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Hey all. I’m a Graceland student. When the semester starts, I’ll be house’s chaplain. I know of one house that house devotions. I want to start that with my house next year, but I don’t have many ideas on how to approach it, any help would be appreciated. thank you

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Ac 2:

1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

This was the first Pentecost after Jesus' resurrection.

5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

Many Jews who worshiped YHWH were living in or staying in Jerusalem for the feast.

Peter preached to them:

40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.” 41 Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

3000 were converted to believe in Christ.

Luke then described the life of this newly formed church:

46 With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house,

The believers met in two complementary settings:

1. Large public gatherings in the temple courts, where the whole church could assemble.
2. Small gatherings in private homes throughout Jerusalem, where they shared meals, broke bread, and enjoyed close fellowship.

sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

The nascent church was growing monotonically daily.

The Jewish authorities soon became alarmed by the church's rapid growth and arrested Peter and John.

Ac 4:

3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day. 4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

This figure did not include women and children.

Later, they arrested all the apostles and flogged them. Ac 5:

41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. 42 Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

Despite opposition, the church continued to gather both publicly and privately. The apostles themselves participated in the house meetings, although given the size of the church, they could only have been present in some of them at any given time.

Two decades later, Paul practiced similarly. Paul bid farewell to the Ephesian church. Ac 20:

17 From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.

18 When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia. 19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews. 20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

In Ephesus, Paul's ministry reflected the same twofold pattern: public proclamation together with teaching in private homes.

At the very beginning, the nascent church functioned in both public and household settings. The public gatherings took place in the temple courts or other public venues, while the household gatherings met in the private residences of believers throughout the city. This pattern of large corporate assemblies, together with smaller house meetings, became a characteristic feature of the early church.

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Is anyone in the CoC helping Canadians deal with the aftermath of the wildfires?

Hello, I’m quite fascinated by Latter Days saints and how the Book of Mormon came to be and while researching I came across well CoC. I thought it’s interesting how Joseph Smith III and some of his descendants became Prophet-Presidents.

I kind of like that and I was wondering if any of the Smiths are still involved, and if so do you think they could become a Prophet-President in the near future?

Thank you.

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I’m looking for insights into my family who were bound up in early Mormon history and the succession era. The Saunders/Yates family seems to end up in Hill City/ Graham KS. Their migration patterns make it seem like they likely followed Joseph Smith III.

They first came in contact with Joseph Smith through Christopher Evert Yates, a Mormon-neutral and well respected Captain who delivered the letter to Joseph Smith in Nauvoo demanding his arrest. He was known for resisting the mob violence. While never accepting the theology of Mormonism himself, he helped care for Emma and the family, and Joseph III and Christopher’s son Putnam became friends.

I’d love to know more about this little slice of family history. Any insights?

I’m interested, which scriptures do you use!
Which versions of the bible, Book of Mormon, d&c do you personally study. And if you have decorated scriptures I’d love to see!

Peace.

Here is a description I asked my guest Jason to write about this important interview:

In this episode, Jason R Smith talks with Steven Pynakker about Pauline Hancock, the first woman to lead a Book of Mormon believing church. Hancock's influence was far-reaching and she was particularly instrumental in the early ministry of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, outspoken critics of Mormonism.

Does Community of Christ teach that Garden of Eden was in Missouri? What about Adam-ondi-Ahman? I tried to google it but couldn't find anything on this topic. Every search result was about the LDS church.

Hopefully this fits this subreddit. I'm not a member of your church but I'm very interested in mormonism as a whole and especially your church.

Does anyone know why section 110 was moved to the appendix. Which was also subsequently removed?. It was the section on the kirtland temple visitation(atleast in the lds editions).

This is an identity question for members of the Community of Christ. Do members of the Community of Christ see themselves as Latter-Day Saints? Would they ever describe themselves as Mormons?

I wonder this because both of these terms were used during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, and seemed a part of the identity of early Saint's communities.

This is a weird question, and I am affirming myself. But I was wondering if there is a good article I could read about how we came about being affirming/our beliefs about lgbtq+ individuals or if someone here has a lot of info to share with me :) I am a Christian girl with a wonderful wife and I am still struggling with the fear that I am going to hell because of it

I have spent a lot of time looking into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and have found that I cannot join a church that doesn’t support everyone’s rights. I have read the Book of Mormon, read their version of The Doctrine and Covenants and The Pearl of Great Price, I know CoC does not use those but I feel the basic parts of the church, especially at the beginning, really resonate with me.

I am very eager to go, however I am very shy and anxious and I am afraid to show up alone, especially where I live where the church does not have a huge presence and from what I can find very few people attend. This makes it harder to blend into the background so I am worried about navigating the social aspect of things. I also am worried about the service itself and things like taking the sacrament. Is there anyway people can let me know what I should expect?

Sorry, this might be a common question, but I'm new to this. I can't find the text anywhere for sections 109, 110, and 123 in the Doctrine and Covenants - does anyone know where I can find them? Or, if they correlate with sections in the LDS version, knowing which ones they correlate with would also be helpful.

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I'm working on making my own correlation chart between the sections in the LDS and CoC versions, and I want to be comprehensive, if possible. I've checked the CoC website, but it just says they were removed and doesn't list any location where they can currently be found. Thanks in advance for any help!

We are beginning to encourage Community of Christ to participate in the new sub for all members that believe in the restoration. ✌️😇 r/ImaMormon