Church Of Christ "With The Elijah Message"
The Church of Christ "With the Elijah Message," Established Anew 1929 is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, headquartered in Jackson County, Missouri, which split from the Church of Christ (Fettingite) in 1943 in a dispute over claimed revelations given to its founder William A. Draves. Draves, an elder in the Fettingite group, claimed to be receiving messages from an angelic being who identified himself as John the Baptist--the same person who had allegedly appeared to Fettingite founder Otto Fetting, a former apostle of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot). While many Fettingites accepted these new missives, some did not, leading Draves to form his own church. His adherents claim that to be the sole legitimate continuation of Fetting's organization, as well as that of the Temple Lot church. As of 1987, the church had approximately 12,500 adherents spread between Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.
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