Mormon Interfaith Council (Part 1 of 9)

It seems like most lay members of the Church don’t hear much about the LDS Church working on interfaith councils. Fewer know about Mormon schismatic groups. I was surprised to learn that Dr. Casey Griffiths in on an interfaith council with other schismatic groups. We’ll get acquainted with Casey, talk about his new book 50 Relics of the Restoration, and learn more about some of these groups you may not be familiar with.

Casey: BYU has several interfaith dialogue teams. I serve on the team that dialogues with Community of Christ and other restoration breakoffs. Typically, our dialogues will involve us and a familiar set of people from Community of Christ, including Lach MacKay. Andrew Bolton is usually there, too. He’s a former apostle. But sometimes we’ll invite in other groups too, like Daniel Stone has become a really good friend. He’s a member of the Church of Jesus Christ–Bickertonite. We found out calling them Bickertonites is kind of as offensive as calling us Brighamites. So we try and keep our terms straight.

GT: See, I don’t mind being called a Brighamite.

Casey: I don’t mind it, either. I think it’s kind of fun, to be honest with you. But, we also work with–in the Independence area, for instance, there’s around 30 plus churches that believe in the Book of Mormon. We’ve tried to reach out to the majority of them. I have a really good relationship with the Remnant Church out there that Fred Larson was the head of until he passed away a little while ago. [There are] a few other groups like the Joint Conference of Restoration Branches and the Conference of Restoration Elders. There’s a whole alphabet soup out there, and they’re all great people that believe in the restoration of the Book of Mormon, but in kind of varying and different ways. I’ve been to see the the Hedrickites, the Church of the Temple Lot. I’ve even stopped and visited the Cutlerites who, I think have eight members right now.

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Mormon interface council - Mormon Interfaith Council (Part 1 of 9) - Mormon History Podcast — Dr. Casey Griffiths teaches Church history at BYU and is author of “50 Relics of the Restoration.” He works with other Mormon schismatic groups on an Interfaith Council.

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Guest: Casey Griffiths
Denomination: Bickertonites, Brighamites, Cutlerites, Hedrickites, Remnant Church
Historical Mentions Mormon History
Tags: Church History, Cuterlites, GT Podcast, interfaith, iTunes, JCRB, JRE, Mormon schisms

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Date: May 8, 2021
Guest: Casey Griffiths
Denomination: Bickertonites, Brighamites, Cutlerites, Hedrickites, Remnant Church
Historical Mentions Mormon History
Tags: Church History, Cuterlites, GT Podcast, interfaith, iTunes, JCRB, JRE, Mormon schisms
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