Friday, February 27, 2009

Nephite Church of Christ

Here is a review of The Nephite Order, the book which contains the doctrines of the Nephite Church of Christ and sounds like a good read if you want to familiarize yourself with this new group within the Latter Day Saint Movement. The book can be purchased here.

The book is authored by the prophet of the group, Patrick R. Saucer, who also claims to be the One Mighty and Strong, prophesied in D&C 85 to come forth in the last days. Saucer claims to be the second prophet of the restoration and successor of Joseph Smith, though he maintains his authority is drawn from a line of Apostolic succession leading back to the 15th century and the Catholic Bishop of Winchester, Henry Beaufort.

I'm unaware of how many followers Saucer has attracted to his group at this time. Here are some links to church sites:

Official Homepage

Prayer Group

Bookstore

Blog

Discussion Group

Prayer Group

Society of Elect Ladies

Monday, February 23, 2009

Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon

I've recently been doing a little bit of research into Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon, also known as the New Covenant Church of God (NCCG). The group is led by a man named Christopher Warren, who has produced a work of scripture titled The Olive Branch, which consists of revelations received by Warren. Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon is headquartered in Arvika, Sweden, but does proselyte and gain converts worldwide through internet chatrooms and message boards.

The group goes by a variety of names: Messianic Evangelicals, One House Josephite Messianic Isreal, Union of Two House Messianic Israelites and Evangelicals, Guds Nya Förbunds Kyrka, and B'rit Chadashah Assembly of Yahweh.

Warren joined the LDS Church in the late 1970s, but in 1984 Warren claims he received divine direction to form his own church. Warren later formed the Independent Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is the predecessor of what is now known as Mishpachah Lev-Tsiyon.

A listing of group beliefs can be found here.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Kolob Order

Here's an interesting article I recently found about the Kolob Order, which is a group located in France:

http://religion.info/english/articles/article_412.shtml

The group is led by a man known as Adama. More information can be found on the wiki or in a couple of posts by John Dawson on the LDSgroups yahoo discussion board:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LDSgroups/message/1585
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LDSgroups/message/1717