From: Dan Edson
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Joseph Smith Jr.
Church Lineage
1656 AD to April 2020 AD
A compilation of history starting with
Joseph Smith Junior’s Great-Great-Great Grandparents
Robert & Mary Smith married 1656-1693
Up to our current church day April 2020.
8 PROPHET-PRESIDENTS
of the
RESTORED Church of April 6, 1830,
REORGANIZED Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of April 6, 1860,
Community of Christ Church of April 6, 2001,
to our
Current Church Day of April 2020.
Joseph Smith Senior - (Joseph Smith Junior’s Father):
Known as Joseph Smith Sr.
Son of Asael Smith and Mary (Duty) married 1767-1840
Grandson of Samuel Smith and Priscilla (Gould) married 1734-1744
Great Grandson of Samuel Smith and Rebecca (Curtis) married 1707-1748
Great-Great Grandson of Robert Smith and Mary (French) married 1656-1693
Joseph Smith Sr.’s brothers and sisters in order (11 children):
11 Children - Jesse, Priscilla, Joseph Smith Sr., Asael, Mary, Samuel, Silas, John, Susanna, Stephen and Sarah.
Joseph Smith Sr. born Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay July 12, 1771 (3rd of 11 children)
Married Tunbridge, Vermont January 24, 1796 to Lucy Mack
Died September 14, 1840 age 69
Buried Nauvoo, Illinois at the Smith Family Cemetery
1st Presiding Patriarch called by our Heavenly Father through Joseph Smith Jr. December 18, 1836 - September 14, 1840.
Assistant Counselor in the First Presidency called by our Heavenly Father through Joseph Smith Jr. September 3, 1837 - September 14, 1840.
Lucy Mack - (Joseph Smith Junior’s Mother):
Lucy Mack’s parents Solomon Mack and Lydia Gates were married in 1759.
Lucy Mack's brothers and sisters in order (8 children):
8 Children - Jason, Lydia, Stephen, Lovisa, Lovina, Daniel, Solomon, Lucy.
Lucy Mack born Gilsum, New Hampshire July 8, 1776
Married Tunbridge, Vermont January 24, 1796 to Joseph Smith Sr.
Died May 8, 1855 age 78
Buried Nauvoo, Illinois at the Smith Family Cemetery
10 Children of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith (10 children):
1. Alvin February 11, 1799 - November 19, 1824 Died age 25
2. Hyrum February 9, 1800 - June 27, 1844 Died age 44
Assassinated with his brother Joseph Smith Jr. by a surprise masked mob attack on June 27, 1844 at Carthage, Illinois Jail. (See Doctrine and Covenants Section 113 for explanation; especially verse 6a-d)
Buried in Nauvoo, Illinois at the Smith Family Cemetery
3. Sophronia May 18, 1803 - October 28, 1876 Died age 73
4. Joseph Smith, Jr. December 23, 1805 - June 27, 1844 Died age 38
Assassinated with his brother Hyrum Smith by a surprise masked mob attack on June 27, 1844 at Carthage, Illinois Jail. (See Doctrine and Covenants Section 113 for explanation; especially verse 6a-d)
Buried in Nauvoo, Illinois at the Smith Family Cemetery
5. Samuel March 13, 1808 - July 30, 1844 Died age 36
Died from the effects of a fever contracted through exposure, over exertion in getting away from the mob, that killed his brothers - Joseph Smith, Jr. and Hyrum on June 27, 1844.
6. Ephraim March 13, 1810 - March 24, 1810 Died 11 days old
7. William March 13, 1811 - November 13, 1893 Died age 81
8. Catherine July 8, 1812 - February 1, 1900 Died age 87
9. Don Carlos March 25, 1816 - August 7, 1841 Died age 25
10. Lucy July 18, 1821 - December 9, 1882 Died age 61
1st Prophet-President Joseph Smith Junior (4th son of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy Mack):
Known as Joseph Smith Jr.
Son of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy (Mack) married 1796-1840
Doctrine and Covenants Section 19:1 - 3 (Revelation given April 6, 1830 to Joseph Smith Jr.)
19:1b. being inspired of the Holy Ghost to lay the foundation thereof, and to build it up unto the most holy faith;
1c. which church was organized and established, in the year of your Lord eighteen hundred and thirty, in the fourth month, and on the sixth day of the month, which is called April.
