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Community of Christ, known from 1872 to 2001 as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), is an American-based international church, [2] and is the second-largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement.
R. Jean Addams, “The Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints: 130 Years of Crossroads and Controversies,” Journal of Mormon History 36, no. 2 (2010): 29-53. John Hamer, “The Temple Lot: Visions and Realities,” By Common Consent blog, January 19, 2009, retrieved April 26, 2010
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship.
On June 9, 1887, the RLDS Church laid claim to the entire 63-acre (250,000 m 2) greater Temple Lot, including that portion purchased in 1867 by the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), after acquiring the deed for the property from the heirs of Oliver Cowdery. The only contested portion of the purchase was the Temple Lot itself.
For example, the LDS Church, [45] Community of Christ, [46] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), [47] Church of Christ (Temple Lot), [48] and Church of Christ with the Elijah Message [49] all claim to have been organized by Smith on April 6, 1830, the date on which the Church of Christ was organized.
A few loyalists, notably William Bickerton, eventually reorganized the church in 1862 under the name The Church of Jesus Christ. Rigdon lived on for many years in Pennsylvania and New York. He maintained his testimony of the Book of Mormon [ 30 ] [ 31 ] and clung to his claims that he was the rightful heir to Joseph Smith.
The Church of Christ, informally referred to as the Church of Christ (Whitmerite), was founded by David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates, who had been excommunicated from the Church of the Latter Day Saints. There were actually two separate organizations of this church.
Worship services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) include weekly services held in meetinghouses on Sundays (or another day when local custom or law prohibits Sunday worship) in geographically based religious units (called wards or branches). Once per month, this weekly service is a fast and testimony meeting.