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

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.

Elder Isaac K. Morrison, Second Counselor in the Africa West Area Presidency, will preside at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kumasi Ghana Temple on Saturday, October 18, 2025. The temple and a new arrival center will share the site of the Bantama meetinghouse located at Y11 Suntreso Road. An exterior rendering of the two-story, 22,750-square-foot temple has also been released to the public.

Plans for the Kumasi Ghana Temple have been announced as a two-story building of approximately 22,750 square feet. It will be constructed on the 2.08-acre site of the Bantama meetinghouse at Y11 Suntreso Road. The meetinghouse and a new arrival center will be part of the temple complex. It will be the second temple constructed in the country of Ghana, joining the Accra Ghana Temple.

At a recent meeting with His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Elder Larry S. Kacher, first counselor in the Africa West Area presidency, and other Church representatives committed the Church's assistance with the digitization of records and archives and shared the news of the Kumasi Ghana Temple that will be built. "So many of these records are needed. If I lose them, I lose my history. If we have our history, we have our identity," said His Royal Majesty. He added, "Thank you for the temple you are about to build. I know that when we have that…it helps my people in terms of believing in our God, Jesus Christ."