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Church of Jesus Christ
Classification	Latter Day Saint
Polity	Hierarchical
Founder	Theron Drew
Origin	1965
Separated from	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
Congregations	1

The Church of Jesus Christ is a schismatic organization in the Latter Day Saint movement which was organized in 1965 as a fracturing from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite).

In the early 1950s, Theron Drew, a member of the Strangite church, met Merl Kilgore, who at the time was the leader of another Latter Day Saint group called Zion's Order of the Sons of Levi. Drew was convinced that Kilgore was the "One Mighty and Strong" prophesied in Mormon scripture and that Kilgore should become the successor of James Strang, to lead the Strangite Church. However, not long after promoting Kilgore, Drew changed his mind.

When Drew met again with the Strangite Church, he was rejected and excommunicated by them in 1965. Drew, his family, and a small number of supporters then organized The Church of Jesus Christ, claiming it to be the true successor of Joseph Smith's Church of Christ. The Drewite Church met in a farmhouse previously owned by Wingfield W. Watson, an early leader within the Strangites. Theron Drew died in 1978 and leadership of the church passed to his son, Richard Drew.

The Strangite Church sued The Church of Jesus Christ to recover some documents in Theron Drew's possession, but the lawsuit was unsuccessful.

References

Edward T. Couch (1980). Evidences and Inspiration (Bay Springs, Mich., n.p.)
J. Gordon Melton (1996, 5th ed.). Encyclopedia of American Religions (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) p. 582

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Sects in the Latter Day Saint movement

Strangite Sects

Church of Christ
(Later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Organized by: Joseph Smith
April 6, 1830
Joseph Smith's original
organization; multiple sects currently
claim to be true successor 1
8
4
4
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints
(Strangite)
Organized by: James J. Strang
A few hundred members

Hedrickite sects 1846 1861 1964 1965

1863: Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
Organized by: Granville Hedrick

1929: Church of Christ
(Fettingite)
Organized by: Otto Fetting Church of Christ
Organized by: Aaron Smith
Defunct Church of the Messiah
Organized by: George J. Adams
Defunct Holy Church of Jesus Christ
Organized by: Alexandre R. Caffiaux
Extant:France & New Mexico Church of Jesus Christ
Organized by: Theron Drew
One congregation

1943: Church of Christ
"With the Elijah Message"
Organized by: O. Fetting & W. Draves

1974

True Church of Jesus
Christ Restored
Organized by: David Roberts
Extant

See the Succession crisis following the death of Joseph Smith.

These sects are not considered Strangites sects. They are only included to show their relationship with True Church of Jesus Christ Restored

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