Phoenix Arizona Temple

Reviews

• LO

  Lyle Olson

  6 days ago
  5.0
  I joined the church almost 5 years ago. I had an atheist background as a teenager and when I thought about the subject of death I masked my weariness with proud indifference- choosing not to dwell on it. As a young child, my grandfather died of COPD. I have no memories of him beyond his last few dwindling years on hospice where he just wasn't himself anymore. I never met my great grandparents. Long story short, my worldview became very shortsighted because I had little experience outside of my small, somewhat broken family. This and a multitude of other bad experiences left me resenting God who I believed didn't exist. Or rather, if he did, that He was unjust and cruel for allowing and perpetuating human suffering. I clung to this worldview until I was around 15 years old, when I had an experience like Enos, and for the first time ever "my soul hungered". I knew there was something more to life. So I looked. I had many questions, questions that Creedal Christianity just could not answer. In fact, for an atheist, the history of Christianity (as a movement) served as evidence to me that God WASN'T real. So I was about to give up my search and return to my ways, and then I found the church. I have received answers for all of my questions. I felt a certain way about the restored gospel that I didn't feel about the local mega churches. And honestly, this temple was a focus point for me during my 3 years of investigating the church online during COVID. The temple as a place of peace and refuge was a balm to a hurting soul. I longed for the day that I could be baptized and enter there. And so I was, baptized a couple of weeks after I turned 18. Around a month or so later, I entered this temple for the first time. I testify that the experiences I felt were real. This place is a portal into Heaven where you feel the presence of angels and holy people. It is an exhilarating and relating experience every time. The sweet burning peace you feel takes your breath away. I know my family now, I feel a connection to people like my grandfather, who I never would have gotten to know otherwise. The temple is a place where you go to learn of Gods ways and literally walk in his paths (Isa. 2:2-4). I also had the opportunity to work in this temple for some time as a volunteer, and I can testify of the positive impact this edifice has had on the faith journeys of others. From the example of a 12 year old girl who would come an hour early to her youth group's session to eagerly do 20 or 30 proxy baptisms at a time, to the sweet elderly woman I saw being helped out of the Baptismal font, resolved to do this work despite her challenges. College students who take time out of their busy lives to kneel at altars and ratify marriages for the many who died without being married in Gods way. Future missionaries emerging from instruction being crowned with glory and power from on high. This is my experience and witness. Be it known that if you don't stray far from the temple, you will be near to Jesus Christ whose house this is.
• MR

  Melanie Rebollo

  Mar 6, 2026
  5.0
  10/10 would recommend if you want to feel the spirit and feel Gods love!
• KM

  K Monson

  Feb 14, 2026
  5.0
  This is a small temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is absolutely beautiful. The building is only open for members of the church, but anyone can visit the quiet, peaceful grounds, which are immaculately kept. The flowers smelled exceptionally sweet this beautiful February day, as they always do.
• PW

  Priscilla Walton

  Dec 20, 2025
  5.0
  Going about doing the Lords work.
• MP

  Michael Perkins

  Dec 18, 2025
  5.0
  This is a great temple. Everyone is so helpful. It has some unique and beautiful design elements. The spirit is always so strong here.

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