The first one opened in Gardendale in 2000.
The sun sets behind the fiberglass and gold leaf statue of the angel Moroni that stands atop the Mormon temple in Gardendale. Latter-day Saints believe that the angel Moroni revealed gold plates to founding prophet Joseph Smith that contained the Book of Mormon. Smith's writings are the distinctive theological foundation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The theological emphasis on baptizing ancestors has resulted in the Latter-day Saints collecting probably the most extensive collection of genealogical information in the world, much of it available through its popular Web site, Baptism by proxy is done in a large baptismal pool in the temple; members over the age of 12 don white robes and are dunked once for each ancestor they represent. Baptisms by proxy are done by priests.
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