Latter Day Saint movement

This article is about this religious movement's origins and general makeup. For treatments of component denominations, see List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement.

See also: Mormonism, Mormons, and Mormon (disambiguation)

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The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement)^[1] is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 16 million members,^[2] although the vast majority of these—about 98%—belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The predominant theology of the churches in the movement is Mormonism, a form of Christianity usually categorized as Restorationist. A minority of Latter Day Saint adherents, such as members of the Community of Christ, believe in traditional Protestant theology, and have distanced themselves from some of the distinctive doctrines of the LDS Church. Other groups include the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which supports lineal succession of leadership from Smith's descendants, and the more controversial Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which defends the practice of polygamy.^[3][4]

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  1 Origins
  


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  2 History
  


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  3 Beliefs
  
  
  
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    3.1 Saint-designation of members
    
  
  
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    3.2 Restoration
    
  
  
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    3.3 Theology
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Denominations
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 Notes
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

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The movement began in western New York during the Second Great Awakening when Smith said that he received visions revealing a new sacred text, the Book of Mormon, which he published in 1830 as a complement to the Bible. Based on the teachings of this book and other revelations, Smith founded a Christian primitivist church, called the "Church of Christ". The Book of Mormon attracted hundreds of early followers, who later became known as "Mormons", "Latter Day Saints", or just "Saints". In 1831, Smith, moved the church headquarters to Kirtland, Ohio, and in 1838 changed its name to the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints".^[5][6]

After the church in Ohio collapsed due to a financial crisis and dissensions, in 1838, Smith and the body of the church moved to Missouri where they were persecuted (see Hauns Mill Massacre) and finally forced to Illinois. After Smith's death in 1844, a succession crisis led to the organization splitting into several groups. The largest of these, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated under the leadership of Brigham Young to the Great Basin (now Utah) and became known for its 19th-century practice of polygamy. The LDS Church officially renounced this practice in 1890, and gradually discontinued it, resulting in the Utah Territory becoming a U.S. state. This change resulted in the formation of a number of small sects who sought to maintain polygamy and other 19th-century doctrines and practices, now referred to as "Mormon fundamentalism".^[7]

Other groups originating within the Latter Day Saint movement followed different paths in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. For the most part, these groups rejected plural marriage and some of Smith's later teachings. The largest of these, the Community of Christ (originally known as the "Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"), was formed in Illinois in 1860 by several groups uniting around Smith's son, Joseph Smith III.

History

Main article: History of the Latter Day Saint movement

The founder of the Latter Day Saint movement was Joseph Smith, and to a lesser extent, during the movement's first two years, Oliver Cowdery. Throughout his life, Smith told of an experience he had as a boy having seen God the Father and Jesus Christ as two separate beings, who told him that the true church of Jesus Christ had been lost and would be restored through him, and that he would be given the authority to organize and lead the true Church of Christ.^[8] Smith and Cowdery also explained that the angels John the Baptist, Peter, James, and John visited them in 1829 and gave them priesthood authority to reestablish the Church of Christ.^{[citation needed]}

The first Latter Day Saint church was formed on April 6, 1830, consisting of a community of believers in the western New York towns of Fayette, Manchester, and Colesville. The church was formally organized under the name of the "Church of Christ". By 1834, the church was referred to as the "Church of the Latter Day Saints" in early church publications,^[9] and in 1838 Smith announced that he had received a revelation from God that officially changed the name to the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints".^[10][11]

In 1844, William Law and several other Latter Day Saints in church leadership positions publicly denounced Smith's secret practice of polygamy in the Nauvoo Expositor, and formed their own church. The city council of Nauvoo, Illinois, led by Smith, subsequently had the printing press of the Expositor destroyed. In spite of Smith's later offer to pay damages for destroyed property, critics of Smith and the church considered the destruction heavy-handed. Some called for the Latter Day Saints to be either expelled or destroyed.^{[citation needed]}

Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, the Assistant President of the Church, were both assassinated by a mob while in a Carthage, Illinois jail, and several bodies within the church claimed to be the senior surviving authority and appointed successors. These various claims resulted in a succession crisis. Many supported Brigham Young, the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; others Sidney Rigdon, the senior surviving member of the First Presidency. Emma Hale Smith failed to persuade William Marks, the president of the Presiding High Council and a Rigdon supporter, to assume leadership and the surviving members of Smith's immediate family remained unaffiliated with any larger body until 1860, when they formed the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Joseph's eldest son as prophet. These various groups are sometimes referred to under two geographical headings: "Prairie Saints" (those that remained in the Midwest United States); and "Rocky Mountain Saints" (those who followed Young to what would later become the state of Utah).^{[citation needed]}

