On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ... During the thirty-nine years of his life, Joseph established thriving cities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois ...
As Joseph Smith, first prophet and President ... Rather, it is a restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ as originally established by the Savior. The authority to act in God's name is called ...
some Latter-day Saints have no doubt reflected on Joseph Smith’s First Vision, which took place in the spring of 1820.
the congregation was inaugurated by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Due to local persecution, original members of the church left the state in 1831. The Greene Branch was established in the 1970s.