Church of Jesus Christ in Zion

The Church of Jesus Christ in Zion is a small church in the Latter Day Saint movement based on the teachings of "latter day prophet" Kenneth Asay.^[1] The church is based on early teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Church of Jesus Christ in Zion was established in 1984. Asay died in 1985,^[1] after which the church was taken over by Roger Billings. Billings incorporated the church in Missouri in 1989.^[2] As of 2004, the church was based in Independence, Missouri.^[3]

Doctrine

According to Church doctrines, there was not to be a formal Church organization but rather individual families were to be the organizational units, presided over by a father or a family patriarch. The Church of Jesus Christ does not consider itself to be a Church organization as is the conventional model of our day. Rather, the Church claims to be a concept or a life plan by which individual families may find encouragement and support in their religious practice.^{[citation needed]}

The Church adopted all of the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, including the teaching that any person who can "bear testimony of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Ghost" is a prophet.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Greenhalgh, Spencer P. (2023-04-01). "The Correct [Domain] Name of the Church: Technology, Naming, and Legitimacy in the Latter-day Saint Tradition". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 56 (1): 1–26. doi:10.5406/15549399.56.1.01. ISSN 0012-2157.
^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher (2023-04-16). "How the LDS Church worked and worked — and paid and paid — to get its name 'right' on the internet". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
^ Lawhorn, Chad (2004-04-27). "Cloud of controversy follows 'Dr. Hydrogen'". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

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[:0-1] Greenhalgh, Spencer P. (2023-04-01). "The Correct [Domain] Name of the Church: Technology, Naming, and Legitimacy in the Latter-day Saint Tradition". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 56 (1): 1–26. doi:10.5406/15549399.56.1.01. ISSN 0012-2157.

[2] Stack, Peggy Fletcher (2023-04-16). "How the LDS Church worked and worked — and paid and paid — to get its name 'right' on the internet". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

[3] Lawhorn, Chad (2004-04-27). "Cloud of controversy follows 'Dr. Hydrogen'". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved 2024-09-12.

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