The church discourages first-time marriage under the age of 18 and no plural marriages can take place under 18. Musser, Joseph, and L. Broadbent. THE APOSTOLIC BRETHREN We believe in One True God the only eternal true God; The One Lord God of Israel is the Lord Jesus of the New Testament. For the apocalyptic fundamentalists, portents and signs abound and every symbol and text has sublime meaning. [22][23], According to one former member, attorney John Llewellyn, "plural wives [of AUB men] are sent into nearby Hamilton to apply for welfare as single mothers. It has been reported that an estimated 50% of those who grow up in this religion later leave the organization. [26] The church required its members to make the same pledge, causing many people to leave the church as well. United States (mainly Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana), with a few hundred followers in Mexico, Followers of Joseph Smith, believed the LDS Church should not have changed beliefs on polygamy (1890) or allowing blacks to gain the priesthood (1978), A temple in Mexico and an endowment house in Utah, Pinesdale, MT (1961). He's the LDS grandson of polygamist leader Rulon Allred. They believe that the LDS Church has made unacceptable changes to doctrines and ordinances. Rulon C. Allred (1909-1977) was a chiropractor in Salt Lake City who founded the Apostolic United Brethren in 1954. While the husband/father is considered the patriarchal leader, the church suggests consulting with the wives before making decisions. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the legal status of polygamy in Utah was still not clear. Not only did the show first expose the existence of an Apostolic United Brethren militia group - a fact confirmed by the Salt Lake Tribune several months later - it also broadcast for the first. He's a punk and always will be. There, they created a small handful of colonies, three of which are still intact today. By Eric Johnson. While some Mormons believe the burned towns and bloodshed western Missouri suffered during the American Civil War fulfilled the prophecy and wiped the slate clean, Allred was among those who thought Missouri still had it coming. They looked on it much the same way that the FLDS wives did, as creative financing that was taking from the federal government, a corrupt entity. Some Latter-day Saints who worshiped with the Apostolic United Brethren were encouraged to keep their membership in the LDS Church so they could participate in the LDS temple ceremonies. Fundamentalist Mormons, the ones who are not part of the mainstream church, and often practice polygamy, believe in following his original teachings, including a revelation Smith said he received three times between 1834 and 1842: Smith told associates that an angel appeared to him and told him to practice plural marriage. Pamphlet. The AUB leaders in Utah were never pleased with those who moved to Missouri and as a result, the two communities have had little relationship in the last 35 years. She speaks about what it was like growing up in the Apostolic United Brethren. Nate Carlisle, who has been a reporter at the Salt Lake Tribune since 2005, has intermittently covered polygamy since 2006, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The leaders do not organize the marriages, and the potential husband must get the approval from his other wives before taking another wife. When these principles are intact, the order of heaven correlates four different gospel-oriented elements in a workable system: social, political, spiritual, and economic. Although plural marriage was practiced openly in the Utah Territory, it wasnt until 1876 that it became an official religious tenet that was included in the Doctrine and Covenants. 1989. 60 related topics. The lunch was served in the big house, where Michelle Laub, 32, and her seven children live. 1935 (September 18): Lorin C. Woolley died, and Joseph Leslie Broadbent became head of the Priesthood Council. The AUB's claims to authority are based around the accounts of John Wickersham Woolley, Lorin Calvin Woolley and others, of a meeting in September 1886 between LDS Church president John Taylor, the Woolleys, and others. Liverpool: LDS Church. Mormon fundamentalists are those who subscribe to a brand of Latter-day Saint theology founded by Joseph Smith that includes polygamy, traditional gender roles, and religious communalism. A A The Apostolic Christian Church maintains 90 congregations throughout the United States, Japan, Mexico, and Canada, with its membership concentrated in the Midwest. Richards, Stephen. Her house is modern; constructed from concrete poured into plastic foam. He told Stephen to go look at Missouri, but not to buy anything. Plus Code F32F+7C Riverton, Utah. 1932. Hales, Brian. An individual within the AUB also alleged that Thompson embezzled up to $500,000 in tithing funds and other church funds and that he used official Church accounts for personal expenditures. "[6] On November 16, 1966, in another discourse, he commented: "[We] are not in a position to dictate to the [LDS] Church, or to presume that we preside over [LDS Church] President David O. McKay, or that we can send missionaries into the fields of labor, or that we can in any way dictate the affairs of the Church.