Founded:
August 14, 1985
Dissolved:
November 2010 (email to author; Wikipedia)
Founder:
Antonio A. Feliz
Other Leader:
Robert M. McIntier
Alternate Name:
Church of Jesus Christ of All Latter-day Saints
Headquarters:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Websites:
Formerly at http://rcjc.org (offline, no archived site available)
Phone:
801-359-1151
801-738-4598
Addresses:
PO Box 16352
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-0352
P.O. Box 6331
Ventura, CA 93006
Periodical:
Unto All Peoples
Scripture:
Holy Bible (King James Version)
Book of Mormon (LDS 1981)
Doctrine and Covenants (LDS 1981)
Pearl of Great Price (LDS 1981)
Hidden Treasures and Promises
Separated From:
LDS Church
Separations:
Upon the RCJC's dissolution in 2010, two new groups were formed:
Reformation Community of Christ
Church of Christ - Community of the LDS
About:
Founded in Los Angeles, California, this group was originally composed of members of the LDS Church who had been excommunicated due to their sexual orientation. Most of the early members were members of the Los Angeles chapter of Affirmation. Feliz, A. LaMar Hamilton, and John R. Crane were among the instrumental early leaders of the church. Feliz and others in the church claimed to receive divine revelation. Eventually the "Temporary Presidency" was dissolved and a "Quorum of High Priests" was set up, with the Presidency of the High Priesthood governing the group.
The church was formed because members believed the LDS Church had failed to preach the gospel to ALL people, and that a new organization must be established to bring the gospel to practicing gay and transgender people. The priesthood, according to the group, is completely separate from any specific church; therefore, in spite of their LDS excommunications, members believed they retained their priesthood (Williams).
In 1987 Feliz and Crane were ousted by the church, and Robert M. McIntier was chosen to lead the church in 1989. In the same year, the group moved its headquarters to Salt Lake City (Shields, 1990, pp. 275-6).
The church called its congregations "families." Mark Dexheimer Trujillo was the bishop of the Salt Lake City family of the RCJC. The group accepted baptisms performed by any restoration church, they ordained women to the priesthood, they emphasized free agency and common consent, performed all temple ordinances, and sealed couples regardless of sexual orientation (church website).
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Comments (1)
Fabio_Cruz said
at 10:20 am on Jul 8, 2011
The RCJC was dissolved in november 2010 bcause of the resigning to the Presidency of Robert McIntier. Two new groups were erected: the Reformation Community of Christ with President Mark Dexheimer Trujillo as his head, and the Church of Christ - Community of the LDS with headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay (the President is Fabio Cruz, former 2nd Counselor of the First Presidency of the RCJC).
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