The sale of the Kirtland Temple from the Community of Christ to the LDS church has made headlines lately. Join Bryan and Lindsay as they discuss the long and storied history of the Kirtland Temple ownership. SHOWNOTES: Become a recurring donor at Sunstone.org Davis Bitton, “The Waning of Mormon Kirtland” Roger Launius, The Kirtland Temple: …
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When Worldviews Collide: The Unintended Consequences of Apologetics in the Gospel Topics Essays
By Seth Bryant Seth Bryant is Director of the Kirtland Temple Historic Site and a former US Navy Chaplain. He has graduate degrees from the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University. I AM A cultural Mormon and a convert to the Community of Christ. So if religions are languages, I speak Community of …
Latter Day Objector
The Story of F. Henry Edwards By Andrew Bolton World War I “The First World War was a tragic and unnecessary conflict,” wrote British historian John Keegan. It was unnecessary because it was preventable—a local conflict that did not need to escalate. It was tragic because around 10 million military and 7 million civilians …
Faithful Disagreement: A Model for the Saints
By William D. Russell Or, right-click here to download the audio file: Faithful Disagreement: A Model for the Saints THE COMMUNITY OF Christ has faced several divisive issues in recent history, the main ones being racial justice, women’s ordination, and LGBT ordination. Though some of these issues were handled well, we …
Faithful Disagreement: A Model for the Saints
By William D. Russell THE COMMUNITY OF Christ has faced several divisive issues in recent history, the main ones being racial justice, women’s ordination, and LGBT ordination. Though some of these issues were handled well, we experienced significant fallout over others. The 2013 National Conference in the United States, where same-sex marriage was accepted as …
The Kirtland Telmple and Community of Christ: A Historical Overview
Historian John Hamer will provide a 50-minute presentation on the history of Kirtland, Ohio, and the building of the Kirtland Temple. John Hamer
Roles of Women in Community of Christ
The role of women, particularly in the areas of priesthood and leadership, has changed radically over the past four decades. Section 156 of Doctrine and Covenants, given in 1984, introduced ordination of women in the denomination. The panel will analyze these changes from two different approaches: 1) the institutional and historical contexts, with emphasis on …
The LDS Church and Community of Christ: Clearer Differences, Closer Friends
SL03091, This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and the thirty-fifth anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. It also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revelation reversing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy of …