[7] "Gods Church is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Allred declared. A United Brethren church member must have a professed personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The Ranch is a mystery to those in neighboring towns, but is considered Zion to the about 400 polygamists who live there. The spouses did not need not to have gone through any ceremony to be accused of Polygamy without purporting to create a legal marriage. Women from the Ranch are weary of the public perception of wives in polygamy as trapped inside a home. Also known as The Allred Group, the Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) is one of the largest polygamous sects of the Mormon Church. In Missouri, you can be convicted of bigamy if a married person purports, to quote the statute, to marry another person. Hes a two-hour drive from Jackson county for the day Christ returns; he also likes that he can have discussions of Mormon doctrine with other residents without fear of offending someone. As for whats next at what people call either the Compound or the Ranch, the residents years ago poured a concrete foundation for a temple against a small slope near the center of the community. The AUB has had a temple in Mexico, since at least the 1990s, an endowment house in Utah since the early 1980s and several other locations of worship to accommodate their members in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. To summarize the differences of AUB fundamentalists from the mainstream church, polygamist Ogden Kraut (1983) lists several key issues: the practice of polygamy, the practice of missionary work, beliefs about the priesthood, the adoption of the United Order, belief in the concept of the gathering of Israel, belief in the Adam-God theory, adoption of the concept of the one mighty and strong, development of the concept of Zion, beliefs about blacks and the priesthood, and belief about the kingdom of God. Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Lets put it this way, Gaither said of a plural marriage, if I had three parties who were consenting adults, I wouldnt have a complaining witness. Imprisoned in 1980, he continued to order killings from jail until his death in 1981. He also taught: "If we have entered into these holy laws out of righteousness and a desire to keep the commandments of God, and that has been the dominating force in our lives, there is no power on earth or in heaven or hell that can sever us from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Even though Mormon polygamists all trace their beliefs to the same place, they have had disagreements. In choosing to become a member, a Christian chooses to follow those expectations. Owen is a brother of Rulon Allred, who earlier led the polygamous sect. Scientology, Anti-Cultists, and Scholars, Identifying, Naming and Treating Harm in New Religious Movements, The Waco Branch Davidian Tragedy: What Have We Learned or Not Learned?. From 1929 to 1933, Mormon fundamentalist leadership refused to stop practicing polygamy and was subject to arrest and disenfranchisement. In 1852, Brigham Young, leader of the Mormon Church), revealed the practice of plural marriage as a Mormon doctrine. A chapel built in 1990 can accommodate 750 people. The group sold a house to Fashion Place Mall in Murray, UT and used the money to buy land in Bluffdale, UT where members built a building that was used as a residence, school, and church called the Brown House.. [3] This booklet is used to educate the law enforcement and social relief agencies involved with similar groups. (Deuteronomy 6:4, St. John 13:13-14). Allred believed that transparency was key in helping the community see that the AUB and its members were not a threat. Then, in fall 2014, a dispute erupted in their church the Apostolic United Brethren, a so-called Mormon fundamentalist group that believes in polygamy. They will be sealed by the holy spirit of promise, will become kings and Gods in the making, and will take part in the first resurrection. Although they live in Nevada, the family remained part of the Mormon fundamentalist Apostolic United Brethren Church, which is based in Utah. Unlike Jeff's group, considered to be a cult both . On May 10, 1977, two disguised women visiting his chiropractic office shot Allred to death. Many members of the AUB also reject the 1978 revelation given to President Kimball that allowed blacks to enter the priesthood (Doctrine and Covenants, Declaration 2). Compton says living in a plural marriage and a united order gave him a lot of questions and not enough answers about God. A total of 225 acres were purchased between Santaquin and Mona, UT. daughters, Rosemary Williams, and shortly thereafter by two of his nieces. The AUB has had a temple in Mexico, since at least the 1990s, an endowment house