Born Sharon, Vermont December 23, 1805 (4th of 10 children)
Presided April 6, 1830 - June 27, 1844
Term of office 14 years
Death June 27, 1844
Buried Nauvoo, Illinois at the Smith Family Cemetery Died age 38
Assassinated with his brother Hyrum Smith by a surprise masked mob attack on June 27, 1844 in Carthage, Illinois Jail, Hancock County, while under the protection of Governor Thomas Ford.
(Doctrine and Covenants Section 113 “Martyrdom of Joseph Smith Jr. and his brother Hyrum”)
Emma Hale - Joseph Smith Jr.s’ only wife married 1827 - 1844:
Emma Hales’s parents Isaac Hale and Elizabeth (Lewis) were married in 1790.
They had 9 children in order: Jesse, David, Alva, Phebe, Elizabeth, Issac Ward, Emma, Tryal, and Reuben.
Born Harmony Township, Pennsylvania July 10, 1804
Met Joseph Smith Jr. in 1825 near Palmyra, New York
Married Joseph Smith Jr. January 18, 1827 South Bainbridge, New York till Joseph’s assassination June 27, 1844
Married 16 years to Joseph Smith Jr.
After Joseph Smith Jr.’s assassination June 27, 1844, Emma at age 43 married Major Lewis C. Bidamon December 27, 1847 - April 30, 1879 - married 31 years. They had no children together. Major Lewis C. Bidamon was a leader in the Illinois Militia that assisted the saints in the 1846 Battle of Nauvoo.
Death April 30, 1879 at the Nauvoo House, Nauvoo, Illinois Died age 74
Buried Nauvoo, Illinois at the Smith Family Cemetery
Under the direction of President Frederick M. Smith (Emma’s grandson), the bodies of Joseph and Hyrum Smith were located in the family burial plat in Nauvoo, and, together with that of Emma Hale Smith, were re-interred, with appropriate ceremonies, on January 20, 1928, “Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale,” p. 76.
“Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale,” p. 75 - 76 further ancestry of Emma Hale back to the Mayflower: Emma, the charming and capable daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Lewis) Hale, well-to-do farmers living near Harmony (now Oakland), Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Through both her parents, this young woman was descended from a long line of interesting ancestors, among them being John Howland, Mayflower passenger and Assistant Governor of Plymouth Colony, William Tuttle, ancestor of Jonathan Edwards and many college professors, lawyers and judges, and Andrew Ward, one of the magistrates appointed to the Commission governing Connecticut Colony.
10 Children of Joseph Smith Jr. and Emma Hale Smith (8 of their own children & 2 adopted children):
1. Alva June 15, 1828 - June 15, 1828 Died 1 day old
2. Twins #1 Thaddeus April 30, 1831 - April 30, 1831 Stillborn
3. Twins #2 Louisa April 30, 1831 - April 30, 1831 Stillborn
A couple weeks after Emma and Joseph Jr.’s twins were stillborn, they adopted a set of twins that were born on the same day as Emma’s stillborn twins because Mrs. Murdock had died after birthing them:
4. Twins #1 Joseph Murdock April 30, 1831 - March 29, 1832 Adopted, Died age 10 months
5. Twins #2 Julia Murdock April 30, 1831 - September 12, 1880 Adopted, Died age 49
6. Joseph Smith III November 6, 1832 - December 10, 1914 Died age 82
7. Frederick Granger Williams June 20, 1836 - April 13, 1862 Died age 25
8. Alexander June 2, 1838 - August 12, 1909 Died age 71
9. Don Carlos June 13, 1840 - September 15, 1841 Died age 14 months
10. David November 17, 1844 - August 29, 1904 Died age 59
2nd Prophet-President Joseph Smith III (eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith Jr. & Emma Hale):
Known as Joseph Smith III
Son of Joseph Smith Jr. & Emma (Hale) married 1827-1844
Grandson of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy (Mack) married 1796-1840
HISTORY:
While Joseph Smith Jr. did not ordain his son Joseph Smith III to hold priesthood, he did designate him to be his successor in the prophetic office by the laying on of hands at least four different times before he was assassinated. These four times were:
(1) In Liberty Jail 1838 (6 yrs. old) - The Story of the Church by Inez Smith Davis p. 288
(2) In Joseph Jr.’s Brick Store in Nauvoo, January 17,1844 (11 yrs. old) - Temple Lot Abstract, p. 40
(3) In a public meeting in the grove east of the Temple in Nauvoo - Temple Lot Abstract, p. 41
(4) In Joseph Jr.’s home, The Mansion House, on June 24, 1844 (11 yrs. old) Temple Lot Abstract, pages 40–41, RLDS Church History Volume 3 chapter 27 “President Smith’s Position” pages 506-507.
