HISTORY
Here you find an overview of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In the spring of 1820 a 14 year-old boy named Joseph Smith went to a small grove of trees near his home in Palmyra, New York, and prayed to know which church he should join. In answer to his prayer God the Father and His son Jesus Christ appeared to him, just as heavenly beings had appeared in biblical times to prophets like Moses and Paul. Joseph learned that the church that Jesus Christ had once founded was no longer on the earth.
Joseph Smith was chosen by God to restore the Church of Jesus Christ to the earth. In the course of the following ten years, Joseph was visited by further messengers from heaven. He translated the Book of Mormon and received the authority to found the Church. The Church was founded on April 6th 1830 in Fayette, New York, with Joseph Smith as its leader. It has developed into an organization which has members and congregations all over the world.
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