in Utah since the early 1980s and several other locations of worship to accommodate their members in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. He went to his wives to ask what they wanted. The residents call it the Ranch, though the agriculture is limited to a hay field and a few cows and chickens. A string of mailboxes lines one of the many private roads on the Ranch. Sometimes people will ask if the Compound is really prepped for warfare, assuming they are survivalists (theyre not). The final blow to the viability of nineteenth century Mormon polygamy came that same year when Congress dissolved the corporation of the Mormon Church and confiscated most of its property. For Mormons of all stripes, Missouri specifically Jackson county is a landmark. Central to this schism between the Salt Lake AUB and the Pinesdale, Montana community was the accusations of sexual misconduct by Lynn Thompson against one of his. Cedar county prosecutor Ty Gaither, one of the locals who refer to the polygamous community as The Compound, said he has not received any complaints about crimes there. We do not condone underage, assigned, or incestuous relationships. At . Clara, 39, is one of Rulon Allreds great-granddaughters. Over the past two years, the legal and criminal status of polygamy in the US has once again been at the center of public attention. Utah was admitted into the Union in 1896. In other words, truth is a knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come (Doctrine and Covenants 93:24). ", "The Quiet Passing of Fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Lynn A. Thompson Suggests Polygamy Recognition Remains a Distant Hope", "Sex abuse allegations have rocked the polygamous church of 'Sister Wives,' causing rift from Utah to Montana", "The Marrying Kind: Owen Allred (1914-2005)", Woman on 'My Five Wives' accuses father of sex abuse, Sex abuse allegations have rocked the polygamous church of Sister Wives, causing rift from Utah to Montana, Those unwilling to follow disputed Utah polygamist leader may have to leave a Montana school, The Quiet Passing of Fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Lynn A. Thompson Suggests Polygamy Recognition Remains a Distant Hope, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_United_Brethren&oldid=1137518870, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 01:42. By 1970, the number of AUB members was close to 2,500 expanding to southern Utah and along the Wasatch Front. Really, during the 50s, 60s and 70s, it was known as Short Creek group and the Allred group. Smith described a vision he had of God and Christ together in a grove of trees in which Christ told him that he would be instrumental in restoring the true gospel. Incidentally, AUB's leaders commonly concede that no organization is exempt from being out of order to some degree (including the AUB) but they emphasize that the LDS Church has abandoned many doctrines taught by the early brethrennot just plural marriage. Next in authority is a Priesthood Council (of which the President is a part). Besides allowing for polygamy, its hard to determine what else is advocated. Allred, who claims eight wives, has said the group has 6,000 members. Flints second wife is Ruth Anne Laub, who is 25 and Michelles half-sister. Dayer later established Colonia LeBaron, located eighty miles southeast of Colonia Juarez in Galeana, as a refuge for those who wanted to practice plural marriage. The idea was to build the kingdom of God, establish Zion, Compton, now 76, said in a recent interview. Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism. Pp. The Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) is a Mormon fundamentalist group that practices polygamy. Salt Lake City: Pioneer Press. 2017. Members of the AUB are known for their belief in plural marriage. 1882: The U.S. Congress passed the Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act. Meanwhile, one might think that the family could make friends if they attend the local Mormon church. A recent blog about happenings in the polygamous Apostolic United Brethren church posed a question: "If you find out from your DNA test that you have a percentage of Nigerian DNA, would you be. Owen led the group for twenty-eight years, a period when the AUB expanded its membership and entered into a time of collaboration with the press, academia, and the Utah attorney generals office. The number of men in the council varies, as there is no set number. When Lynn Thompson died in 2021, he was replaced by David Watson (Carlisle 2017). said he received three times between 1834 and 1842, believe plural marriage is necessary to reach, neighborhoods in metropolitan Salt Lake City, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. [25] An audit confirmed Thompson had embezzled funds before becoming AUB's leader. The location, surrounded by majestic red rock buttes and tiny fertile creek beds, was consecrated by Brigham Young, who said it would be the head not the tail of the Church. True Crime. 