The Founding of the Latter-day Saint Church

Less than two weeks after publishing the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith organized the Church of Christ in New York, later named The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It claimed that the true church had been lost after the apostles and was now restored through a living prophet and new scripture, and it later taught doctrines of God and humanity that differ fundamentally from the biblical faith. Baptists reject the premise: Christ's church never disappeared.