April 6, 1860 at the “Restored Church of 1830’s General Conference” at Amboy, Illinois, 16 years after Joseph Smith Jr.’s assassination on June 27, 1844, Joseph Smith III at age 27 publicly declared that his Heavenly Father had spoken to him about being the president of the Reorganized Church of 1860.
Joseph Smith III Reorganized the Restored church of April 6, 1830 on April 6, 1860,
it being renamed Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days or RLDS on April 6, 1860.
Born Kirkland, Ohio November 6, 1832
Presided April 6, 1860 - December 10, 1914
Term of office 54 years
Death December 10, 1914 (was blind the last four years of his life)
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 82
Emmeline Griswold - Joseph Smith III’s first wife 1856 - 1869 (Emmeline died at age 30):
Emmeline Griswold’s parents Elias and Lucinda Griswold (Lucinda, born September 10, 1798). Elias and Lucinda Griswold had seven daughters and four sons. Elias died in Texas on a business trip. Joseph Smith III met Emmeline and her mother Lucinda (a widow) in Nauvoo.
Born March 12, 1839
Married Joseph Smith III on October 22, 1856
Death March 25, 1869
Buried Nauvoo, Illinois at the Smith Family Cemetery Died age 30
5 Children of Joseph Smith III and Emmeline Griswold (5 children):
1. Emma Josepha July 28, 1857 - October 20, 1915 Died age 58
2. Evelyn Rebecca January 25, 1859 - September 30, 1859 Died age 8 mo. 5 days
3. Carrie Lucinda September 15, 1861 - April 27, 1944 Died age 82
4. Zaide Viola April 25, 1863 - January 8, 1891 Died age 27
5. Joseph Arthur August 12, 1865 - March 12, 1866 Died age 7 mo.
Bertha Madison - Joseph Smith III’s second wife 1869 - 1896 (Bertha died at age 53):
Eight months after Emmeline (1st wife) died he married Bertha Madison. Bertha Madison’s parents Mads and Mary (Thomason) Madison. Bertha was their second daughter.
Born July 16, 1843
Married Joseph Smith III on November 12, 1869
Death October 19, 1896
Buried Rose Hill at Liberty Hall farm Lamoni, Iowa Died age 53
9 Children of Joseph Smith III and Bertha Madison (9 children):
1. David Carlos August 14, 1870 - January 24, 1886 Died age 15
2. Mary Audentia March 23, 1872 - May 5, 1963 Died age 91
3. Frederick Madison January 21, 1874 - March 20, 1946 Died age 72
4. Israel Alexander February 2, 1876 - June 14, 1958 Died age 82
5. Kenneth October 6, 1877 - October 6, 1877 Died 1 day old
6. Bertha Azubah October 15, 1878 - October 14, 1884 Died age 5 yr 11mo 29 days
7. Hale Washington February 22, 1881 - July 10, 1956 Died age 75
8. Blossom May 1, 1883 - May 1, 1883 Died age 1 day
9. Lucy Yeteve December 11, 1884 - August 4, 1945 Died age 60
Ada Rachel Clark - Joseph Smith III’s third wife 1898 - 1914 (Ada died at age 44):
One year and three months after Bertha (2nd wife) died he married Ada Rachel Clark. Ada Rachel Clark’s parents Alexander and Mary (Middleton) Clark.
Born July 23, 1871
Married Joseph Smith III on January 12, 1898
Died October 20, 1915 Died age 44
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri with Joseph Smith III
3 Children of Joseph Smith III and Ada Rachel Clark (3 children):
1. Richard Clark December 26, 1898 - unknown Died age unknown
2. William Wallace November 18, 1900 - August 4, 1989 Died age 88
3. Reginald Archer January 8, 1903 - unknown Died age unknown
3rd Prophet-President Frederick Madison Smith (3rd child of Joseph Smith III & Bertha Madison):
Known as Fred M. Smith
Brother to Israel A. Smith of Joseph Smith III & Bertha (Madison) married 1869-1896
Half brother to W. Wallace Smith of Joseph Smith III & Ada (Clark) married 1898-1914
Son of Joseph Smith III & Bertha (Madison) married 1869-1896
Grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. & Emma (Hale) married 1827-1844
Great Grandson of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy (Mack) married 1796-1840
Born January 21, 1874 Plano, Illinois
Presided May 15, 1915 - March 20, 1946
Term of office 32 years
Death March 20, 1946
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 72
Ruth Adele Cobb Lyman - Frederick Madison Smith’s wife (Ruth died at age 54):
Ruth Adel Cobb Lyman’s parents Elijah and Alice Elvira (Lyman) Cobb.
