Church of Jesus Christ
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Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
- Christian ChurchChristian ChurchThe Christian Church is the assembly or association of followers of Jesus Christ. The Greek term ἐκκλησία that in its appearances in the New Testament is usually translated as "church" basically means "assembly"...
, the body of all persons that share faith based in Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ–Christian, a white-supremacist church founded by Ku Klux Klan organizer Wesley A. Swift
- Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon, commonly known as the Love FamilyLove FamilyThe Love Family, or the Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon, was a U.S. communal religious movement led by Paul Erdman, who named himself Love Israel. The Love Family began in 1968 as one small communal household on Seattle's Queen Anne Hill, and within the first ten years expanded to a network of...
, a communal church founded in 1968 by Love Israel - Church of Jesus Christ in MadagascarChurch of Jesus Christ in MadagascarThe Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar is the second-largest Christian denomination in Madagascar. The FJKM is the national church of Madagascar, but it is not the established church of the state....
, the national church of Madagascar and the country's second-largest Christian denomination - Churches of Jesus Christ InternationalChurches of Jesus Christ InternationalThe Churches of Jesus Christ International is an association of loosely-affiliated Oneness Pentecostal churches with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States.-History:...
, an international association of over 25 Oneness Pentecostal churches, each independently named "The Church of Jesus Christ" - A number of churches with a shared heritage in the Latter Day Saint movementLatter Day Saint movementThe Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members...
:- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) the largest denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement
- Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), the original Latter Day Saint church which for a short period of time was called "The Church of Jesus Christ"
- The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), an international church headquartered in Monongahela, Pennsylvania
- Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)The Church of Jesus Christ is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement headquartered in Independence, Missouri. This church derives its epithet from its founder, Alpheus Cutler, a member of the Nauvoo High Council and of Joseph Smith's secretive Council of Fifty...
, a church consisting of a single branch in Independence, Missouri - Church of Jesus Christ (Drewite)Church of Jesus Christ (Drewite)The Church of Jesus Christ is a schismatic organization in the Latter Day Saint movement which was organized in 1965 as a branch-off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ....
, a church founded in 1965 by Theron Drew as a schism from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) - Church of Jesus Christ (Toneyite)Church of Jesus Christ (Toneyite)The Church of Jesus Christ is a sect of the Latter Day Saint movement that was organized by Forrest Toney in 1980.Toney was raised as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Spokane, Washington. He later moved to Independence, Missouri and in 1977 claimed that he...
, a Missouri church founded in 1980 by Forrest Toney, a former member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Church of Jesus Christ (Zion's Branch)Church of Jesus Christ (Zion's Branch)The Church of Jesus Christ is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement and is headquartered in Independence, Missouri. It was formed on April 6, 1985 by individuals who had separated from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints due to certain doctrinal changes which...
, a Missouri church founded in 1986 by former members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Church of Jesus Christ of the Children of Zion, a short-lived denomination of RigdoniteRigdoniteRigdonite is a name given to members of the Latter Day Saint movement who accept Sidney Rigdon as the successor in the church presidency to movement founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. The early history of the Rigdonite movement is shared with the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, but as of the...
s, founded in 1845 and dissolved by 1847 - Church of Jesus Christ Restored 1830Church of Jesus Christ Restored 1830The Church of Jesus Christ Restored 1830 is a small sect in the Latter Day Saint movement that is headquartered in Tarkio, Missouri. The church broke away from the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the year 2000 under the leadership of five members of the First Quorum of...
, a church founded in the mid-1980s by dissenting members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Church of Jesus Christ, the Bride, the Lamb's WifeChurch of Jesus Christ, the Bride, the Lamb's WifeThe Church of Jesus Christ, the Bride, the Lamb's Wife was a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, which drew its membership primarily from members who had dissented from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints when it was headquartered in Far West, Missouri in 1838.The church was...
, a church founded in 1842 by George M. Hinkle and other excommunicated Latter Day Saints - Holy Church of Jesus ChristHoly Church of Jesus ChristHoly Church of Jesus Christ is a schismatic sect in the Latter Day Saint movement that formed under the leadership of Alexandre Caffiaux, a French member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ....
, a church founded in 1964 by Alexandre Caffiaux as a schism from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) - Primitive Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)Primitive Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)The Primitive Church of Jesus Christ was a schismatic sect that was created in 1914 from dissenting members of The Church of Jesus Christ . Like its parent church, the Primitive Church of Jesus Christ was a Rigdonite and Bickertonite organization: it traced the claim of succession to Latter Day...
, a church that was formed in 1914 by dissenters from the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) - Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ was a schismatic sect that was created in 1907 from dissenting members of The Church of Jesus Christ . Like its parent church, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ was a Rigdonite and Bickertonite organization: it traced the claim of succession to Latter Day...
, a church that was formed in 1907 by dissenters from the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) - Restoration Church of Jesus ChristRestoration Church of Jesus ChristThe former Restoration Church of Jesus Christ , based in the United States in Salt Lake City, Utah, was a church in the Latter Day Saint movement that catered primarily to the spiritual needs of Latter Day Saints who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered .The RCJC was sometimes informally...
(Gay Mormon Church), a church formed in 1985 by Antonio A. Feliz and other LGBT Latter Day Saints - Restored Church of Jesus ChristRestored Church of Jesus ChristThe Restored Church of Jesus Christ is a small Latter Day Saint church headquartered in Independence, Missouri. It was founded in 1980 by Eugene O. Walton , who had previously been an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ , and who claims to be the "One Mighty and Strong" prophesied in Mormon...
, a church founded in 1980 by Eugene O. Walton and based in Independence, Missouri - True Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)True Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)The True Church of Jesus Christ was a small Latter Day Saint faction which split from the Church of Jesus Christ in 1953 under its founder, Clyde Fletcher, and continued to exist until Fletcher's death in 1969...
, a now-defunct Cutlerite sect that existed from 1853-69, based in Clitherall, Minnesota.
See also
- Church of Christ (disambiguation)Church of Christ (disambiguation)The term Church of Christ may refer to:* One of several New Testament designations for a local band of people following the teachings of Jesus, whom they believed to be the Christ; only the plural form is found in the NT...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (disambiguation)