View source for Gospel Topics: "Church authorities encountered faithful black and mixed-ancestry Mormons who had contributed financially and in other ways to the building of the São Paulo temple, a sanctuary they realized they would not be allowed to enter"

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==''Gospel Topics'': "Church authorities encountered faithful black and mixed-ancestry Mormons who had contributed financially and in other ways to the building of the São Paulo temple, a sanctuary they realized they would not be allowed to enter"==
"Race and the Priesthood," ''Gospel Topics'' (2013):
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Brazil in particular presented many challenges. Unlike the United States and South Africa where legal and de facto racism led to deeply segregated societies, Brazil prided itself on its open, integrated, and mixed racial heritage. In 1975, the Church announced that a temple would be built in São Paulo, Brazil. As the temple construction proceeded, Church authorities encountered faithful black and mixed-ancestry Mormons who had contributed financially and in other ways to the building of the São Paulo temple, a sanctuary they realized they would not be allowed to enter once it was completed. Their sacrifices, as well as the conversions of thousands of Nigerians and Ghanaians in the 1960s and early 1970s, moved Church leaders.<ref>[http://www.lds.org/topics/race-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng "Race and the Priesthood,"] ''Gospel Topics'' (2013)</ref>{{read more|url=http://www.lds.org/topics/race-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng}}
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[[es:Temas del Evangelio: "Las autoridades de la Iglesia se encontraron con fieles mormones de raza negra y de ascendencia mixta que habían contribuido económicamente y de otras maneras a la edificación del Templo de São Paulo al que comprendían que no se les permitiría entrar"]]
[[pt:Fonte:Tópicos do Evangelho:As Etnias e o Sacerdócio:as autoridades da Igreja encontraram negros fieis e antepassados mórmons de origem diversa que haviam contribuído financeiramente e de outras maneiras para a construção do Templo de São Paulo]]

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