The True & Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days, also known as the TLC, is an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are headquartered in Manti, Utah. The church was organized on May 3 1994, in response to a perceived apostasy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Church began as an informal study group in the early 1990's, where people from both the LDS Church and other Mormon Fundamentalist churches met together to discuss doctrine. In 1994, James D. Harmston claimed to have a revelation where the ancient Biblical Patriarchs (Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Moses) laid their hands on his head and conferred upon him the Keys of the Melchizedek Priesthood. Following this event, he organized the Church and began receiving Revelation collected in the Manti Revelation Book. He formally organized the Hierarchy consisting of himself as President of the High Priestood, a Presiding Patriarch, a First Presidency, and a Quorum of Twelve Apostles.

Early in the Church organization, Harmston taught a number of semi-private seminars known as "the Models," where he taught about the necessity of following early Mormon doctrines. Besides the typical Fundamentalist doctrines of polygamy and the Law of Consecration, which requires members to consecrate all their possessions to the church, they also teach a rather obscure doctrine known as Multiple Mortal Probations, which is a form of reincarnation. They also teach that all the "elect" of Israel should move to and live in Sanpete County, Utah (Though the City of Manti is where most are told to live).

The church maintains the Red Brick Store and a meetinghouse in downtown Manti.

While proselyting was heavily pursued during the infancy of the Church, all missionary work ceased by March of 2000. Since that time, the Church has undergone an number of difficulties, including the loss of a member of the First Presidency and at least three members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. One of it's better proselyting tools, it's website, shut down completely a short time later.

A mirror of the original website can be found here: TLC Manti

Another setback for the Church occurred in 1998 when two dissaffected members accused Harmston of racketeering and fraud when they failed to see Jesus. ^* In 2002, a court granted $300,000.00 to the two former members. While this suit was overturned, an appeals court in 2005 granted the two former members the right to a new trial.

External references

• Helping Mormons site

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