Church of Christ (Fettingiten)

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The Church of Christ (Fettingite) , Church of Christ (Fettingite) , is a Mormon denomination that split off from the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) in the USA in 1929 under the leadership of Otto Fetting (1871-1933) . It is headquartered in Independence , Missouri, and is only represented in the United States and Nigeria .

Church building in Independence.

The Church of Christ (Fettingiten) today has around 2000 members.

history

Otto Fetting, an apostle of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) since 1926, claims to have received a total of 30 revelations from John the Baptist between 1927 and 1933 . While the first eleven were accepted as revelations by the Church, the twelfth received on July 18, 1929, and all subsequent ones, were no longer accepted. Fetting and his followers were excluded from the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and founded the Church of Christ (Fettingites) in the same year. Around 1,400 members of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) joined it - almost a third of the total membership. Of the Fettingiten in the late 1930s that cleave under the leadership of AC DeWolf Restored Church of Christ (Church of Christ Restored) and in 1943 under the leadership of William A. Draves the Church of Christ With the Elijah Message from. At the instigation of the Apostle ST Bronson, Saturday was introduced as the Sabbath in 1956 in the Church of Christ (Fettingiten) .

Teaching and organization

Apart from the belief in the 30 revelations that Otto Fetting received and the sanctification of Saturday as the Sabbath, the teaching of the Church of Christ (Fettingiten) is almost identical to the teaching of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot). Polygamy , the baptism of the dead as well as the "sealing of marriages" and the belief in the development of man to a god are rejected. The Church of Christ (Fettingiten) is led by a council of the Twelve Apostles ( Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ), as the office of president is also rejected. The Church teaches that a temple will be built on the site known as Temple Lot , but that it will be different from the temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and those of the Communion of Christ .

Fonts

The Church of Christ (Fettingite) rejects the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price , as well as the Inspired Bible written by Joseph Smith . It uses the King James Bible and the Communion of Christ- edited versions of the Book of Mormon instead . The 30 of its founder received revelations in the book The word of the Lord ( The Word of the Lord together). The church newspaper The Voice of Warning has been published monthly since 1930.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adherents.com website .
  2. ↑ Shields, Steven: Divergent Paths of the Restoration , p. 131. Independence, 2001.
  3. ↑ Shields, Steven: Divergent Paths of the Restoration , p. 132. Independence, 2001.
  4. ↑ Shields, Steven: Divergent Paths of the Restoration , p. 133. Independence, 2001.