 there are more than 865 000 latter-day saints in nearly 1300 congregations in the philippines the preaching of the gospel of jesus christ began in 1961 in the country where church growth has been among the fastest in the world an artistic rendering of the java pesoa brazil temple has also been released the site location was released in 2023 this house of the lord will be constructed on a 3.9 acre site located in the cabo bronco neighborhood