Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon movement, marked the 2.75-acre parcel, known as the 'Temple Lot,' in Independence, Missouri for a temple for Jesus Christ's Second Coming.

Independence, Missouri, is a sacred spot for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Members of the church began settling in Jackson County in 1831, shortly after founder Joseph ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (RNS) Few places have greater historic and religious significance to Mormons than Missouri. Likewise few places have been the site of greater Mormon conflict. By Tim Townsend.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts another 500-plus acres up for sale in Missouri, mere weeks after doing the same with 1,800 nearby acres. This area is seen as part of the faith ...

Mormon Pioneers in Missouri. Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Elder George Peterson explained the migration of Mormons to Independence, MO and the subsequent migrations to Illinois and Utah.

Temple Lot in Independence is now the headquarters for several sects of the Mormon faith. Meanwhile, Adam-ondi-Ahman was renamed Cravensville, but over the next few decades, the town dwindled and ...

Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, believed and taught that the Garden of Eden was located in or near Independence, Missouri, and that ...

Independence, Mo. • There is an open patch of grass at the intersection of River Boulevard and Walnut Street in this Kansas City suburb. It looks like a vacant lot — no structures, no ...

The Mormon War: Zion and the Missouri Extermination Order of 1838 Brandon G. Kinney. Westholme, $28 (280p) ISBN 978-1-159416-130-8 ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — In 1831, Mormon founder Joseph Smith declared that the righteous would gather in Independence, Mo., to greet the Second Coming of Jesus Christ — just one of the prophecies ...