Today, the vast majority (over 98 percent) of Latter Day Saints belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which reports over 16 million members worldwide^[12]. The second-largest denomination is the Missouri-based Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) which reports over 250,000 members. Small denominations that trace their origins to Rigdon, James Strang, or other associates of Smith's still exist, and several fundamentalist sects which separated from the Utah LDS Church after it rejected plural marriage in 1890 claim tens of thousands of members.^[13]

Historically, the different denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement have been hostile towards or dismissive of one another; this is largely because each group claims to be the sole legitimate continuation of the one true church established by Smith in 1830.^{[citation needed]}

Beliefs

Saint-designation of members

Main article: Saint § Latter-day_Saints

Latter Day Saints adopt a definition of "saint" that all members of the church are considered "Saints".^[14] The term "latter day" distinguishes between biblical saints and modern saints who "live in the latter days".^{[citation needed]}

Restoration

Main article: Restoration (Latter Day Saints)

The Latter Day Saint movement classifies itself within Christianity, but as a distinct restored dispensation. Latter Day Saints hold that a Great Apostasy began in Christianity not long after the ascension of Jesus Christ,^[15] marked with the corruption of Christian doctrine by Greek and other philosophies,^[16] and followers dividing into different ideological groups.^[17]
Additionally, Latter Day Saints claim the martyrdom of the apostles led to a loss of priesthood authority to administer the church and its ordinances.^[18][19]

According to Latter Day Saint churches, God re-established the early Christian church as found in the New Testament through Joseph Smith.^[20] In particular, Latter Day Saints believe that angels such as Peter, James, John, and John the Baptist appeared to Smith and others and bestowed various priesthood authorities on them.^[21] Thus, Smith and his successors are considered modern prophets who receive revelation from God to guide the church.^{[citation needed]}

Theology

See also: Mormonism and Christianity and Christian theology

Most members of Latter Day Saint churches are adherents to Mormonism, a theology based on Joseph Smith's later teachings and further developed by Brigham Young, James Strang and others who claimed to be Smith's successors. The term "Mormon" derives from the Book of Mormon, and most of these adherents refer to themselves as Latter Day Saints or Mormons. Mormonism and Christianity have a complex theological, historical, and sociological relationship. Mormons express the doctrines of Mormonism using standard biblical terminology, and claim to have similar views about the nature of Jesus' atonement, resurrection, and Second Coming as traditional Christianity. Nevertheless, Mormons agree with non-Mormons that their view of God is significantly different from the trinitarian view of the Nicene Creed of the 4th century.^[22]

Mormons consider the Bible as scripture and have also adopted additional scriptures. Mormons not only practice baptism and celebrate the eucharist but also participate in religious rituals not practiced in traditional Christianity. Although the various branches of Christianity have diverse views about the nature of salvation, the Mormon view is particularly distinct.^{[citation needed]}

Focusing on differences, some Christians consider Mormonism "non-Christian"; members of the LDS Church, focusing on similarities, are offended at being so characterized.^[23] Mormons do not accept non-Mormon baptism. Mormons regularly proselytize individuals actually or nominally within the Christian tradition, and some Christians, especially evangelicals, proselytize Mormons.^[24] The LDS Church has a formal missionary program with nearly 70,000 missionaries, 15 training centers worldwide, and 407 missions worldwide.^[25] A prominent scholarly view is that Mormonism is a form of Christianity, but is distinct enough from traditional Christianity so as to form a new religious tradition, much as Christianity has roots in but is a distinct religion from Judaism.^[26]

