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| Otto Fetting | |
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| Founder of the Church of Christ (Fettingite) | |
| April 8, 1930 – January 30, 1933 | |
| Apostle in the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) | |
| 1926 – October 1929 | |
| Pastor and Evangelist in the RLDS Church | |
| 1899 – 1925 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 20, 1871 Port Huron, Michigan |
| Died | January 30, 1933 (aged 61) Goodells, Michigan, Michigan |
| Spouse(s) | Jennie M. Fetting |
| Children | Roy Fetting |
Otto Fetting (November 20, 1871 – January 30, 1933) was an American realtor and editor from Port Huron, Michigan who served first as a pastor and evangelist in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and then later as an apostle in the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), commonly referred to as the "Hedrickites". Fetting claimed to have been visited by John the Baptist thirty or more times between February 4, 1927 and his death on January 30, 1933. Fetting was reportedly given instruction concerning the doctrine and practices of Hedrickites and other factions of Christianity, together with directives to begin construction of a temple on the Temple Lot, including its exact dimensions.
After initially accepting his first eleven revelations, a Hedrickite conference vote in early October 1929 rejected a key portion of Fetting's twelfth message, leading him to found the "Church of Jesus Christ" on April 8, 1930. This breakaway faction, later referred to as "Church of Christ", subsequently gave birth to additional rival factions after Fetting's death, which have still further subdivided. These "Fettingite" or "Dravesite" (named after W.A. Draves, a follower of Fetting) factions include: the Church of Christ "With the Elijah Message" Established Anew 1929; the Church of Christ (Restored); the Church of Christ (Assured Way); and the Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff.