The Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as The Righteous Branch, The Branch Church, The Peterson Group and Christ's Church, is a fundamentalist Mormon sect of the Latter Day Saint movement. There are approximately 100 to 200 members, who mostly live seven miles west of the area of Beryl, Utah, on Utah State Route 56, which is close to Modena, Utah. The ranch property itself was part of the original Gerald Peterson, Sr. property outside of the area Cedar City; however it is not part of either incorporated city. Additionally, a large number of sect members have relocated near Tonopah, Nevada, in the Big Smoky Valley.
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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—Bible: New Testament, Mark 1:13.
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—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 1:13.
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—Bible: Hebrew Psalms 149:5-9.