TEMPLATE:LDS SECTS JOSEPH SMITH III - Encyclopedia Information

Followers of Joseph Smith III ("Josephites")

Church of Christ ^a
Organized by: Joseph Smith Jr.
Joseph Smith's original April 6, 1830, organization;
multiple sects currently claim to be true successor

1844 ^b

Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
Organized by: James J. Strang
approx. 300 members^[1]

1860

Community of Christ
(Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints) ^c
Organized by: Joseph Smith III
250,000 members^[2]

1918

1960s

1980

Church of the Christian Brotherhood
Organized by: R. C. Evans
Defunct

Church of Jesus Christ Restored (Ontario)
Organized by:Stanley King
Headquartered in Ontario, Canada
Status: approx. 40 members

Church of Jesus Christ (Toneyite)
Organized by: Forrest Toney
Status unknown

1980s

Mid-1980s

1985

Restoration Branches
Organized by: Various local leaders
of the RLDS church
Approximately 10,000 members attending
several hundred distinct congregations

Church of Jesus Christ Restored 1830
Organized by: Nolan W. Glauner
Headquartered in Tarkio, Missouri

Church of Christ
Organized by: David B. Clark
Headquartered in Oak Grove, Missouri

2000^[3]

1986

1988

1991

Remnant Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints
Organized by: Frederick N. Larsen
Approximately 1500 members;
headquartered in Independence, Missouri

Church of Jesus Christ (Zion's Branch)
Organized by: John
and Robert Cato, among others
Approximately 200 members;
headquartered in Independence, Missouri

Lundgren Group
Organized by: Jeffrey Lundgren
Defunct

Restoration Church of
Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints
Organized by:M. Norman Page
and Marcus Juby
Headquartered in Independence, Missouri

^a Later names included the Church of the Latter Day Saints (by 1834 resolution),^[4] the Church of Jesus Christ^[5] the Church of God,^[5] and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (by an 1838 revelation).^[6]^[7]
^b While not considered a predecessor to the Community of Christ, many of the followers of Joseph Smith III were originally members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite).
^c Prior to 2001, sect was known as Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, after 2001 sect is known as the Community of Christ

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^ Adherents.com, Entry: "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)". Figure given is as of 1998.
^ "General Denominational Information". Community of Christ. 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ Russell, William D. (Winter 2005). "An RLDS Schismatic Group Finds a Prophet of Joseph's Seed" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 38 (3).
^ "Minutes of a Conference", Evening and Morning Star, vol. 2, no. 20, p. 160.
^ ^a ^b B.H. Roberts (ed.) History of the Church vol. 3, p. 24, footnote.
^ Manuscript History of the Church, LDS Church Archives, book A-1, p. 37; reproduced in Dean C. Jessee (comp.) (1989). The Papers of Joseph Smith: Autobiographical and Historical Writings (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book) 1:302–303.
^ H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters (1994). Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books) p. 160.

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^ Adherents.com, Entry: "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)". Figure given is as of 1998.
^ "General Denominational Information". Community of Christ. 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
^ Russell, William D. (Winter 2005). "An RLDS Schismatic Group Finds a Prophet of Joseph's Seed" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 38 (3).
^ "Minutes of a Conference", Evening and Morning Star, vol. 2, no. 20, p. 160.
^ ^a ^b B.H. Roberts (ed.) History of the Church vol. 3, p. 24, footnote.
^ Manuscript History of the Church, LDS Church Archives, book A-1, p. 37; reproduced in Dean C. Jessee (comp.) (1989). The Papers of Joseph Smith: Autobiographical and Historical Writings (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book) 1:302–303.
^ H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters (1994). Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books) p. 160.

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