The Mormonism that originated with Smith in the 1820s shared strong similarities with some elements of 19th-century Protestant Christianity including the necessity of baptism, emphasis on family, and central doctrine on Christ as a means to salvation. However, beginning with his accounts of the First Vision in the 1830s and 1840s, Smith—who said that Christ had told him not to join any existing church—departed significantly from traditional Christianity, claiming all churches of his day were part of a Great Apostasy that had lost the authority to direct Christ's church. Mormonism does not characterize itself as a Protestant religion, as Smith taught that he had received revelation direct from Christ to restore his original church. Mormons believe that God, through Smith and his successors, restored these truths and doctrinal clarifications, and, initiating a new heavenly dispensation, restored the original church and Christianity taught by Jesus. For example, Smith rejected the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity as of one body and substance, with no "body, parts, or passions", and instead taught that the Godhead included God, the Eternal Father, also known as Elohim; his only-begotten son in the flesh, Jesus Christ, also known as Jehovah, the savior and redeemer of the world; and the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit, an individual personage of spirit whose influence can be felt in many places at once. Further, Smith taught that the essence of all humans is co-eternal with God and that humans, as the spirit offspring of God the Father, have the potential to become like God. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest Mormon denomination, while acknowledging its differences with mainstream Christianity, often focuses on its commonalities, which are many, the most important of which is that Christ is the savior of the world and that he suffered for the world's sins so that the penitent can return to live in heaven.^{[citation needed]}

A small fraction of Latter Day Saints, most notably those within the Community of Christ, the second largest Latter Day Saint denomination, follow a traditional Protestant theology. The Community of Christ views God in trinitarian terms, and reject the distinctive theological developments they believe to have been developed later in Mormonism.^{[citation needed]}

Denominations

Main article: List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement

A Brighamite-centric timeline of formations and origins for most Mormon denominations

v t e Current denominations or sub-groups in the Latter Day Saint movement

— (I.) Major two * —         The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  16.1 million (2018)[27], about 99% of Latter Day Saint movement – Utah-based Thomas S. Monson presided 2008–2018 John Taylor presided 1877–1887 Brigham Young presided 1844–1877 Joseph Smith Jr. presided 1830–1844[a] Community of Christ  197,000 (2014)[28], about 1% of Latter Day Saint movement – Missouri-based Wallace B. Smith presided 1978–1996 Joseph Smith III presided 1860–1914   — (II.) With membership in the multiple thousands * — The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)  19,029 members (Dec. 31, 2012) – Pennsylvania-based William Bickerton presided 1862–1880 Sidney Rigdon presided 1844–1847[b] Church of Christ With the Elijah Message  over 12,000 members (1998) – Missouri-based William Draves presided 1943–1994 Apostolic United Brethren  approximately 10,000 members (1998)– Utah-based Mormon fundamentalism John Woolley / Lorin Woolley Council of Friends (Short Creek Community) presided 1918–1928 / 1928–1934 Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints  approximately 10,000 members (2011) – Utah-based v t e See fundamentalist denominations in addition to the pair above. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Kingdom of God Organized by:Frank Naylor and Ivan Neilsen – approx. 250 Centennial Park> Organized by: Marion Hammon and Alma Timpson – approx. 1,500 members FLDS church schisms Woolley schisms Church of Jesus Christ (Original Doctrine) Inc. Organized by: Winston Blackmore – approx. 700 members Church of the Lamb of God Organized by: Ervil LeBaron – Current status unknown Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times Organized by: Joel F. LeBaron – Several hundred adherents AUB schisms Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Organized by: Gerald Peterson, Sr. – approx. 100 members Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly Organized by: Alex Joseph Church of the New Covenant in Christ Organized by: John W. Bryant Latter Day Church of Christ Organized by: Elden Kingston – approx. 2,000 members School of the Prophets Organized by: Robert C. Crossfield LDS Church schisms (Non-Woolley) True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days Organized by: James D. Harmston – approx. 400 members The Church of the Firstborn and the General Assembly of Heaven Organized by: Terrill R. Dalton Restoration branches movement which have created the Joint Conference of Restoration Branches  6,000–7,000 members[c] (2010) – Missouri-based v t e See Restoration branches movement groupings in addition to one above. Smaller, founded in the 20th century  Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Organized by: Frederick Niels Larsen– 1,000–2,000 members Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Organized by: Several RLDS entities– 8 congregations Minuscule, founded in the 20th century  Church of Jesus Christ (Toneyite) Organized by: Forrest Toney Church of Jesus Christ Restored 1830 Organized by: Nolan W. Glauner Church of Christ Organized by: David B. Clark Church of Jesus Christ (Zion's Branch) Organized by: David B. Clark Fellowships of the Remnant About 5,000-10,000 participants (2017). Organized 2013 worldwide by adherents of a self-subscribed neo-LDS fundamentalist and neo-"Reorganized Latter Day Saint" and Reorganization-like Restorationism revealed through Denver Snuffer (excommunicated from LDS Church under Monson) Church of Christ (Fettingite)  2,000 members (1988); Missouri-based Otto Fetting presided 1927–1933 Church of Christ (Temple Lot)  7,310 members (2013) – Missouri-based Granville Hedrick presided 1863–1881 v t e See Temple Lot – derived denominations in addition to pair above. Church of Christ (Leighton-Floyd/Burt) Organized by: Howard Leighton-Floyd and H. H. Burt approx. 35 members William Draves presided 1943–1994 Church of Christ with the Elijah Message schisms Otto Fetting presided 1927–1933 Church of Christ (Fettingite) schisms Granville Hedrick presided 1863–1881 Church of Christ (Temple Lot) schisms Church of Christ with the Elijah Message (The Assured Way of the Lord) Organized by:Leonard Draves Church of Christ (Restored) Organized by: A. C. DeWolf approx. 450 members [note 1] Church of Israel Organized by:Dan Gayman Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff Organized by: Thomas B. Nerren and E. E. Long less than 100 members ^ While not considered a schism of the Church of Christ (Fettingite) and its founder Otto Fetting, the Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff accepted Fetting's revelations, but it did not immediately break with the Fettingites in 1929. Nerren and Long instead formed a separate sect in 1932, which was later joined by five other former Temple Lot congregations by 1941. — (III.) Minuscule, founded in the 19th century *† — Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)  300 members (1998) – Wisconsin-based James Strang presided 1844–1856 Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)  approximately 12 members (2010) – Missouri-based Alpheus Cutler presided 1853–1864     *^  Membership worldwide; generally church-reported; with an occasional exception, the denominations above are included in the  Book:List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement     †^ Once larger ^ Organized the Church of Christ, the Latter Day Saint movement's original organization, of which multiple denominations currently believe themselves the true successor ^ See Rigdonite. ^ Members consider themselves as remaining adherents of the (historical) Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (As of 2011, litigation by the Community of Christ against Restoration Branch individuals and entities generally established CofC's right to both the full and abbreviated RLDS name.)

