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Welcome to the portal of The Latter Day Saint movement Introduction TheLatter Day Saint movement (also called theLDS movement,LDS restorationist movement, orSmith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a ChristianRestorationist movement founded byJoseph Smith in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have almost 18 million nominal members, including over 17 million belonging tothe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), 250,000 inCommunity of Christ, and several other denominations with memberships generally ranging in the thousands of members. The predominant theology of the churches in the movement isMormonism, which sees itself as restoring again on Earth theearly Christian church; their members are most commonly known asMormons. An additional doctrine of the church allows for prophets to receive and publish modern-dayrevelations. A minority of Latter Day Saint adherents, such as members of Community of Christ, have been influenced byProtestant theologies while maintaining certain distinctive beliefs and practices includingcontinuing revelation, anopen canon of scripture and buildingtemples. Other groups include theRemnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which supports lineal succession of leadership from Smith's descendants, and the more controversialFundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which defends the practice ofpolygamy. One source has estimated that over 400 denominations have sprung from founderJoseph Smith's original movement. (Full article...) General images -load new batchThe following are images from various Latter Day Saint movement-related articles on Wikipedia.
Selected article Jane Elizabeth Manning James ( Jane Elizabeth Manning (circa 1822–1908) was one of at least five children born to a free African American couple in Connecticut at a time when most Black people in the United States were slaves.1 As a young adult, she joined the New Canaan Congregational Church in 1841, but 18 months later, in the winter of 1842–43, she and several family members were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jane and others in her family soon desired to join the Saints in Nauvoo, so they traveled from Connecticut to New York, planning to travel on both steamboats and canal boats. However, they were denied boat passage because of their race, so they had to walk the remaining 800 miles. In Peoria, Illinois, local authorities questioned the Mannings as potential fugitive slaves and demanded paperwork to prove their free status. Racism was an obstacle Jane would confront the rest of her life. Once in Nauvoo, Jane quickly developed a friendship with Joseph and Emma Smith. She lived with them and worked in their household. At one point, Emma invited Jane to be adopted as a child into the Smith family by a priesthood sealing.2 Jane declined, misunderstanding the unfamiliar, new practice, but she firmly believed in Joseph’s prophetic role. “I did know the Prophet Joseph,” she later testified. “He was the finest man I ever saw on earth. … I was certain he was a prophet because I knew it.”3 (Full article...) Selected location TheAuditorium (formerly theRLDS Auditorium) is a house of worship and office building located on the greaterTemple Lot inIndependence, Missouri. The Auditorium is part of the headquarters complex ofCommunity of Christ which also includes theIndependence Temple. (Full article...)
Selected schismatic histories Former FLDS temple in theYFZ Ranch in Texas TheFundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (abbreviated toFLDS Church orFLDS) is aMormon fundamentalist group whose members practicepolygamy. It is variously defined as acult, asect or anew religious movement. Since 2002, the president of the FLDS has beenWarren Jeffs, who succeeded his father,Rulon Jeffs. Warren Jeffs was arrested in the southeast ofNevada on the evening of August 28th, 2006, although the news of his arrest was not aired until the next day. According to FBI spokesman David Staretz, Warren Jeffs was taken into custody after one of his brothers and one of his wives were stopped while driving around 9:00 p.m. by a Nevada State Trooper on Interstate 15, north of Las Vegas. He was wanted for sexual assault of a child in 2002 and for conspiring to commit sexual assault of a child that same year, as well as federal charges of fleeing to face charges. These offenses occurred inColorado City, Arizona. He was also wanted inUtah for aiding and abetting rape of a child. Warren had been a fugitive for two years. From May 2006 to August 28, 2006, he was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List, with a $100,000 reward for information leading to his capture. He was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for child rape after numerous recordings of him abusing minors were discovered, along with a large number of documents showing that Warren married children as young as 12 to adults and the elderly. There were also documents showing that Warren was married to more than 70 women, more than 20 of whom were minors. (Full article...) OutlinesRelated portalsKey biographiesJoseph Smith (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of theLatter Day Saint movement whose current followers include members ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, theCommunity of Christ, andother Latter Day Saint denominations. Theearly life of Joseph Smith covers his life from his birth to the end of 1827. Smith was born in asmall brick walled house inSharon, Vermont, the fifth of eleven children born toJoseph andLucy Mack Smith. By 1817, Smith's family had moved to the "burned-over district" of western New York, an area repeatedly swept by religious revivals during theSecond Great Awakening. Smith family members held divergent views about organized religion, believed in visions and prophecies, and engaged in certainfolk religious practices typical of the era. Smith briefly investigatedMethodism, but he was generally disillusioned with the churches of his day. (Full article...)
Selected image The"Letter of appointment" is a controversial three-page document used byJames J. Strang and his adherents in their efforts to prove that he was the designated successor toJoseph Smith as theprophet andpresident of theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Sent fromNauvoo, Illinois, on June 19, 1844, to Strang inBurlington, Wisconsin, this letter served as the cornerstone of Strang's claims, which were ultimately rejected by the majority of Latter Day Saints. Did you know(auto generated)
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