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Assignment 3 2021SummerB-X-REL320-41175-42915 Naeim Naeimi Restorationism It experienced the   Great Apostasy  during which Christians abandoned many of the original teachings of Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ), Paul and other apostles. Restorationist denominations include: 1. The Christadelphians: Meaning (Brothers of Christ) This movement was founded in 1805-1871 by physician John Thomas. He left the Disciples of Christ in 1844 because of disagreements. The movement survived the death of their founder in 1871. There were two groups with different beliefs: The “Unamended” group believed that the only ones who are “in Christ” will revive after they are deceased. The “Amended” group believe that the “responsible” will raise in the judgment day, and those are who were exposed to Gospel. They believe that the responsible will be rewarded for the work they have done and will live forever. Neither group believe in Hell where the unsaved will be tortured forever. Christadelphians follow the Amended belief system. There are currently a total of 850 congregations worldwide, about 90 unamended, and 80 amended groups since they were unable to find a consensus to merge these two groups. 2. The Community of Christ: The Community of Christ was formerly known as the “Reorganized Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints”, the “RLDS”. They were organized in 1860 in Amboy, IL. They moved many times but eventually settled in Independence, MO in 1920. Community of Christ and (LDS, “Mormons”) are the two largest denominations of the “LDS Restorationist” movement. They believe that the true Christian church died when all the apostles died, and the movement was abandoned. The true church was restored by Joseph Smith’s ordination and his
subsequent founding of the original LDS church. The largest denomination is the LDS with 10 million members. Community of Christ is the second largest with 1/40 th of that size. Community of Christ do not baptize or marry by proxy their ancestors. They rejected sexism; women have been ordained since 1986. They have always rejected polygyny. Their leadership has been gradually moving in a more liberal and ecumenical direction. The “Reorganized” church was established in 1852 in Beloit, WI. It became the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints” in 1860 with about 300 members. Both in Missouri and Utah, they shared the same name with different capitalization. The word “Reorganized” was added to the Community of Christ in 1869 to distance themselves from the Utah denomination. The leadership was transferred to the descendants of Joseph Smith. The church is administered by a three-person  First Presidency   and a  Quorum of Twelve Apostles . Church beliefs, policies etc. are approved by delegates to their world conference, which is held in Independence every three years. They have been actively spreading the gospel in non-Western countries since 1960. The church publishes a periodical called “Saints Herald ”. An academic journal, “Restoration Studies ” is also occasionally produced. They do not refer to themselves as Mormons, a term that was long associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints and some other LDS Restorationist denominations and sects because of the association of the term with “Polygyny”, group marriage between one man and multiple women. They have a population of about 250,000 members in almost 40 countries around the world. 3. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS): is another movement that is part of the Community of Christ. This movement was founded by two Mormons in 1935 who were excommunicated by LDS, the main denomination. They based this movement on polygyny. They believe that boys and girls who are born into FLDS at approximately equal rights and male in FLDS are expected to have multiple wives. 4. Jehovah’s Witnesses (WTS) is another movement under Restorationist. They have over 6.5 million followers in over 97,000 congregation in more than 200 countries around the world, more than 1 million witnesses in U.S. and over 111,000 in Canada. They believe in homosexuality, same sex
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