is held up by 12 oxen, which represent the dozen animals that held up the Molten Sea, a large baptismal basin built by Solomon in Jerusalem. The mural in the background is one of ...

The earliest known Utah County baptistry of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been discovered at the site of the old Provo Tabernacle.

Inside the baptismal room, 12 sculpted oxen, representing the 12 tribes of Israel, form the base of a central font, in which LDS members perform proxy baptisms for their ancestors. “The baptisms here ...

Mormon Baptism Of Wiesenthal Kin ... Mormon Apostle Quentin Cook during a 2009 tour of a new Mormon Temple in ... of a proxy in a sacred baptismal font as the names of deceased ...

He also said running a temple requires "an army of volunteers," saying there are about 2,000 volunteers for the new temple. Reservations for the open house are recommended and can be made online . × ...

BOISE• The building might have changed its look, but its holiness remains.

Mormon temple, spirits soar . Originally published December 27, ... At a blue-tiled baptismal font astride 12 sculptured oxen, Mormons induct dead relatives into the faith.