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This is a list of well-known Mormon dissidents or other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who have either been excommunicated or have resigned from the church – as well as of individuals no longer self-identifying as LDS and those inactive individuals who are on record as not believing and/or not participating in the church.
Lynn K. Wilder (born 1952) is a Christian author and former Brigham Young University (BYU) professor. She became well known for discussing how she left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the 2011 video-documentary Unveiling Grace.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination. Founded by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening , the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City , Utah, and has established congregations and built temples worldwide.
The LDS Church first sent Mormon missionaries, Brigham Smoot and Alva J. Butler, to Tonga in July 1891. Upon arriving, they met with the Tongan king, George Tupou I, to obtain his permission to preach. Smoot and Butler bought property and built a mission home, a school, and also purchased a boat to facilitate travel between the islands.
Latter-day Saint fathers who hold the priesthood typically name and bless their children shortly after birth to formally give the child a name and generate a church record for them. LDS Church members are encouraged to set aside one evening each week, typically Monday, to spend together in " Family Home Evening ."
Jonathan Philip Barrett (missionary) LDS Church Stabbed while walking to a teaching appointment. 19 January 2, 2006 Chesapeake, Virginia Morgan W. Young (missionary) [52] LDS Church Fatal shooting 23 August 29, 2010 Visalia, California Clay R. Sannar (bishop) [53] LDS Church Killed by an ex-member of the church while performing his duties as ...
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Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto (Salt Lake City, Utah: Greg Kofford Books) ISBN 1-58958-035-4 D. Michael Quinn , "Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought , vol. 31, no. 2 (Summer 1998) pp. 1–68 at pp. 16–18, 23