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   ^ "15 Million Member Milestone Announced at LDS Church Conference". www.mormonnewsroom.org.
   


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   ^ 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).
   


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   ^ Adams, Brooke (August 9, 2005), "LDS Splinter Groups Growing", The Salt Lake Tribune, retrieved 2014-01-08
   


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   ^ 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.
   


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   ^ 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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   ^ Hales, Brian C. (2007). Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto. John Whitmer Historical Association. ISBN 1-58958-035-4.
   


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   ^ "Saints, THE STORY OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE LATTER DAYS, Volume 1". www.lds.org. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
   Salt Lake City, Utah. 2018. p. 14. Retrieved 2018-10-17. line feed character in |publisher= at position 48 (help)
   


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   ^ See, e.g., Joseph Smith (ed), Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Kirtland, Ohio: F. G. Williams & Co., 1835).
   


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    ^ 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.
    


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    ^ 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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    ^ "LDS Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership". www.mormonnewsroom.org. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
    


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    ^ The term "Mormon fundamentalist" appears to have been coined in the 1940s by apostle Mark E. Petersen: Ken Driggs, "'This Will Someday Be the Head and Not the Tail of the Church': A History of the Mormon Fundamentalists at Short Creek", Journal of Church and State 43:49 (2001) at p. 51.
    


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    ^ Quentin L. Cook, "Are You a Saint?", Ensign, November 2003, pp. 95–96.
    


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    ^ Missionary Department of the LDS Church (2004). Preach My Gospel (PDF). LDS Church, Inc. p. 35. ISBN 0-402-36617-4. (see also: 2 Thessalonians 2:3)
    


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    ^ Talmage, James E. (1909). The Great Apostasy. The Deseret News. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-87579-843-8.
    


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    ^ Richards, LeGrand (1976). A Marvelous Work and a Wonder. Deseret Book Company. p. 24. ISBN 0-87747-161-4.
    


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    ^ Talmage, James E. (1909). The Great Apostasy. The Deseret News. p. 68. ISBN 0-87579-843-8.
    


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    ^ Eyring, Henry B. (May 2008), "The True and Living Church", Ensign, LDS Church: 20–24
    


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    ^ Smith's restoration was slightly different from other restorationists of the era (for instance, that of Alexander Campbell). Instead of analyzing the Bible, Smith claimed to write and interpret scripture as the biblical prophets did. Bushman (2008, p. 5)
    


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    ^ See Joseph Smith–History 1:69, 72 and Doctrine and Covenants 84:19–21
    


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    ^ Shipps (1985, pp. 148–49) (arguing that "Mormonism differs from traditional Christianity in much the same fashion that traditional Christianity ... came to differ from Judaism.").
    


