One Mighty and Strong is a person of unknown identity who was the subject of an 1832 prophecy

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 by Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement

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, echoing the words and prophecy of Isaiah

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 28:2. The One Mighty and Strong was said by Smith to be one who would "set in order the house of God" and arrange for the "inheritances of the [Latter Day] Saints". Since this prophecy was uttered, many Latter Day Saints have claimed to be or to have otherwise identified the One Mighty and Strong, and many schismatic

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 Latter Day Saint sect

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s have arisen as a result of these claims.

Smith's prophecy

In a letter written to William W. Phelps on 1832-11-27, Joseph Smith, Jr. stated in a revelation

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 from Jesus

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:

[I]t shall come to pass, that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the sceptre of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints, whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children enrolled in the book of the law of God: while that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the vivid shaft of lighting ... These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord speaketh, He will also fulfill.

Smith never revealed the identity of the "one mighty and strong" referred to in this prophecy.

In a letter to Brigham Young

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, dated May 6, 1867, W. W. Phelps mentioned that he believed that Smith's prophecy refers to Adam

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 and his future arrival at Adam-ondi-Ahman

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.

Canonization by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The first Latter Day Saint denomination to canonize Smith's prophecy was The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In 1876, the excerpt from the Smith–Phelps letter was included as section 85 in the church's edition of the Doctrine and Covenants

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, one of the church's books of scripture

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. The section continues to be found in the modern LDS Church's scripture. Since its canonization, members of the LDS Church and those who have created schisms from the LDS Church have been the primary groups of Latter Day Saints who have made claims of identifying the "one mighty and strong". However, persons from Latter Day Saint denominations that have not canonized Smith's prophecy have also, on occasion, made similar identifications.

Interpretation by the LDS Church

In a 1905 statement, the First Presidency

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 of the LDS Church — composed of Joseph F. Smith

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, John R. Winder

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, and Anthon H. Lund

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 — offered two possible interpretations of the prophecy.

Possibility #1: Closed prophecy

First, the Presidency stated that Smith's words may have been a prophecy of what would happen if the presiding bishop

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 of the church, Edward Partridge

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, failed to repent and fulfill his calling in the church:

"It is to be observed first of all that the subject of this whole letter, as also the part of it subsequently accepted as a revelation, relates to the affairs of the Church in Missouri, the gathering of the Saints to that land and obtaining their inheritances under the law of consecration and stewardship; and the Prophet [Joseph Smith] deals especially with the matter of what is to become of those who fail to receive their inheritances by order or deed from the bishop. ...



“It was while these conditions of rebellion, jealousy, pride, unbelief and hardness of heart prevailed among the brethren in Zion — Jackson county, Missouri — in all of which Bishop Partridge participated, that the words of the revelation taken from the letter to William W. Phelps, of the 27th of November, 1832, were written. The ‘man who was called and appointed of God’ to ‘divide unto the Saints their inheritance’ — Edward Partridge — was at that time out of order, neglecting his own duty, and putting ‘forth his hand to steady the ark’; hence, he was warned of the judgment of God impending, and the prediction was made that another, ‘one mighty and strong,’ would be sent of God to take his place, to have his bishopric — one having the spirit and power of that high office resting upon him, by which he would have power to ‘set in order the house of God, and arrange by lot the inheritance of the Saints’; in other words, one who would do the work that Bishop Edward Partridge had been appointed to do, but had failed to accomplish. ...



“And inasmuch as through his repentance and sacrifices and suffering, Bishop Edward Partridge undoubtedly obtained a mitigation of the threatened judgment against him of falling ‘by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning,’ so the occasion for sending another to fill his station — ‘one mighty and strong to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints’ — may also be considered as having passed away and the whole incident of the prophecy closed.

