Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)

Church Of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)

Coordinates: 39°05′02″N 94°25′36″W / 39.083825°N 94.426595°W / 39.083825; -94.426595 (Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite))

For other uses, see Church of Jesus Christ (disambiguation).

Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
Cutlerite church headquarters in Independence, Missouri
Classification	Latter Day Saint movement
Orientation	Latter Day Saints
Polity	Church conference
Moderator	Vernon Whiting (2011)
Geographical areas	United States
Founder	Alpheus Cutler
Origin	September 19, 1853 (date of church reorganization)
Separated from	None, claims to be the sole legitimate continuation of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
Separations	True Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) Restored Church of Jesus Christ
Congregations	1
Members	Approximately 12 (2010)

The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement headquartered in Independence, Missouri. This church derives its epithet from its founder, Alpheus Cutler, a member of the Nauvoo High Council and of Joseph Smith's secretive Council of Fifty. Cutler justified his establishment of an independent church organization by asserting that God had "rejected" Smith's organization—but not his priesthood—following his death, but that Smith had named him to a singular "Quorum of Seven" in anticipation of this event, with a unique prerogative to reorganize the church that nobody beyond this group possessed. Hence, his organization claims to be the only legitimate Latter Day Saint church in the world today. Currently, it has only one branch, located in Independence. The Cutlerite church retains an endowment ceremony believed to date to the Nauvoo period, practices the United Order of Enoch, and accepts Baptism for the Dead, but not eternal marriage or polygamy.