About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Apostles of the Community of Christ, Members of the First Presidency of the Community of Christ, Presiding Evangelists of the Community of Christ, Prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ, Joseph Smith, Jr., Frederick M. Smith, President of the Church, Council of Twelve Apostles, Presiding Patriarch, William Smith, Joseph Smith III, William Marks, Hyrum Smith, Roy Cheville, F. Henry Edwards, Elbert A. Smith, Lineal succession, R. C. Evans, W. Grant McMurray, Jason W. Briggs, Charles D. Neff, William W. Blair, Duane E. Couey, David Hyrum Smith, Stephen M. Veazey, Israel A. Smith, Wallace B. Smith, Mark Hill Forscutt, Alexander Hale Smith, Arthur A. Oakman, David R. Brock, W. Wallace Smith, Edmund C. Briggs, Peter A. Judd, Don H. Compier, Kenneth N. Robinson, L. F. P. Curry, Howard S. Sheehy, Jr., John F. Garver, Floyd M. McDowell, Becky L. Savage, David D. Schaal, Zenas H. Gurley, Sr., List of Prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ, Gail E. Mengel, Bunda C. Chibwe. Excerpt: Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 - June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Regarded as a prophet by his followers, Smith was also a theocrat, city planner, military leader, political theorist, and polygamist. Smith was born in Vermont and reared in western New York by a poor family that had been influenced by the religious enthusiasm of the Second Great Awakening. During the early 1820s, Smith himself was paid to search for buried treasure with a seer stone. Later in the decade, Smith said that an angel had directed him to a buried book of golden plates inscribed with a religious history of ancient American peoples. After publishing what he said was an English translation of the plates as the Book of Mormon, he organized branches of the Church of Christ, a church whose adher...