Possibility #2: Prophecy of a future presiding bishop

However, the First Presidency also offered the possibility that the prophecy was not closed, and that the One Mighty and Strong would be a future presiding bishop of the church when the Latter-day Saints return to Jackson County

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, Missouri

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. Concerning this possibility, the First Presidency stated:

"If, however, there are those who will still insist that the prophecy concerning the coming of ‘one mighty and strong’ is still to be regarded as relating to the future, let the Latter-day Saints know that he will be a future bishop of the Church who will be with the Saints in Zion, Jackson county, Missouri, when the Lord shall establish them in that land; and he will be so blessed with the spirit and power of his calling that he will be able to set in order the house of God, pertaining to the department of the work under his jurisdiction; and in righteousness and justice will 'arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints.' He will hold the same high and exalted station that Edward Partridge held; for the latter was called to do just this kind of work — that is, to set in order the house of God pertaining to settling the Saints upon their inheritances.

Contemporary interpretation in the LDS Church

Curriculum material published by the LDS Church for use in the Church Educational System

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 favors the first of the 1905 First Presidency interpretations. In fact, the curriculum does not present the text of the First Presidency's proposed second possibility.

Third interpretation: claimants to the "One Mighty and Strong"

Since the end of the nineteenth century, a number of individuals have proposed a third interpretation of the prophecy: that Smith predicted the coming of "One Mighty and Strong", and that such a person has been identified. Often, those who claim to have discovered the identity of the One Mighty and Strong identify themselves as the fulfillment of the prophecy.

This interpretation assumes a much broader role of the One Mighty and Strong, extending throughout the church and beyond the confines of Jackson County, Missouri. Such individuals generally have alleged that the LDS Church is "out of order" and that the One Mighty and Strong has been sent to set it in order, as prophesied by Smith.

The following chart includes individuals who have claimed to have identified the One Mighty and Strong:

