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Church of Christ | |
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Classification | Latter Day Saint movement |
Orientation | Latter Day Saints |
Polity | Defunct |
Moderator | Defunct as of 1984 |
Region | United States |
Founder | Pauline Hancock |
Origin | 1946 Independence, Missouri |
Separated from | Church of Christ (Temple Lot) |
Congregations | none |
Members | none; defunct |
The Church of Christ, informally referred to as the Church of Christ (Hancock), the Basement Church, the Church of Christ (Lukeite) and the Church of Christ (Bible and Book of Mormon Teaching), was a sect of the Latter Day Saint movement founded in Independence, Missouri in 1946 by Pauline Hancock.[1] This church, which became defunct in 1984, bears the distinction of being the first Latter Day Saint sect to be founded by a woman. Among its members were Jerald and Sandra Tanner, who later became well-known opponents of the Latter Day Saint movement with their "Utah Lighthouse Ministry".