How many different types of Mormon Churches are there?
This is actually quite an interesting question, considering that Mormonism by and large looks at the denominationalism of Christianity as evidence of its corruption and apostacy. However, there are actually quite a few different churches that trace their roots back to Joseph Smith and his “restoration”. Probably the largest of these (after the mainstream LDS Church) is what was formerly called the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or RLDS), though they have recently changed their name to “Community of Christ.” They reject many of the doctrines of ” Utah Mormonism”, including polygamy, eternal progression, and a number of others. Of particular interst, though, are a large number of “Fundamentalist Mormon” groups that exist, primarily in Utah and the Intermountain West, which hold to the original teachings of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and are most famous for their practice of polygamy. The Fundamental Latter-day Saints (FLDS) is the largest of these groups, a
