Church of Jesus Christ, The Bride, The Lamb's Wife
Still a believer after his excommunication, Hinkle founded a Latter Day Saint denomination known as the Church of Jesus Christ, the Bride, the Lamb's Wife in 1840. In September, 1843, John C. Bennett attended a conference of Hinkle's church. After this conference Bennett wrote about the Mormon "Doctrine of Marrying for Eternity," which Hinckle appears to have conveyed to Bennett.
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