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    ^ Stark & Neilson (2005, p. 14).
    


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    ^ There are a number of books by evangelical Christians that explain how evangelicals can approach witnessing to Mormons: e.g., David L. Rowe (2005). I Love Mormons: A New Way to Share Christ with Latter-day Saints (Baker Books,
    ISBN 978-0-8010-6522-4); Ron Rhodes (2001). The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Mormon (Harvest House,
    ISBN 978-0-7369-0534-3); Mark J. Cares (1998). Speaking the Truth in Love to Mormons (Wels Outreach Resources,
    ISBN 978-1-893702-06-6).
    


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    ^ "LDS News | Mormon News - Official Newsroom of the Church". www.mormonnewsroom.org. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
    


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    ^ Shipps (2000, p. 338).
    


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    ^ https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/facts-and-statistics
    


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    ^ https://www.cofchrist.org/Common/Cms/resources/Documents/FY-2014-CofC-audit-FS.pdf
    

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  Shipps, Jan (2000), Sojourner in the promised land: forty years among the Mormons, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0-252-02590-3.


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  Stark, Rodney; Neilson, Reid Larkin (2005), The rise of Mormonism, Columbia University Press.


• Steven L. Shields, Divergent Paths of the Restoration: A History of the Latter Day Saint Movement Los Angeles: 1990.

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Major groups	Ahmadiyya Ananda Marga Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis Anthroposophical Society Antoinism Armstrongism Azali Bábism Bahá'í Faith BAPS Brahma Kumaris Branch Davidians Christadelphians Christian Science Church of Divine Science Church of Satan (LaVeyan Satanism) Church of Scientology Church of the SubGenius Creativity Discordianism Falun Gong Family International Friends of Man Fung Loy Kok Heathenry Heaven's Gate Iglesia ni Cristo International Society for Krishna Consciousness Invitation to Life Jehovah's Witnesses Latter Day Saints Maha Bodhi Society Nation of Islam New Apostolic Church The New Church Noahidism Peoples Temple Pilgrims of Arès The Process Church Raëlism Rajneesh Ramakrishna Mission Rastafari Religious Science Sahaja Yoga Sathya Sai Baba Seventh-day Adventist Church Shakers Shambhala Buddhism Shri Ram Chandra Mission Soka Gakkai Sukyo Mahikari Temple of Set Tenrikyo Thelema Theosophy Theosophical Society Transcendental Meditation True Buddha School Twelve Tribes Unification Movement Unitarian Universalist Association Unity Church Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Universal White Brotherhood The Way International Wicca Word of Faith World Mission Society Church of God
Notable figures	Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Herbert W. Armstrong Shoko Asahara Sri Aurobindo Subh-i-Azal Báb Sathya Sai Baba Bahá'u'lláh Alice Bailey David Berg Helena Blavatsky Sri Chinmoy Aleister Crowley Mary Baker Eddy Charles Fillmore Hak Ja Han L. Ron Hubbard Li Hongzhi Anton LaVey Lu Sheng-yen Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Meher Baba Sun Myung Moon Elijah Muhammad Nakayama Miki A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Phineas Quimby Rajneesh Ramakrishna Prem Rawat Helena Roerich Charles Taze Russell Joseph Franklin Rutherford Ahn Sahng-hong Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Swaminarayan Joseph Smith Nirmala Srivastava Emanuel Swedenborg Rudolf Steiner Joseph W. Tkach Chögyam Trungpa Ellen G. White
Concepts	African-initiated church Afrocentrism Buddhist modernism Charismatic Movement Christian denomination Classifications of religious movements Conspiracy theories Cult Cybersectarianism Doomsday cult Goddess movement Heresy Hindu reform movements In-group favoritism Japanese new religions Modern Paganism Neoshamanism New Age New Thought Open-source religion Pacific Northwest Personal development Prosperity theology Religious conversion Satanism Schism Sect Self religion Spiritual evolution Syncretism UFO religion Vipassana movement
Public education	INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements)
Scholarship	Academic study of new religious movements CESNUR Journal of Contemporary Religion Nova Religio Sociology of religion When Prophecy Fails
Opposition	Anti-cult movement Anti-Mormonism Christian countercult movement Persecution of Ahmadis Persecution of Bahá'ís Persecution of Falun Gong Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
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