The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints breaks ground Saturday on a temple in Cincinnati. It will be the religion’s third temple in Ohio.
“These are different than just our regular church chapels where we worship on on Sundays. These are where you go and you make special covenants or promises with God,” says Jared Mattingley, stake president of the Cincinnati North Stake.
The temple will serve church members in Cincinnati, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. Mattingley estimates that’s about 20,000 people — many of whom were excited when the Cincinnati temple was announced. While there’s no official time a church member must visit a temple, many, he says, try to go about once a month. Until now, that meant making a trip to Columbus…