Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Pile drivers are operating at the Fairbanks Alaska Temple site, as work on the deep foundation gets underway. Piles are used to transfer the structural load of the building through the weaker soil above to the stronger earth beneath. Located at a latitude of approximately 64.8° North, this house of the Lord will become the northernmost temple of the Church. A groundbreaking was held at the end of September.

"We pray that this site will be a place of protection and spiritual safety," said Elder Peter M. Johnson, First Counselor in the North America West Area Presidency, in his site dedicatory prayer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple held on Saturday, September 27, 2025. "We ask Thee, Father, to bless the rising generation, even the youth," he prayed, "with an enhanced testimony of Jesus Christ and to take more responsibility for their spiritual conversion as they worship, serve and work in the house of the Lord."

Elder Peter M. Johnson, First Counselor in the North America West Area Presidency, will preside at the groundbreaking services for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple on Saturday, September 27, 2025. The 10,000-square-foot temple, a meetinghouse, and an ancillary building will be constructed on a 7.59-acre site on Geist Road. The first congregation in Alaska was organized in July 1938. Today, nearly 34,000 Latter-day Saints in over 80 congregations call the state of Alaska home.

The location of the Fairbanks Alaska Temple has been announced as a 7.59-acre site located along Geist Road in Fairbanks. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet, a meetinghouse, and an accompanying ancillary building. The official exterior rendering of the temple has also been released. The temple is the second to be constructed in the state of Alaska, following the Anchorage Alaska Temple (1999), which is currently being reconstructed.