Chart of claimed identifications of the One Mighty and Strong

Date of initial claim	Identifier	Person identified as the One Mighty and Strong	Notes
Various times (1844–present)	members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with around three hundred members as of 1998...	James J. Strang	members of the Strangite church have claimed that Strang was the One Mighty and Strong who put the church in order after Joseph Smith's death
1851	Jason W. Briggs Jason W. Briggs Jason W. Briggs was a leader in the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement and was instrumental in bringing about the 1860 "Reorganization" of the church, which resulted in the establishment of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.-Early membership:Jason W. Briggs...	Joseph Smith III Joseph Smith III Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and Emma Hale Smith... ?	Claimed he received a revelation from God, part of which is as follows: "and in mine own due time will I call upon the seed of Joseph Smith, and will bring one forth, and he shall be mighty and strong, and he shall preside over the high priesthood of my church; and then shall the quorums assemble, and the pure in heart shall gather, and Zion shall be reinhabited...." This record became accepted as the first genuine document of the early Reorganization movement. Joseph Smith III however stated that "I do not personally claim to be 'the one mighty and strong."
1880	William W. Blair William W. Blair William Wallace Blair was an apostle and a member of the First Presidency of the Reoganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ....	Claimed that Joseph Smith III Joseph Smith III Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and Emma Hale Smith... came "in the spirit of the "one mighty and strong"	Claimed that Joseph Smith, Jr.'s revelation "related to his son Joseph, who, like his father, should be sent in the spirit of the "one mighty and strong" to restore the "house of God" to "order" after it shall have been ruled out of order and the fathers plucked up out of the land of Zion because of their iniquities." Here a distinction seems to be made between Joseph Smith III and the individual known as the "one mighty and strong", in whose spirit he "should be sent", like his father was.
1887	James Brighouse James Brighouse James Brighouse was a late-nineteenth century American leader of a splinter sect in the Latter Day Saint movement called the Order of Enoch. Brighouse was one of the first persons to claim to be the "One Mighty and Strong" that Joseph Smith, Jr...	Self	Claimed Brigham Young Brigham Young Brigham Young was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah...  was a fallen prophet and that he was the reincarnation of Adam, Enoch Enoch (ancestor of Noah) Enoch is a figure in the Generations of Adam. Enoch is described as Adam's greatx4 grandson , the son of Jared, the father of Methuselah, and the great-grandfather of Noah... , Moses Moses Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed... , David David David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary... , Ezekiel Ezekiel Ezekiel , "God will strengthen" , is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet... , Jesus Jesus Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity... , George Washington George Washington George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of... , and Joseph Smith
1900	Committee of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints	Possibly Jesus Christ, although left open.	"Whereas, we have received no divine communication authorizing any particular interpretation of the revelation before us; and as the Reorganized Church has never taken action upon the matter;Resolved, that we leave it an open question, to be decided as God may develop his purposes among us, while we acknowledge the leading features in it to be prominently characteristic of Jesus Christ. (Signed on behalf of said committee by chairman and secretary)"
1904	Samuel Eastman	Self	Claimed Joseph F. Smith Joseph F. Smith Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...  was a fallen prophet
1905	John Tanner Clark	Self	Claimed that John Taylor had visited him as an angel and appointed him as the One Mighty and Strong; was excommunicated from the LDS Church in 1905 and continued to claim to be the One Mighty and Strong until his death in 1932. Published a book in 1920 setting out his claims.
1910	Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr. Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr. Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr. was a Mormon fundamentalist who was the father of a number of leaders and church founders in Mormon fundamentalism.LeBaron was generally known as 'Dayer LeBaron' and was the grandson of Benjamin F. Johnson...  and LeBaron family	Self	Claimed Joseph F. Smith Joseph F. Smith Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. was the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...  was a fallen prophet
1922	Nathaniel Baldwin Nathaniel Baldwin Nathaniel Baldwin was the inventor of headphones and a supporter of the early Mormon fundamentalist movement.- Biography :...	Self
