All Latter Day Saint Churches

The Latter Day Saint churches recorded in this atlas, the independent church groups that trace their origins to the Christian restorationist movement Joseph Smith founded in the United States in the late 1820s, from the large Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Community of Christ and the smaller Strangite and Temple Lot bodies. This group holds Church of Christ (Temple Lot), Community of Christ, Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), The Church of Jesus Christ (Strangite). The Latter Day Saint movement is a family of separate churches rather than one church body, and each of these entries keeps its own history, scripture, governance and claim to succession. Placing these churches together lets a reader compare one church family at a time and follow how each body describes its own governance, worship and history. Each entry keeps its own description, sources and Browse By pages.