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

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Isaac K. Morrison, General Authority Seventy and Second Counselor in the Africa West Area Presidency, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kumasi Ghana Temple on Saturday, October 18, 2025. "May this day be a spiritual groundbreaking for each of us gathered, marking a renewed dedication to Thy gospel," he said in his site dedicatory prayer. "Help us draw nearer to Thee and prepare ourselves to enter Thy Holy house worthily." The 22,750-square-foot temple and an arrival center will rise next to the Bantama meetinghouse.¹

Temple Rendering

Renderings of the Kumasi Ghana Temple and site plan have not yet been publicly released.

Temple Site

On May 1, 2023, the site for the Kumasi Ghana Temple was announced as a 2.08-acre parcel located at Y11 Suntreso Rd in the Bantama neighborhood of Kumasi. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 22,750 square feet, including an arrival center and accompanying an existing meetinghouse.["Locations of Temples in Africa and Europe Released," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 May 2023.]

Temple Announcement

On April 4, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Kumasi Ghana Temple at the 191st Annual General Conference. There are nearly 90,000 Latter-day Saints spread throughout 300 congregations in Ghana. With its beautiful variety of flowers and plants, Kumasi is known as the “Garden City” and is in the southern rain forest region of Ghana. The Kumasi Ghana Temple will be the second temple in the country; the first is the Accra Ghana Temple, dedicated in 2004. Missionary work began in the country in May 2002.²