Following the murders of Joseph and Hiram Smith in 1844, Sidney Rigdon, who had been Joseph's first counselor, made the claim to church members in Navu

that he was the rightful successor

to lead the church as its guardian.

After his falling out with the 12 apostles, Sydney left Nahu and traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

where he built up a church there, separate and apart from the church Brigham Young and the 12 led to Utah.

And today, the only branch of the restoration that claims its right of succession

from Joseph Smith through Sidney Rigdon

is the Church of Jesus Christ, also sometimes referred to as the Bickertonites.

The Church of Jesus Christ is presently headquartered in Mananga-Hala, Pennsylvania,

and is the third largest branch of the Restoration Movement today.

In this episode of Church History Matters, Casey sits down with Josh Galey, a friend and

ordained evangelist in the Church of Jesus Christ

to take a deep dive into the details of this movement.

I'm Scott Woodward and my co-host is Casey Griffiths

and today marks our 11th episode in this series dealing with

succession in the presidency. Now let's get into it.

Welcome to Church History Matters. We are very excited today and I'm glad to be here

on flying solo. Scott isn't with me today. He's teaching. But I'm happy to have

one of my dear friends here who is a member of the

Church of Jesus Christ, sometimes referred to and known as the Bicker tonight's, and Josh, you can call me a

brigamite during this conversation if you want to. I won't but that's great. Thanks. Okay and I won't call you a bicker tonight. We'll just say the Church of Jesus Christ and I think everybody will know what we're talking about. So Josh Gaily, welcome to Church History Matters and thank you for taking time out of your day to sit down with

us.

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