Announcement of the Jakarta Indonesia Temple
President Russell M. Nelson, 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced the Jakarta Indonesia Temple on April 2, 2023, during the Sunday afternoon session of the April 2023 general conference.
In 1985, Stuart Lyon became an Army foreign area officer with a focus on Southeast Asia. During his orientation in Indonesia, he attended Church meetings in Jakarta for three weeks. Three decades later he and his wife, Judy, served as senior missionaries in Thailand, where they made several dear Indonesian friends.
“Indonesia is a land of wonderful families who are religious and full of faith,” said Lyon. “They are hardworking and cherish high moral values. We rejoice at the added influence for good that the temple will bring.”
Missionaries baptized the first converts in Indonesia in March 1970. When the Jakarta temple was announced, the country had two stakes and one district.
Timeline of the Jakarta Indonesia Temple
The Jakarta Indonesia Temple was announced by President Nelson on April 2, 2023. Details about the temple’s groundbreaking have not yet been released.
Architecture and Design of the Jakarta Indonesia Temple
According to site plans released by the Church on March 4, 2024, the Jakarta Indonesia Temple will be a four-story building of approximately 40,350 square feet. The edifice will stand on a 1.33-acre site at Synthesis Square, Jalan Gatot, Subroto No. 177a, Tebet District, City of South Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta.