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Gospel Topics
Faithful Saints are Excommunicated or Resign
From Alma 30:7: "..there was no
law against a man's belief; for it was strictly contrary
to the commands of God that there should be a law which should
bring men on to unequal grounds..."
Joseph Smith said: "I did not like the old man being called up for
erring in doctrine. It looks too much like the Methodist, and not
like the Latter-day Saints. Methodists have creeds which a man
must believe or be asked out of their church. I
want the liberty of thinking and believing as I please. It feels
so good not to be trammeled. It does not prove that a man
is not a good man because he errs in doctrine." (DHC 5: 340.)
(Words of Joseph Smith p. 183-184)
- Many examples of those excommunicated for simple righteously striving to follow Christ.
- A March 22, 2015 summary list
- Possible comparison - The
Excommunication
of Abinadi
- J. J. Dewey - 1979
- Melvin Fish - 2009 - Leonard Fish Comments - followup - BYU Professor letter of support for 2007 trial.
- Denver
Snuffer - Sept. 8, 2013 The
Facts, Compliance
(So Far As Possible), Clarification
- Brent D. Larson - Feb. 2, 2014
- Emily Prentice - March 30, 2014
- Will Carter - April 9, 2014 Appeal to First Presidency Letter - he was "no longer welcome on church property"
- Gene Haglock - June, 2014
- Eva & Andrew Gore - September 19, 2014
- Adrian
Larsen
and his wife - October 12, 2014
- Brian
Beckle
of Minn. MN - October 12, 2014
- Angel Cicero Spanish
Account - English
Account - October 26, 2014
- Keith Henderson - November 2, 2014
- Ken Jensen - January 11, 2015
- Duztin Sorensen - February 8, 2015
- Jonathan Durfee - March 6, 2015
- Rock Waterman - June 4, 2015
- Tyson Trent
- Jonny and Kari Durfee March 5th & 8th, 2015
- Daryl Brown - March, 2015
- Matthew Lohmeier and Sara McConkie Lohmeier - July 19, 2015 (Letter that started the process)
- Sarah Schroeder - January, 2016, She doesn't discuss it, but refers to it as Another Casualty
- David Clark - January 2016
- Rob Smith - February 10, 2016
- Louis Naegle - May 12, 2016
- Bryce & Megan Bartel - April 6, 2017, May 8, 2017 Appeal Letter
- Karen and Kirk Strong - April 11, 2017
- Nelson and Lacey Whiting - Nov. 5, 2017
- Vaughn Hughes - Mar. 1, 2018
- Sam Young (a bishop) - September 9, 2018 - Sam & Patty Young's Testimony - Excommunication
- Mike Stroud -
Feb 13, 2019 - Information
on his teachings
- Julie Rowe - April 9, 2019
- Roy Moore - August 18, 2019
- John Pratt - June 7, 2020 LDS church membership withdrawn for joining another church
Resignations (Many were threatened with Excommunication)
- Jed & Elizabeth Jenson- May, 2014
- Frederick Volcansek - May, 2014
- Mary Mahan Rogers - May 19, 2014
- Tami Allman Harris - June 11, 2014
- Tim Malone (Latter-day Commentary blog) - Resigned instead - Sept. 14, 2014
- Vaughn & Sara Schutz - October 11, 2014
- Amanda Renee Schutz Clayton - October 11, 2014
- Jules Allred - November 28, 2014
- Sean Isaac May & his wife - Resigned instead of accepting excommunication - Dec. 12, 2014
- Rob Corbray - December 18, 2014
- Steven Retz - January 2015
- Bret Naylor - February 22, 2015
- Tyson Hunt - March 2, 2015
- Nancy Jones Genys
- Jolene Childers
- Khaden Pettingill - May 27, 2015
- Josh Tulley - June 16, 2016
- Russell Anderson - June 20, 2017
- Nicholas Eugene Gray - Dec. 21, 2017
- Corina Hughes - Sep. 9, 2018, Not ex'd with Vaughn on Mar. 1, 2018
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