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The Independence Visitors' Center (dedicated on May 31, 1971) [1] is a visitors' center owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Independence, Missouri. The center is situated on the Greater Temple Lot dedicated and purchased by Joseph Smith and his associates in 1831, only a few yards from the ...
The Temple in Independence, Missouri, is a house of worship and education "dedicated to the pursuit of peace". [1] It dominates the skyline of Independence and has become the focal point of the headquarters of the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). [2]
Site of Boggs home on the Mormon Walking Tour with an inset blow up of the marker. The marker is on a cleared area of the sidewalk to the left of the blow up. The Independence Temple steeple is visible through the trees at the top of the hill. Lilburn Boggs, Governor of Missouri during the Mormon War, lived in Independence prior to that conflict.
The plat for the City of Zion (Independence, Missouri) originally called for 24 temples at the center of the city. [12] A temple has never been built at this location because the temple's site, as designated by Joseph Smith, is occupied by a Latter Day Saint movement denomination known as the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) .
Family History Library: Joseph Smith Memorial Building: Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument/Young Family Cemetery: Temple Square Includes: Salt Lake Temple; Salt Lake Assembly Hall; Salt Lake Tabernacle Includes: Salt Lake Tabernacle organ
In June 1832, W.W. Phelps, Mormon convert and a former editor from New York, moved to Independence, and set up operation of a printing press, establishing The Evening and the Morning Star, a monthly Mormon newspaper. Independence resident Josiah Gregg recalled: "in proportion as [the Mormons] grew strong in numbers, they also became more ...
Pages in category "Mormon museums in the United States" ... Church History Museum; H. ... Kirtland Temple; L. LDS Visitors Center, Independence, Missouri; Liberty ...
Moved headquarters to Independence, Missouri in 1928. Erle Whiting: 1876–1958 October 4, 1955 June 18, 1958 His succession led to short-lived schism under Clyde Fletcher. Rupert Fletcher: 1896–1974 June 18, 1958 November 22, 1974 Authored Alpheus Cutler and The Church of Jesus Christ, a compendium of history and doctrine. Julian Whiting ...