1927	Otto Fetting Otto Fetting Otto Fetting was an American realtor and editor from Port Huron, Michigan who served first as a pastor and evangelist in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and then later as an apostle in the Church of Christ , commonly referred to as the "Hedrickites"...	John the Baptist John the Baptist John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...	Fetting, an apostle in the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) Church of Christ (Temple Lot) The Church of Christ is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement headquartered in Independence, Missouri on what is known as the Temple Lot. Members of the church have been known colloquially as "Hedrickites", after Granville Hedrick, who was ordained as the church's first leader in July 1863... , claimed that John the Baptist had appeared to him and instructed him to put the church in order by building a temple on the Temple Lot Temple Lot The Temple Lot, located in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, is the first site to be dedicated for the construction of a temple in the Latter Day Saint movement... ; led to the creation of the Church of Christ (Fettingite) Church of Christ (Fettingite) The Church of Christ is a denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement which split from the Church of Christ —informally known as "Hedrickites"— in late 1929...
1932	Francis M. Darter	"an Indian prophet"	Claimed an Indian prophet in Yucatan Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....  had been ordained by Lorin C. Woolley and that he and his followers would wrest control of the LDS Church and put it in order
1934	Benjamin F. LeBaron and LeBaron family	Self	Benjamin LeBaron, not Alma LeBaron, Sr., was the One Mighty and Strong
1936	J. H. Sherwood	Self; renamed Jasper No. 7	Sherwood demanded to be made the presiding bishop of the LDS Church based on his literal descent from Aaron Aaron In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, Aaron : Ααρών ), who is often called "'Aaron the Priest"' and once Aaron the Levite , was the older brother of Moses, and a prophet of God. He represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first High Priest of the Israelites...  and his identity as the One Mighty and Strong; when the LDS Church refused, he began the Church of Jesus Christ of Israel
1938	Joseph W. Musser	Joseph Smith, Jr.	Many Mormon fundamentalists follow Musser's opinion that Smith himself was the One Mighty and Strong
1930s	Paul Feil	Self	Claimed to be a successor to Samuel Eastman but that he, not Eastman, was the One Mighty and Strong
1943	William A. Draves	John the Baptist John the Baptist John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...	Draves broke from the Fettingites; led to the establishment of the Church of Christ with the Elijah Message, Established Anew in 1929 Church of Christ with the Elijah Message The Church of Christ "With the Elijah Message," Established Anew 1929 is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, headquartered in Jackson County, Missouri, which split from the Church of Christ in 1943 in a dispute over claimed revelations given to its founder William A. Draves...
early 1950s	Theron Drew	Merl Kilgore	Drew was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with around three hundred members as of 1998...  and thought Kilgore was the One Mighty and Strong who would act as a successor to Joseph Smith and James Strang James Strang James Jesse Strang was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , a faction of the Latter Day Saint movement...  in the Strangite church; Drew abandoned his claims after just a few months
1955	Joel F. LeBaron and LeBaron family	Self	the third of the LeBaron family to claim to be the One Mighty and Strong; led to the formation of the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times The Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times is a Mormon fundamentalist sect headquartered in northern Mexico that was founded in 1955 by Joel LeBaron and members of his family.-Establishment:...
1955	Ross Wesley LeBaron	"an Indian prophet"	LeBaron believed he was sent to prepare the way for the One Mighty and Strong, who would be "an Indian prophet"
1958	William C. Conway William C. Conway William C. Conway was the leader of a mystical sect in the Latter Day Saint movement that combined the teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr...	Eachta Eachta Na, a nineteenth century "young white Indian" from Yucatan Yucatán Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....	Conway stated that Eachta Eachta Na was the reincarnated Joseph Smith and re-established the Kingdom of God on earth in 1890, the year the LDS Church abandoned 1890 Manifesto The "1890 Manifesto", sometimes simply called "The Manifesto", is a statement which officially disavowed the continuing practice of plural marriage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...  plural marriage Plural marriage Polygamy was taught by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890.The Church's practice of polygamy has been highly controversial, both within...
1960	LeRoy Wilson	Self	former Mormon fundamentalist
1960	Alonzo Langford	Self
1960	William L. Goldman	Self
1964	Alexandre R. Caffiaux	Self	founded the Holy Church of Jesus Christ Holy Church of Jesus Christ Holy 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 .... , claimed successor to Strang
1967	Ervil LeBaron Ervil LeBaron Ervil Morrell LeBaron was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders...	Self	LeBaron claimed that he, and not his brother Joel Joel LeBaron Joel Franklin LeBaron was a leader in the Mormon fundamentalist movement in northern Mexico. He was murdered by a member or members of a rival church which was headed by his brother Ervil LeBaron.-Early life:... , was the One Mighty and Strong and rightful leader of the church; Joel was murdered upon his orders in 1972
1975	David Roberts	Self	founded the True Church of Jesus Christ Restored, claimed successor to Strang
