What is the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) is a denomination that is part of the Latter Day Saint family of churches. Completely independent from any other Latter Day Saint church, the FLDS Church is neither ecclesiastically nor organizationally connected to the Salt Lake City based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With a total membership of between six and ten thousand adherents, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is one of the smaller denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement. The FLDS Church is part of a phenomenon within the Latter Day Saint religion that is referred to as Mormon fundamentalism. According to legend, LDS Church president John Taylor called together and set apart a group of men in 1877 for a special mission. Much pressure was being brought upon the LDS Church to abandon the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage. Purportedly, this group of men were ordained by Taylor and charged with a miss
