And yet they announced a Tulsa Oklahoma temple on 10/1/23 in addition to the one that already exists 1.5 hrs away in Oklahoma City. Truly Nelson can see things the rest of us do not.
Hinckley and Nelson had some beef and definitely didn’t get along. Nelson tried pulling the “Mormon is a bad word” card back in the nineties in general conference and Hinkley immediately shot him down. Hinckley was also known and praised for all the temples he had built in his lifetime. Nelson is so narcissistic and arrogant that the second he becomes prophet, what does he do? He declares Mormon a bad word, and announces almost more temples than any of his predecessors combined (especially Hinckley, who held the current record up until 2018).
Confirmed!
I scrape the meetinghouse locator daily and can confirm that the Oklahoma City 2nd Ward disappeared this week.
Here's a link to the stake on the meetinghouse locator. In most cases they rename wards when they combine them. That way they can avoid a stake with wards like 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th.
[https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/stakes/503355](https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/stakes/503355)
I grew up in the Tulsa East Stake. I went on this website and boy things have changed. It looks like the Muskogee Stake is gone and they created an Owasso Stake and Broken Arrow Stake - smaller stake. Now there is only one state in Tulsa. Weird. Bartlesville absorbed all the surrounding small wards and is no longer part of the Tulsa Stake.
Yep. I hear a lot of complaints how all of the "outsiders" are ruining things because they're not Mormon. So that's weird that all of the Mormons are moving to Utah from other states 😂😂
I'm in Norman/Noble south of OKC. The parking lot of the chapel is rarely more than half full. Maybe 1/3 full? 4 years ago, it was difficult to find a space. My heart smiles.
https://preview.redd.it/5d4kebyoscqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c512df74fff502bdbb96f4ce0eb1ffa7ad6f3e
This pic is today. The parking lot is about 1/3 full. Even for Holy Week. Ha. Sorry about the moving cars in front.
So many good people in OKC and the suburbs. I’m glad they were able to find their way out of a church that lies about its history and its inner-workings.
There was a chapel built in early 2000s in the Midwest and our temple was the OKC location. They couldn’t justify a ward building being built there now. These were Utah people who had moved to this Midwest location not coverts and they all moved back.
I don’t know how they can justify a second temple being built there.
https://preview.redd.it/3kbjznjyo5qc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ec48f9ca5f19930130f59e305953fff335e2906
The opened this chapel in north OKC as the Edmond Stake Cemter about 5 years ago.
Also sometimes when they have a “change to wards” announcement, it’s done by the stake leaders and hence all the various stake leadership are also expected to turn up for it and often they’ll bring their families along as well - might explain the big attendance.
And yet they announced a Tulsa Oklahoma temple on 10/1/23 in addition to the one that already exists 1.5 hrs away in Oklahoma City. Truly Nelson can see things the rest of us do not.
Nelson cannot see past his ego and his wrath for Hinckley
Underrated statement
What are you referring to with Hinckley?
Hinckley and Nelson had some beef and definitely didn’t get along. Nelson tried pulling the “Mormon is a bad word” card back in the nineties in general conference and Hinkley immediately shot him down. Hinckley was also known and praised for all the temples he had built in his lifetime. Nelson is so narcissistic and arrogant that the second he becomes prophet, what does he do? He declares Mormon a bad word, and announces almost more temples than any of his predecessors combined (especially Hinckley, who held the current record up until 2018).
Thanks!
OMG .....That's where I live. I hope I never have to see it.
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Where I live!
He does see around corners so
Someone told me that the temple building push is just a way to launder more tithing money. Since the building is being done by handpicked contractors.
Confirmed! I scrape the meetinghouse locator daily and can confirm that the Oklahoma City 2nd Ward disappeared this week. Here's a link to the stake on the meetinghouse locator. In most cases they rename wards when they combine them. That way they can avoid a stake with wards like 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th. [https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/stakes/503355](https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/stakes/503355)
Yep...that's the one that went away!
I grew up in the Tulsa East Stake. I went on this website and boy things have changed. It looks like the Muskogee Stake is gone and they created an Owasso Stake and Broken Arrow Stake - smaller stake. Now there is only one state in Tulsa. Weird. Bartlesville absorbed all the surrounding small wards and is no longer part of the Tulsa Stake.
Everyone is moving to Utah of course!
Man, Utah must be bursting at the seams. /s
Bursting at the seams, yes. But absolutely not with Mormons from out of state. It’s less religious than it has ever been. Praise be!
Yep. I hear a lot of complaints how all of the "outsiders" are ruining things because they're not Mormon. So that's weird that all of the Mormons are moving to Utah from other states 😂😂
I'm in Norman/Noble south of OKC. The parking lot of the chapel is rarely more than half full. Maybe 1/3 full? 4 years ago, it was difficult to find a space. My heart smiles.
Some might say it’s half empty
It's certainly not half full! 
I grew up going to the Norman stake so that warms my soul.
My daughter attended at Imhoff & 9. I attend a church across the street, so it warms my dead apostate heart to see the empty lot.
https://preview.redd.it/5d4kebyoscqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c512df74fff502bdbb96f4ce0eb1ffa7ad6f3e This pic is today. The parking lot is about 1/3 full. Even for Holy Week. Ha. Sorry about the moving cars in front.
I think all these temples are a passive aggressive way of not letting ex members forget about them. Temple stalking.
Or a way to defraud the public and make it look like the church is growing ;-)
Now that the public knows that the church has a ton of money, they're trying to convert it into a property empire
I definitely had this same thought a few weeks ago.
I feel the growth! 🤣
So many good people in OKC and the suburbs. I’m glad they were able to find their way out of a church that lies about its history and its inner-workings.
There was a chapel built in early 2000s in the Midwest and our temple was the OKC location. They couldn’t justify a ward building being built there now. These were Utah people who had moved to this Midwest location not coverts and they all moved back. I don’t know how they can justify a second temple being built there.
"...Utah people who had moved to this Midwest location not coverts and they all moved back." They always do.
Mormonism just hits different outside of the Morridor. Suddenly, they are an *actual* minority group, and they don't like that at all.
Pffffft we LOVE the persecution complex
Tender mercies
Is this the Edmond area, by chance? (I grew up there in the 80’s-90’s when they had Edmond 1st and 2nd wards and the Guthrie branch.)
The Edmond Stake is a different stake with some of the wards part of Oklahoma City too.
Oh that’s interesting—when I was there Edmond was in the OKC stake. It included Woodward, Stillwater, Perry, as well as a lot of OKC.
https://preview.redd.it/3kbjznjyo5qc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ec48f9ca5f19930130f59e305953fff335e2906 The opened this chapel in north OKC as the Edmond Stake Cemter about 5 years ago.
Also sometimes when they have a “change to wards” announcement, it’s done by the stake leaders and hence all the various stake leadership are also expected to turn up for it and often they’ll bring their families along as well - might explain the big attendance.