The Community of Christ (RLDS)

When Caroline and I were in Kansas we went to Independence. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has their world headquarters there. The have changed their name to the Community of Christ.



This is where they have the general conference, every three years. It reminded us of the Tabernacle, but was kept rather dark and had a different feel to it.




This is their Temple. It is rather unique, and the interior was quite beautiful, with lots of natural light.

Why we build Temples

As you may or may not know Tom Hanks is the executive producer of the HBO show 'Big Love', which is about polygamy. It has recently been announced that 'Big Love' will be showing the Temple ceremonies on the show, which HBO of course has promised will be accurately portrayed in the correct context. How they plan to accomplish that when they will have to rely on ex-communicated members for the context and accuracy is beyond me.

This youtube video (yes the church has a youtube channel) is the church's response.