John C. Hamer

Pastor

John Hamer
Personal
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Chicago metropolitan area
ReligionChristian Restorationist and non-denominational[1][2][3]
NationalityAmerican Canadian
Home townAurora, Illinois
SpouseMike Karpowicz
DenominationCommunity of Christ
(committed gay-lesbian-trans couples affirming[4])
Alma materBrigham Young University (B.A.)
University of Michigan (M.A., 1995)[5]
ProfessionHistorian, mapmaker
Organization
ChurchToronto Congregation at Centre Place[6]
(founded in 1891)
Senior posting
Based inToronto, Ontario, Canada
ProfessionHistorian, mapmaker
Post(Senior) pastor
Websitesaintswithoutborders.weebly.com/Transitions-John-Hamer.html
centreplace.ca

John C. Hamer (born 1970) is an American-Canadian historian and mapmaker. His research has focused primarily on the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, authoring several books on the topic. Hamer is a leading expert on various schisms within especially non- far-Western (U.S.) portions of the Latter Day Saint "Restoration" movement. Raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Hamer left the religion before joining Community of Christ in 2010 and now serves as Pastor of its Toronto Congregation.[7]

Hamer was a contributor to By Common Consent, the Restoration Studies Coordinator at Sunstone Education Foundation, and the Executive Director of the John Whitmer Historical Association.[8]

  1. ^ Hamer, John (29 November 2013). "John Hamer « Saints Herald « Page 2". Saintsherald.com. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  2. ^ "Community of Christ - Who Are We". Communityofchrist.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  3. ^ Hansen, Lindsay (2013-09-03). "SLC 2013 Symposium/ Session 111: Neither Protestant Nor LDS, Community of Christ's Unique Understanding of Scripture – Sunstone Magazine". Sunstonemagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  4. ^ Brown, Rich (2014-04-13). "Thirty Years of Lessons: Women and Gays in the Community of Christ « Saints Herald". Saintsherald.com. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  5. ^ Evelyn Edson (2011). The World Map, 1300–1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0430-1.
  6. ^ "Toronto Congregation at Centre Place". torontocongregation.com. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  7. ^ "John Hamer on Community of Christ for Transitioning Mormons". Mormon Stories. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference ByCommonConsent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).