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Pauline Hancock | |
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| Born | Pauline Bailey 1903[citation needed] |
| Died | October 19, 1962 |
| Known for | First woman to found and lead a denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. |
| Spouse | Silas R Hancock (1899 - ____) |
| Parent | John William Alexander Bailey (1877 - 1959) |
Pauline Bailey Hancock (1903 – October 19, 1962) was the founder of the Church of Christ (Hancock) in Independence, Missouri in 1946, and was the first woman to found and lead a denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement.[1] A former member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and then later the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), Hancock was excommunicated from the Temple Lot church in 1935,[1] due to differences between her view of the Godhead and theirs. She later claimed a vision of Jesus Christ, who told her to "go and teach," leading her to found her own church in 1946. She would lead this church until her death in 1962.
- ^ a b Shields, Steven (1990), Divergent Paths of the Restoration (Fourth ed.), Independence, Missouri: Restoration Research, pp. 152–155, ISBN 0-942284-00-3