Ruth Adel Cobb used her mothers name of Lyman for her name.
Ruth changed her name to Ruth Lyman Smith when she wrote church material.
Born December 9, 1872
Married August 3, 1897
Died May 4, 1926
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 54
2 Children of Frederick Madison Smith and Ruth Lyman (2 children):
1. Alice Myrmida March 29, 1899 - July 7, 1973 Died age 74
2. Lois Audentia March 25, 1907 - November 25, 1992 Died age 85
4th Prophet-President Israel Alexander Smith (4th child of Joseph Smith III & Bertha Madison):
Known as Israel A. Smith
Brother to Fred M. Smith of Joseph Smith III & Bertha (Madison) married 1869-1896
Half brother to W. Wallace Smith of Joseph Smith III & Ada (Clark) married 1898-1914
Son of Joseph Smith III & Bertha (Madison) married 1869-1896
Grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. & Emma (Hale) married 1827-1844
Great Grandson of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy (Mack) married 1796-1840
Born February 2, 1876 Plano, Illinois
Presided April 6, 1946 - June 14, 1958
Term of office 12 years
Death June 14, 1958
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 82
Nina Marie Grenawalt - Israel Alexander Smith’s wife (Nina died at age 65):
Nina Marie Grenawalt’s parents John and Fannie (Robinson) Grenawalt.
Born August 16, 1886
Married March 14, 1908
Died October 5, 1950
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 65
2 Children of Israel Alexander Smith and Nina Marie Grenawalt (2 children):
1. Joseph Perrine September 7, 1912 - March 2, 1936 Died age 23
2. Donald Carlos March 4, 1916 - November 23, 1988 Died age 72
5th Prophet-President William Wallace Smith (2nd son of Joseph Smith III & Ada Rachel Clark):
Known as W. Wallace Smith
Half brother to Fred M. Smith of Joseph Smith III & Bertha (Madison) married 1869-1896
Half brother to Israel A. Smith of Joseph Smith III & Bertha (Madison) married 1869-1896
Son of Joseph Smith III & Ada (Clark) married 1898-1914
Grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. & Emma (Hale) married 1827-1844
Great Grandson of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy (Mack) married 1796-1840
Born November 18, 1900 Lamoni, Iowa
Presided October 6, 1958 - April 5, 1978
Term of office 20 years
Death August 4, 1989
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 88
Rosamond Bunnell - William Wallace Smith’s wife (Rosamond died at age 88):
Rosamond Bunnell’s parents George E. and Rose Etta (Palmer) Bunnell.
Born January 19, 1898
Married November 12, 1924
Died August 1986
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 88
2 Children of William Wallace Smith and Rosamond Bunnell (2 children):
1. Rosalee Smith Elser September 4, 1925 - July 4, 2007
Buried Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Missouri Died age 81
2. Wallace Bunnell Smith
Born July 29, 1929
Presided April 5, 1978 - April 15, 1996
Term of office 18 years
Still Living as of April 2020 at Age 90
6th Prophet-President Wallace Bunnell Smith (only son of W. Wallace Smith & Rosamond Bunnel):
Known as Wallace B. Smith or Wally B. Smith
Nephew to Fred M. Smith
Nephew to Israel A. Smith
Son of W. Wallace Smith & Rosamond (Bunnell) married 1924-1986
Grandson of Joseph Smith III & Ada (Clark) married 1898-1914
Great Grandson of Joseph Smith Jr. & Emma (Hale) married 1827-1844
Great-Great Grandson of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy (Mack) married 1796-1840
Born July 29, 1929 Lamoni, Iowa
Presided April 5, 1978 - April 15, 1996
Term of office 18 years
Still Living as of April 2020 at Age 90
HISTORY:
Wallace B. Smith's presidency approved to build the church's temple and headquarters in Independence, Missouri, 1990-1994. The conference of April 5, 1984 he set up, voted and approved ordination of women into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints priesthood offices. The first ordination of a women took place November 17, 1985. He first proposed at a Joint Council retreat in 1994 to change the name of the church. At the following World Conference the proposed name change of Community of Christ was not approved. At the 2000 World Conference, after his retirement, the name change was approved.
He announced on September 19, 1995 that he was retiring. He designated W. Grant McMurray as his successor, and retired in 1996.
Anne Smith - Wallace Bunnell Smith’s wife (no information found about Anne Smith):
3 Children of Wallace Bunnell Smith and Anne Smith (3 children):
1. Carolyn No information found
2. Julie No information found
3. Laura No information found
7th Prophet-President William Grant McMurray’s Presidency - no relation to the Smith family above:
Known as Willam Grant McMurray or W. Grant McMurray
No relation to the Smith family above
W. Grant McMurray is the first non-descendant of Joseph Smith, Jr. to head: the Restored Church of 1830 called the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints which was officially changed on April 6, 2001 to Community of Christ.
Born July 12, 1947 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Presided April 15, 1996 - November 29, 2004
Term of office 7 1/2 years
Still Living as of April 2020 at Age 72
Joyce Lorance McMurray - William Grant McMurray’s wife (no information found about Joyce or children):
Per W. Grant McMurray at the April 1996 World Conference brought the proposal forth to change the churches’ name but was voted down.
Per W. Grant McMurray and his followers, passed to change the church from closed communion to open communion.
Originally the Holy ordinances - sacrament - was for baptized members only but was changed to anyone could partake which is contrary to the original Restored church of 1830.
Sacrament, not to be taken unworthily… :
see Mormon chapter 4:94, 95 (Mormon is Moroni’s father - A.D. 400-421)
Mormon 4:94
Be wise in the days of your probation; strip yourselves of all uncleanness; ask not, that ye may consume it on your lusts, but ask with a firmness unshaken, that ye will yield to no temptation, but that ye will serve the true and living God.
Mormon 4:95
See that ye are not baptized unworthily; see that ye partake not of the sacrament of Christ unworthily; but see that ye do all things in worthiness, and do it in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God; and if ye do this, and endure to the end, ye will in no wise be cast out.
COMMUNION PRAYERS over the bread and wine:
BREAD Doctrine and Covenants 17:22
O God, the eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it, that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him and keep his commandments which he has given them, that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.
WINE Doctrine and Covenants 17:23
O God, the eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine to the souls of all those who drink of it, that they may do it in remembrance of the blood of thy Son which was shed for them, that they may witness unto thee, O God, the eternal Father, that they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.
Per W. Grant McMurray and his followers, passed to ordain priesthood that were practicing homosexuality.
Marriage I Corinthians 7: all (around A.D. 59)
Let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband…
Marriage Doctrine & Covenants Section 111: 1 - 4
This section about marriage was read by W.W. Phelps at the general assembly of August 17, 1835 and was adopted unanimously by that assembly as part of the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. It has been retained in every edition of the book published by the Reorganization, and the church knows no other law of marriage that that which is set forth in this section.
Marriage Genesis 2: 27 - 31
2:27 Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, there was not found an help meet for him.
2:28 And I, the Lord God, caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept, and I took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof; and the rib, which I, the Lord God had taken from man, made I a woman, and brought her unto the man.
2:29 And Adam said, This I know now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.
2:30 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.
2:31 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Per W. Grant McMurray and his followers, in 1998 ordained the first two women apostles in the Community of Christ Church.
Per W. Grant McMurray at the April 6, 2000 World Conference, again proposed to change the churches’ name and was passed by the conference. April 6, 2001 the name Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was officially changed to Community of Christ.
Community of Christ has the ownership of the name “Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints” for legal and historical reasons.
Joseph Smith Jr. was assassinated by a surprise mob attack on June 27, 1844 at Carthage, Illinois Jail
(see Doctrine and Covenants Section 113 for explanation; especially verse 6a-d)
April 6, 1860 Sixteen years after Joseph Smith Jr. was assassination on June 27, 1844 at age 27 Joseph Smith III was inspired by God to:
Reorganize the Restored Church of 1830, it being called Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
April 6, 2001, per W. Grant McMurray’s presidency: the Restored Church of 1830 called Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was officially changed to Community of Christ.
Per W. Grant McMurray and his followers, passed to have a Community of Christ Seminary, which teaches practical Christian ministries taught from a Christian theological viewpoint.
November 29, 2004 he wrote a letter of resignation that stated, “Along the way I have made some inappropriate choices, and the circumstances of my life are now such that I cannot continue to effectively lead the church.”
8th Prophet-President Stephen Mark Veazey (wife and children unknown):
Second non-descendant of Joseph Smith Jr. to head:
the Restored Church of 1830 called the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now called Community of Christ Church.
Born May 3, 1957 Tennessee
Presided June 3, 2005 - current
Term of office - current
Still Living as of April 2020 at Age 62
Stephen Mark Veazey’s first sermon as President at a conference encouraged church members to be active disciples and share the fullness of the peace of Christ. He asked the members to accept their differences no matter of religion, scripture, doctrine, moral views and to be brothers and sisters in Christ.
Per Stephen Veazey on June 14, 2006 he made a way to reduce costs concerning the World Church Staff. This was called, a mission of the church. He was asked to find a way to fix the deficit budgets that had been accumulated at World Conferences. To do this, he took away one-fourth of the headquarters and field staff job positions.
Per Stephen Veazey and his followers, on March 29, 2007 passed a document at the World Conference that became Doctrine and Covenants Section 163. It talks about the new church name change -Community of Christ, action to receive divine peace, accept political, cultural and religious things that are contrary to peace, a social and environmental gospel, misinterpretations of scripture, spiritual formation, and calling his followers a prophetic people.
March 2007, he replaced a retiring member of the First Presidency with the first female to serve in that office as a member. He said, “This is another step in the long journey toward equal regard and opportunity in the church and in society.”
January 17, 2010, he presented another document which became section 164 in the Doctrine and Covenants.
April 14, 2010, Community of Christ voted at their World Conference to make section 164 scripture. Stephen Veazey stated that section 164 says that all Christian baptisms, including LDS baptisms, will be recognized as valid by the Community of Christ and that re-baptism is now optional and membership in the Community of Christ will be conferred through confirmation. Then Stephen Veazey left the room and left a male and female member of the First Presidency to preside. Other basic beliefs of the Restored Church of 1830 were changed as well, per Google.
CONCLUSION
Our Heavenly Father has told us down through time that the children of men shall esteem his words as naught, and take many of them from the book. . . See the scripture below:
Doctrine and Covenants Section 22: 24 a - b, God was speaking face-face to Moses (born around 1392 BC) on the mount about our day saying:
D&C 22:24a-b
24 a. And now, Moses, my son, I will speak unto you concerning this earth upon which you stand; and you shall write the things which I shall speak.
24 b. And in a day when the children of men shall esteem my words as naught, and take many of them from the book which you (Moses) shall write, behold I will raise up another (Joseph Smith Jr., 1830 AD) like unto you (Moses), and they (the words that Moses wrote and Joseph Smith Jr. translated through Gods divine intervention) shall be had again among the children of men, among even as many as shall believe.
CHRIST’S RETURN
The Return of Christ is not a fable, a dream or a distant myth. The coming of Jesus is an eminent event that has been foretold by prophets, reformers, restorationists, and the saints of God. Through the power of His spirit in these last days we have been commanded to be the emissary (sent on a special mission), of the divine occurrence. Events in the world today should waken the souls of all the saints to urgency and spur them on to preparation for that which is to come in the which as our forerunners have said, “We will do a greater work than they.”
The mighty persons spoken above did amazing things in their lives while here on earth but only Jesus took upon him all our sins, gave his physical life for each of us hanging on a cross, took back the keys of death, rose again, is alive today spiritually, and will return physically with all the host of heaven to his kingdom here on earth for the space of 1000 years.
The difference between Jesus and all mighty persons down through history of time that have portrayed to be a savior is that Jesus took upon him all our sins, gave his physical life for each of us hanging on a cross, took back the keys of death, rose again, is alive today spiritually, and will return physically with his host of heaven to his kingdom on earth for the space of 1000 years.
Proverbs 3: 5 - 8
5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7. Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
8. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Gray Hymnal #98:
Verse 1: Let us pray for one another, for the day is fading fast and the night is growing darker, while the scourge goes flaming past; we can see it in the darkness closing round our narrow way, and the snares are growing thicker; for each other let us pray.
Verse 2: We are walking down time’s vista; we are very near the end; Let us pray that God, the Father, will his guiding Spirit send. Now the foe becomes more daring, knowing well the latter day; ‘tis the strength of his despairing; for each other let us pray.
Verse 3: Pray in faith, and pray unceasing, to the God we love and trust, for our prays are much availing if we walk upright and just; be not weary of exhorting; heed the lesson of each day; and that we may be unwavering, for each other let us pray.
Verse 4: It is waning on toward midnight; soon we’ll hear the watchman say, “See the Son of God is coming; go and meet him on the way!” That our lamps may then be burning bright enough to guide our way, and that we may share his glory, for each other let us pray.
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