Church of Christ (Fettingite)

The Church of Christ ( Fetting ), Church of Christ ( Fettingite ), is a Mormon community of faith that in 1929 the United States under the leadership of Otto Fetting ( 1871-1933 ) of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) seceded. It is headquartered in Independence, Missouri, and is represented exclusively in the USA and in Nigeria.

The Church of Christ ( Fetting ) counts about 2,000 members today.

History

Otto Fetting, since 1926, an Apostle of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), received by its own account from 1927 to 1933 a total of 30 revelations of John the Baptist. During the first eleven were accepted by the Church as revelations, you did not accept the received on July 18, 1929 and all subsequent twelfth. Fetting and his followers were excommunicated from the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and founded in the same year the Church of Christ ( Fetting ). You joined around 1,400 members of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) to - almost a third of the total membership. From the Church of Christ ( Fetting ) in the late 1930s under the leadership of split AC Dewolf the Restored Church of Christ ( Church of Christ Restored ) and in 1943 under the leadership of William A. Draves from the Church of Christ with the Elijah message. At the instigation of the Apostle S.T. Bronson was in 1956 in the Church of Christ ( Fetting ) introduced Saturday as the Sabbath.

Teaching and organization

Apart from the belief in the 30 revelations received Otto Fetting, and the sanctification of Saturday as the Sabbath, the doctrine of the Church of Christ ( Fetting ) is almost identical to the doctrine of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot). Polygamy, dead baptism and the " seal of marriages " and the belief in the evolution of man into a god will be rejected. The Church of Christ ( Fetting ) is a Council of the Twelve Apostles (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ) led, as well as the office of President shall be rejected. The Church teaches that on the Temple Lot Land called a temple will be built, but in which the Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ will be different from the temples of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Writings

The Church of Christ ( Fetting ) rejects the books Doctrine and Covenants and The Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith also wrote the inspired Bible. They used the King James Bible instead of Mormon and published by the Community of Christ version of the book. The 30 received from her Founder revelations are in the book The Word of the Lord ( The Word of the Lord ) summarized. The church newspaper The Voice of Warning published monthly since 1930.