Section 149 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 4 minutesRevelation given through W. Wallace Smith, prophet and seer to the church, April 1, 1968. A vacancy had existed in the Council of Twelve since 1964. The call of D. E. Couey to the First Presidency and the honorable release of two members of the Council in 1966 resulted in four vacancies in that body,…
Section 149A (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 3 minutesRevelation given through W. Wallace Smith, prophet and seer, on April 5, 1968. During the consideration of Section 149 by the quorums, councils, and orders, certain questions of interpretation arose regarding the role of the bishop and the nature of the financial support to be given to the construction of the temple. An explanatory statement…
Section 150 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn April 14, 1972, the World Conference adopted this message given through W. Wallace Smith “as embodying the word of God to the church at this time, authorizing the ordinations called for and directing its inclusion in the Doctrine and Covenants in its appropriate place.” It provides for one change in the Council of Twelve and the…
Section 151 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis revelation addressed the need for changes in the presiding leadership of the church. Apostles Holmes, Ettinger, and Higdon were released from the Council of Twelve. Roy A. Cheville was succeeded by Reed M. Holmes as Presiding Patriarch. Vacancies were filled by William T. Higdon, serving as President of Graceland College at the time of his call, Lloyd B….
Section 152 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 4 minutesProvisions in the document submitted to the 1976 World Conference set a new precedent in the procedures for presidential succession in the church. In respect to this matter President W. Wallace Smith wrote in his transmittal letter as follows: In spite of the precedent which up to now has seen the president of the church remain…
Section 153 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 4 minutesActing on the requirements of Section 152:1a, b, President W. Wallace Smith read a statement of resignation and instruction to the World Conference on April 3, 1978 (this appeared in previous printings of the Doctrine and Covenants as Appendix F until the 1990 World Conference removed all of the appendixes.) By this he enabled the orderly transmittal of prophetic…
Section 154 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 4 minutesPresident Wallace B. Smith on April 8, 1980, presented this inspired document to the councils, quorums, and orders of the church and to the World Conference as expressing the divine will for the church. It was on that basis that the Conference accepted it and authorized its inclusion in the Doctrine and Covenants. Clifford A. Cole, Donald V. Lents,…
Section 155 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Monday, March 29, 1982, President Wallace B. Smith presented the following document to the councils, quorums, and orders of the church, and to the delegates of the World Conference, asking them to consider it as divine guidance for the whole church. The Conference adopted it on that basis the next day and provided for its inclusion…
Section 156 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesPresident Wallace B. Smith submitted the following document to the quorums, councils, and orders of the church, and to the World Conference, convened at Independence, Missouri, on April 3, 1984. Major aspects of the document centered in (1) the release of Apostle Charles D. Neff and the call of Geoffrey F. Spencer to the Council of Twelve, (2) the purposes of…
Section 157 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesPresident Wallace B. Smith submitted the following document to the quorums, councils, and orders of the church and to the World Conference on Tuesday, April 12, 1988. Major provisions included: (1) Apostles Lloyd B. Hurshman and Roy H. Schaefer were released from the Council of Twelve, and the vacancies were filled by A. Alex Kahtava and John P. Kirkpatrick. (2) The…