1975	John W. Bryant John W. Bryant John W. Bryant was the founder and first leader of a Mormon fundamentalist sect that is today known as the Church of the New Covenant in Christ and is headquartered near Salem, Oregon.-Conversion to Mormonism:...	Self	In 1974, Bryant began to state that he was receiving revelations Revelation (Latter Day Saints) Latter Day Saints teach that the Latter Day Saint movement began with a Revelation from God . They also teach that revelation is the foundation of the church established by Jesus Christ and that it remains an essential element of His true church today...  from Jesus Jesus Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity... .ref name = Melton>J. Gordon Melton J. Gordon Melton John Gordon Melton is an American religious scholar who was the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is currently a research specialist in religion and New Religious Movements with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara...  (1996, 5th ed.). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) p. 569 He claimed that John the Beloved Disciple whom Jesus loved The phrase the disciple whom Jesus loved or, in John 20:2, the Beloved Disciple is used five times in the Gospel of John, but in no other New Testament accounts of Jesus. claims that the Gospel of John is based on the written testimony of the "Beloved Disciple".Since the end of the 2nd century,... had visited him as an angel Angel Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...  and instructed him to form an "Order of the Ancients". In 1975 he was taken in vision to the City of Enoch, where AUB founder Joseph White Musser and Latter Day Saint movement Latter Day Saint movement The 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...  founder Joseph Smith, Jr. ordained him to the presidency of the church and the high priesthood. At this time, Brant claimed to be the "One Mighty and Strong One Mighty and Strong One Mighty and Strong is a person of unknown identity who was the subject of an 1832 prophecy by Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, echoing the words and prophecy of Isaiah 28:2. The One Mighty and Strong was said by Smith to be one who would "set in order the house of... "
1977	Eugene O. Walton	Self	Walton left the 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...  and established the Restored Church of Jesus Christ Restored Church of Jesus Christ The 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...  in Independence, Missouri Independence, Missouri Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
1980s	Archie D. Wood	Self	Wood left the LDS Church because it once espoused the practice of Plural Marriage Plural marriage Polygamy was taught by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890.The Church's practice of polygamy has been highly controversial, both within... , which wood teaches that Joseph Smith erred in teaching. While Wood doesn’t directly say he is the 'One Mighty and Strong', he dose claims that Jesus Christ told him he was that he is a prophet named "Azrael", that Azrael is the 'One Mighty and Strong', making an indirect link.
1980s	Frank Miller	Self	Miller wrote several pamphlets that often condone polygamy and the Old Testament's death penalty for adultery. Bob Crossfield, (A.K.A. The prophet Onias) and former leader of the Ron and Dan Lafferty group said, "The Millers scare me. To me, they make the same kinds of claims that Ervil LeBaron Ervil LeBaron Ervil Morrell LeBaron was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders...  did."
1980s	Roger E. Billings Roger E. Billings Roger Evan Billings is an American businessman, inventor and developer of high-tech products. Billings is best known for his pioneering work in the computer industry and as a developer of hydrogen energy technologies....	Self	Billings is known as the developer of hydrogen-powered cars and buses. But fundamentalist leader Owen A. Allred Owen A. Allred Owen Arthur Allred was the leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, a Mormon fundamentalist polygamist group centered in Bluffdale, Utah. He came to this position following the murder of his brother Rulon Allred on orders of rival polygamist leader Ervil LeBaron, in 1977. Allred was born in...  stated that Billings also claims to be the One Mighty and Strong. Allred stated "Upon our arrival, Mr. Billings sat us down and demanded that we recognize him as the One Mighty and Strong."
1980s	Ron and Dan Lafferty	Self	Ron Lafferty and his brothers claimed to collectively be the One Mighty and Strong. Ron Lafferty is on death row for the 1984 murder of his sister-in-law and her baby in American Fork, Utah American Fork, Utah American Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range, north of Utah Lake. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 26,263 at the 2010 census, nearly a 20% growth since the 2000 census... .
1983	Art Bulla Art Bulla Art Bulla is the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ, a schismatic sect in the Latter Day Saint movement that was organized in 1983.Bulla converted to Mormonism and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around 1970. In the early 1980s, he began teaching other Latter-day Saints...	Self	Organized the Church of Jesus Christ (Bullaite)
c. 1997 to present	Brian David Mitchell	Self	Going by the name Immanuel David Isaiah, Mitchell has created a book, referred to by himself as "The Book of Immanuel David Isaiah",; and as "The Manifesto of Brian David Mitchell", by others: in this book, Mitchell identifies himself as the prophesied "one mighty and strong": "One who is mighty and strong I have ordained in the stead of him who was ordained of God."
2007	Francis Custers	Self	Custers was hired as an assistant to the First Presidency of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement. The president of the church is Frederick Niels Larsen, a direct descendant of Joseph Smith, Jr.... for a "prophetic calling". Custers stated that he was the One Mighty and Strong and that he would translate the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon. Custers' deception was discovered by a member of the Remnant Church. The Remnant Church First Presidency never acknowledged his deception, but was forced to send him back to his home country of Belgium.