The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Denomination·Founded 1935 CE·Estimates before the 2008 raid ran to around 10,000 members. The church publishes nothing, many members have left, and no current figure is reliable.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints → The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The recordCherish Families — support in Short Creek, founded by people who grew up there

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Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1 You × The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Discussion

Stories

the narratives it tells itself
The 1953 raid on Short Creek. Arizona police arrested the men and removed women and children in a mass raid that turned into a public relations disaster for the state. The memory of it shaped the community's dealings with outsiders for fifty years. Read it in full — context →

The Scriptures

the texts that carry the stories — and everything else

The Bible (King James)

The Book of Mormon

The Doctrine and Covenants, section 132

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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