3 The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon, was published in March 1830. On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president.

when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...

With the coming Monday marking the 219th anniversary of Joseph Smith ... climate and that of Smith’s era. • Nearly 200 years after publication of the Book of Mormon, the seer stone church ...

This violence claimed many lives, including Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's, and eventually led to the Mormons seeking refuge outside the boundaries of the United States. Other opposition stemmed ...