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Latter-day Saints around the world can now have printed copies of the Book of Mormon, manuals and other Church materials shipped to them more quickly. Bishop Gérald Caussé of the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicated a new, state-of-the-art Global Distribution Services Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, June 8, 2023.

“Being here is a joyful experience for all of us,” said Bishop Caussé. “We are excited to dedicate a brand-new facility, one which will provide and distribute Church materials and temple clothing to Church members living around the world. It is such a magnificent structure with state-of-the-art equipment, for which we are most grateful.”

About 200 Church employees and guests gathered at the distribution center on Thursday evening for the dedication.

“This place is much more than a distribution center,” Bishop Caussé told the invited guests. “Thanks to you, its influence will spread throughout the entire world and will bless generations of members. It will help in the great and holy work of saving souls.”

The new facility is 339,000 square feet and is in an industrial area near the Salt Lake City International Airport and the Bishops’ Central Storehouse on the city’s west side. The Church has 17 smaller warehouses around the world.

“Everywhere we have a member we need to get them essential materials so they can make and keep sacred covenants. This facility ships about 75% of the Church’s total volume to our members throughout the world,” said Nelson Gonzalez, director of Global Distribution Services for the Church’s Materials Management Department.

“Unlike the for-profit entities, where they go to a market because it makes economic sense — we don’t have that luxury,” Gonzalez said. “We have members throughout the world in large countries and large cities, on small islands in villages, and it’s our blessing to serve them all and ensure that they get what they need to make and keep covenants.”

Many of the 100 employees and seven service missionaries who work at the facility start their day early to ship Church materials to 180 countries around the world.

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