1887: The U.S. Congress passed the Edmunds-Tucker Act. The question is, who in the family actually still has that faith? According to one former member, attorney John Llewellyn, plural wives are sent into nearby Hamilton to apply for welfare as single mothers, and they take this money directly to the priesthood Brethren. Nevertheless, the AUB removed Richard Kunz (an individual who is phenotypic white and genotypic black) from his position on the priesthood council. [18], Since 2016 a number of AUB members in Pinesdale, MT have separated themselves and formed their own group with their own meetings. Dances, firesides, musical events, plays, and classes are often held at meetinghouses. Imprisonment, Defiance, and Division: A History of Mormon Fundamentalism in the 1940s and 1950s. Dialogue 38:6595. This will enable them to live on Mt. (Salt Lake City: Gems Publishing, 1967), 1:44. The idea of The Ranch emerged on 7 November 1983, when Stephen Laub was at his home in Motoqua, an enclave in south-west Utah for members of a polygamous church called the Apostolic United. He predicted in 1975 that "the time is at hand when God is going to intervene in the matter, and the temples will be opened to us, and we will have our endowments and do our own work for our dead." There is also evidence of money laundering and some welfare fraud. In addition, I suggest that the AUB is more progressive and law-abiding than other groups. Chelsea Kunz from Karen Disapproves speaks to former Polygamist, Sarah Eliason. It should be noted that some polygamist communities, such as Pinesdale, Montana, work very closely with law enforcement and are law abiding. Family disagreements and financial problems are even more complicated when there are so many different people involved. Image #4: Owen Allred. This latter group created a new council in 1952 made up of E. Jenson, John Butchereit, Lyman Jessop, Owen Allred, Marvin Allred, and Joseph Thompson. When I was there, from 1989 to 1993, there was a school/church complex, a library, a cattle operation, a machine shop, and the vestiges of a dairy operation. . [8] He further explained in 1975: "We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, no matter who may decry it or who may deny it. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. Date of death: 2 September 2014. Smith, who married at least thirty-three women and had children with thirteen of them, claimed that he had been given the authority to practice celestial marriage from the same source that commanded Abraham to take his handmaid, Hagar, to bed in order to produce a righteous seed and glorious progeny. "[5], In 2014, after Lynn A. Thompson assumed leadership of the AUB, he was accused of fondling his daughter Rosemary Williams when she was 12 years old,[24] and shortly thereafter two of his nieces also said he had sexually abused them too. Today some of LeBaron and Allreds relations live among the polygamists near Humansville. They register any sex offenders and excommunicate any criminals. The more successful own huge compounds in Eagle Mountain and Rocky Ridge accommodating four to five wives and twenty-five children. Although this split led to major changes in the expression of Mormon fundamentalism, all contemporary groups whose origins lie in the original Short Creek movement share common threads of kinship, marriage, and core beliefs. We abhor compulsion and oppression in all its forms and support those laws that seek to properly address these issues. In the following essay, Black recollects his interactions with the presiding council of the Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) over temple ordinances, in 1978. Escaping Polygamy: With Jessica Christensen, Andrea Brewer, Andrea Christensen, Shanell Christensen. This group was comprised of Lorin Woolley, John Y. Barlow, Leslie Broadbent, Charles Zitting, Joseph Musser, LeGrand Woolley, and Louis Kelsch. ": Allred, Treasures of Knowledge, 1:93. Members of the firstborn may be asked to break the law of the land for the higher law, perhaps even commit murder, as Book of Mormon prophet Nephi was commanded to kill the evil one, Laban. Is this your business? According to Radar Online, a source close to the family has spoken out. He had two wives for a time, but those marriages dissolved. Introduction. Pp. He recently moved to The Ranch with his wife and their six children. Here are three beliefs that set Apostolics apart from other Christians: 1. Those are people with fundamentalist Mormon beliefs who do not affiliate with a church. Zion in their pathway to God. That Jesus Christ is the manifestation of the One True God (I Timothy 3:16). Examples Stem. In the 1980s, the church built an endowment house in Bluffdale; in the 1990s, a temple was built in Ozumba, Mexico. Holy Spirit: Brethren hold that the Holy Spirit is an integral part of the believer's life: "We seek to be guided by the Holy Spirit in every aspect of life, thought, and mission." Jesus Christ: All Brethren "affirm their belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior." Living a life patterned after the