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While the LDS Church is the largest Mormon group, there are lots of other churches tracing their founding to Joseph Smith.  John Larsen of the Sunstone Podcast sat down with Rick Bennett to discuss some of these groups who aren’t well-known. Rick refers to them as “our Mormon cousins.”

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Rick: I was back in Independence earlier this summer. I wanted to go to the Temple Lot of church. I talked to that guy, probably for six or seven hours. It was amazing. I wish I could have gotten than one recorded. I asked and he said, “No.”  I went to the Cutlerite Church, and I talked to that lady for probably two hours. I got a tour of the church. I even got a quote in Sunstone because it’s something I learned from her. So listen to Mel Johnson’s Sunstone presentation if you want to hear that. I tried to talk to the Remnant Church because I got some friends there and their building was closed. I went to the Community of Christ temple, and then I just would drive around and I would see something that looked–I’m trying to remember what it said. It was like the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ. I said, “That’s got to be one of our churches.”  So, sure enough, it was this guy, he was missing a bunch of teeth. He was out fixing a fence on their church property. I talked to him for probably an hour and I felt bad because he was trying to fix this fence, and I’m stopping him. He’s telling me about angels. He showed me this picture.  He goes, Do you see this white area here? That’s like an angel.”  It was just so interesting to listen to him. I think he was surprised because I listened without judgment, like that’s not an angel. I was like, “Wow, what a story.” The guy named Randy Sheldon at the Temple Lot Church. I found out that they still do speaking in tongues.

We talk about several other groups.  Check out our conversation….

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Rick talks about interactions with several other Restoration groups. (Sign in front of Cutlerite Church.)

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  • Guest: Anne Wilde, Benjamin Shaffer, John Larsen
  • Denomination: Christ's Church, Hedrickites, Josephites, Remnant Church
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  • Date: June 30, 2020
  • Guest: Anne Wilde, Benjamin Shaffer, John Larsen
  • Denomination: Christ's Church, Hedrickites, Josephites, Remnant Church
  • LDS Leaders
  • Historical Mentions Mormon History
  • Tags: Church History, GT on other Podcasts, GT Podcast, iTunes, John Larsen, Mormon schisms, Sunstone Podcast
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