Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) is a religious group. It broke from the Church of the Latter Day Saints (more commonly known as the Mormons) in the 19th or early 20th century. The new church was formed because the Mormon church said that marriages under polygamy would stop. Polygamy means a man could marry several women at a time. After the change, Mormons could marry only one.

Members of the new church thought polygamy was an essential part of their religion. They teach that a man needs more than one wife to be able to get to heaven. People believe there are currently between 5000 and 10000 followers of this church.

[edit] In the news

The church has been in the news because its leader, Warren Steed Jeffs was arrested in southern Nevada in August 2006. Jeffs was arrested because the police think he hurt a teenager in 2002 and had been running away from the police to avoid being arrested. At the time, Jeffs was on the FBI's Ten Most-Wanted list.[1]

[edit] References

  1. Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Wikipedia. Last accessed November 16 2006.