life of Christ is of paramount importance to . The following day, the Woolleys, as well as Taylor's counselor, George Q. Cannon, and others, were said to have been set apart to keep "the principle" alive, including sufficient priesthood authority to perform marriage sealings and pass on that authority. Flint, 40, runs a roofing company. This piece was co-published with the Salt Lake Tribune. The Apostolic Brethren Inc. teaches the Apostolic Doctrine of repentance and then being immersed by water in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins as stated in Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the The year before Thompsons death, the Utah legislature passed a bill to decriminalize polygamy in Utah. Allred was succeeded by his brother, Owen A. Allred, who died in February 2005 and was replaced by his appointed successor, J. LaMoine Jenson. Looking Inside the Apostolic United Brethren Paperback - October 28, 2022 by Gospel Tangents Interview (Author), Rick C Bennett (Editor), Joe Jessop (Narrator) & 0 more The Laubs live in a polygamous community of perhaps 400 people in rural Missouri between the towns of Humansville and Stockton. Rulon C. Allred, Discourse, May 15, 1966, Murray, Utah, in Gilbert Fulton, Gems, 3 vols. More like this! 2010. One of the killers was the plural wife of Ervil LeBaron, the top LeBaron leader. That makes the Ranch a unique spot. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was founded in 1830 by a then-24-year-old Vermont-born Joseph Smith. Marriage sealings can be administered by anyone in the priesthood council. Through a trance, she will give advice or tell the client the cause of any physical or emotional ailments. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1942: The United Effort Plan Trust was established. On July 23, 1978, the church paid for a full-page Salt Lake Tribune ad that criticized the revised teaching. As of 1998, there were approximately 10,000 members of the AUB,[4] most of whom reside in Utah and Mexico. Allred didnt like it. 1862: The U.S. Congress passed the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act. [21], Rod Williams, a Secret Service agent involved in Watergate and a former member of the AUB, claimed in sworn testimony, as part of the Virginia Hill lawsuit, that he stole copies of LDS Church's temple ordinances from the Seattle Temple at the behest of Owen Allred, a claim denied by Allred. Anderson, Scott. Saints who devote themselves to righteousness and receive higher ordinances of exaltation become members of the church of the firstborn, an inner circle of faithful saints who practice the fulness and who will be joint heirs with Christ in receiving all that the Father has (McConkie 1991:13940). 2001. Compton separated from his plural wives, remarried to just one woman, and now leads a church in nearby Buffalo, Missouri, where he preaches a belief in an almighty creator. Its not because Sean told me to stay home.. Bruce Compton helped found the Mormon compound in Humansville in 1983. Match all exact any words . John Y. Barlow then took over as prophet from 1935 to 1949, after which Joseph Musser controlled the priesthood council. Other parents never regained custody of their children. Sie besitzt seit den 1990er Jahren einen Tempel im mexikanischen Ozumba, das 50 km sdstlich von Mexiko-Stadt liegt, sowie seit den 1980er . His first wife, Katherine Handy, ended up leaving him because he expressed a desire to marry other women. Our teachings are to be honorable in all our financial dealings which includes full payment of all required taxes as well as avoiding debt. It is through this process that just men will be made perfect and be given the gifts of kingdoms and principalities in new worlds beyond the limits of their imaginations. Collapse. The Polygamists. National Geographic, February: 3461. Endowment rites, fundamentalists feel, should therefore not be altered, as they were in 1927, when LDS apostle Stephen Richards renounced the Adam-God doctrine and removed its associated symbols from the priesthood garment (Richards 1932), and in the 1990s, when LDS prophet Ezra T. Benson reformed the ceremony to allow women to have a direct pathway to God rather than having to go through their husbands or fathers. He's the LDS grandson of polygamist leader Rulon Allred. Several members were jailed for bigamy. The voice had more instructions as he hiked farther up the mountain. 