Virtual tours of Church historic sites in the UK and Ireland

A new one site [em inglês] Offers a wide variety Virtual tours Information on historic sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Videos on the website, ldsvirtualtours.uk [em inglês], take visitors inside the church’s oldest building, Gotfield Elm Chapel, where many of the early saints were baptized, the River Ripple, and other important sites in the area. Eight virtual tours of the site are narrated by Latter-day Saint youth.

The site also provides information on other historical sites including Church in Hyde Park, LondonTemples From London This is Preston England, The Villages of Downham and Chadburncity Birmingham [todos em inglês] More teeth.

Ribble River in England on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Many converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were baptized in the river through early missionary efforts.

The idea of virtual tours in England and Ireland

In 2020, when travel was limited due to the onset of the pandemic, the idea for the site came about. Arnold Jones, a regional expert in church history, collaborated with the UK/Ireland Church History Council to create a virtual tour of Gotfield Elm Chapel.

The project was assisted by a volunteer missionary couple, Elder Martin Anderson and Sister Eva Anderson, who had experience in filmmaking. Michael Rigby joined in, filling in for Jones, and the project continued.

Elder and Sister Anderson enlisted volunteers from Cheltenham Stake to film a scene of saints in church, dressed in period costumes from a British show production of the church. Godfield Elm Chapel [em inglês]. That First plan [em inglês] Completed in November 2022.

After the Church closed historic sites across the U.S. due to the pandemic in 2020, missionaries began offering virtual tours. Take a virtual tour of historic sites ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

The tour took place on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at Godfield Elm Chapel in England. Wilford Woodruff converted hundreds of members of the United Brethren to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840.

Other virtual tours in England and Ireland

Excited by the results, the team created additional virtual tours.

“Knowing so many important sites in the history of the Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it seemed a shame not to include them in similar virtual tours,” said Elder Anderson.

Other videos included [todos em inglês]:

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