by dwhite | Jun 14, 2011 | Mormon Beliefs
While the word “cult” has many definitions, including that of any system of religious beliefs and ritual, it is usually in the sense of a great devotion of a group to a person or idea. There have been many religious cults where followers were enraptured by...
by dwhite | Jun 6, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
Kimberly Jo Smith shares her personal conversion story to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After being raised with severe prejudices against the Mormon Church, Kimberly came to know more about her ancestors and to have a greater desire to know the...
by dwhite | May 31, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
Taken from a letter written to Washington D.C. South Mission President Mark Albright by Bob Smith I was raised in the Reorganized LDS church, now known as the Community of Christ. All of my life I had been taught to distrust and fear the Mormon church [The...
by dwhite | Apr 27, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
After the martyrdom of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, the Saints were forced to leave Nauvoo, Illinois, and head West. Emma, Joseph’s grief-stricken widow, did not want to leave the bodies of her beloved husband and his brother behind....
by dwhite | Mar 25, 2011 | Joseph and Emma Smith Descendants
Estel Neff has spent much of his life in the Nauvoo, Illinois, area. He owns and operates the Old House Bookstore, selling second-hand books and some antiques. He is a direct descendant of Joseph Smith, Sr. (Joseph Smith’s father), and is a recent convert to the...
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