240-66 in Fundamentalisms and Society, edited by Martin Marty and R. Scott Appleby. Mormon Doctrine. Allred was replaced by his brother, Owen A. Allred (1914-2005), who had eight wives, 23 children, and more than 200 grandchildren. The Apostolic united brethren are a Mormon Fundamentalist group that promotes polygamy. The church does not have a website and skittish leaders do not openly talk about its doctrines. Woolley claimed that the council was the true priesthood authority on earth and had previously existed, in secret, in Nauvoo, Illinois. This page is just to build up Moroni Jessop A wanna be polygamist who has wives and in only interested in Polygamy to be seen of men, to be different and has not values what so ever. According to our database, there are approximately 6 churches in Riverton, with 0 Catholic churches, 2 Baptist churches, 0 Pentecostal churches, 0 Methodist churches, and 4 other denomination churches [26] Thompson died in October 2021. The members of the AUB see it as their responsibility to keep them alive in the form they were originally given and to live all the laws God has commanded. On July 26, 1953, another raid swept over Short Creek. In the polygamous community that residents call the Ranch, members gather for Sunday morning church service. In 1862, the federal government outlawed polygamy in the territories through passage of the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act. The Apostolic Brethren(sometimes referred to as Apostolici, Apostoli, Apostles) were a Christiansectfounded in northern Italyin the latter half of the 13th century by Gerard Segarelli, a native of Alzano in the territory of Parma. The ugliest episode happened that year, when 17 Latter-day Saints and one sympathizer were massacred at a place called Hauns Mill. He got into contact with the LeBaron polygamous group and moved to Mexico where he was promised wealth. Although this religion is more liberal than its FLDS relative, there is little to attract a potential convert other than it is not as weird or controversial. Brigham Young sanctioned such beliefs when he wrote that that blacks are low in their habits, wild and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind (Young 1867:290). The group came into the Hollywood spotlight with the release of the hit reality TV series Sister Wives aired in 2010. Lynn A. Thompson (1940- ): Top leader since 2014. Its members pay their taxes, seem to dress like everyone else for the most part, send their children to public school, and even have a Boy Scout troop. In 2005, Owen Allred died at the age of ninety-one, after appointing Lamoine Jensen to be his successor, passing up more senior council members. 2005: Owen Allred died at the age of ninety-one, after appointingLamoineJensen to be his successor. He, in turn, gave them to his great-nephew, Alma Dayer LeBaron. No leader has emerged for this breakaway group yet. The members of the Council of Friends were generally in agreement about how to run the underground priesthood movement, and the population of adherents to Mormon fundamentalism began to grow, mostly through natural increase and the immigration of disgruntled members of the Mormon Church who wanted to live the old ways. In 1935, the LDS Church asked Short Creek members to support the presidency of the church and sign an oath denouncing plural marriage. [16] Jenson died in September 2014 after a battle with colon cancer, and was replaced by his appointed successor, Lynn A. Owen Allred believed the LDS leaders had caved in to political pressure, so he prohibited his followers from associating with the LDS Church. Sex is only allowed between married couples, and children are not recruited. That was money the men didnt have when they made the agreement. She recently gave birth to her third child. While membership numbers are hard to come by in these type of groups, it is believed to be the second largest polygamous church in Utah (the FLDS, led by jailed 'prophet' Warrren Jeffs is the largest). Yes, she said. The groups have tended to isolate themselves within specific neighborhoods in metropolitan Salt Lake City or locations in the Utah or Arizona deserts. But Latter-day Saints had conflicts with other Missouri settlers over land, commerce and governance and by 1838, violence got so bad modern textbooks call it the Missouri Mormon wwar. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a result of anti-polygamy legislation, many advocates of plural marriage began an exodus to Mexico in 1885 to avoid prosecution. [and] . Driggs, Ken. Compton, one of those Motoqua men who drove to Missouri in the blue pickup truck, didnt find everything he was looking for on those 600 acres that was supposed to be Zion. In 2005, J. Lamoine Jenson (1935-2014) led the church until 2014 when he died of cancer. Meanwhile, back in Short Creek, the council leadership shifted from Lorin C. Woolley, who died in 1934, to J. Leslie Broadbent, who led until his death in 1935. Membership includes a believer's voluntary submission to a prescribed set of standards. But not all can understand the mysteries; the truly righteous must have the eyes to see and ears to hear the truth about the fulness of the gospel. After all, there are members of the Apostolic United Brethren in the area. However, prosecutions for polygamy proved difficult because evidence of unregistered plural marriages was scarce. Rulon Allred led one faction and Louis Kelsch headed the other. We are, and always have been, wholly opposed to abuse and oppression of any kind, and we feel it our duty to promptly report any suspected abuse to the proper law enforcement authorities. 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