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At various times the church was also referred to as "The Church of Jesus Christ", "The Church of God", [3] and "The Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints". [4] [5] In the late 1830s, Smith and those loyal to him founded a new headquarters in Far West, Missouri. At Far West in 1838, Smith announced a revelation renaming the organization the ...
In the only book written about this group they are called the Church of Christ, Instrumental or Kelleyites.Elder E. J. Lambert, a Primitive Baptist minister who was raised among this body, and whose father was a minister of the Church of Christ, Instrumental, in his autobiography consistently refers to them as the Church of Christ (Kelly Division of Missionary Baptists). [1]
Rigdonite Church of Christ messages Ebenezer Robinson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Named after the 1834 paper. Became Messenger and Advocate of the Church of Christ in 1845. Available online at LDS Church History Library: Voree Herald: January–November 1846 monthly newspaper Organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite ...
The former First Church of Christ, Scientist (Rock Island, Illinois). This is a list of former Christian Science churches, societies, and buildings.Following its early meteoric rise, the Christian Science Church suffered a steep decline in membership in the second half of the twentieth century.
Members of the church of Christ do not conceive of themselves as a new church started near the beginning of the 19th century. Rather, the whole movement is designed to reproduce in contemporary times the church originally established on Pentecost, A.D. 33. The strength of the appeal lies in the restoration of Christ's original church.
At the World Conference of 2000, by vote of 1,979 to 561, the name of the church was changed from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to Community of Christ. In so doing, the church was attempting to distance itself from comparisons with the LDS Church and in the process transform itself into a unique body among ...
[9] As a lay church, there is no hierarchy. All members, including church officers, are bound by the rules of the Manual. [10] Under the Manual, the church officers comprising the Board of Directors are charged with administration, [7] and have no authority to govern the church, amend or interpret by-laws or create new ones.
First conference after the name of the church had been changed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. John Taylor sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. October 6–8, 1839 [19] Commerce, Illinois: April 6–8, 1840 [20] Nauvoo, Illinois: October 3–5, 1840 [21] Nauvoo, Illinois: April 7–8, 1841 [22] Nauvoo, Illinois