Restoration Church of Jesus Christ
| Restoration Church of Jesus Christ | |
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| Classification | Restorationist |
| Orientation | Latter Day Saint movement |
| Scripture |
Bible Book of Mormon (LDS Church) Pearl of Great Price Doctrine and Covenants (LDS Church) Doctrine and Covenants (Community of Christ) Hidden Treasures and Promises |
| Leader | Robert A. McIntier, president |
| Founder | Antonio A. Feliz and others (see article) |
| Origin | August 23, 1985 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Separated from | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Congregations | 1 (known as "families" in RCJC) |
| Members | 500 (on rolls when denomination dissolved in 2010) |
The Restoration Church of Jesus Christ (RCJC), based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was a church in the Latter Day Saint movement that catered primarily to the spiritual needs of LGBT Latter Day Saints. The church was dissolved in 2010.
The RCJC was sometimes informally called the "Gay Mormon Church" because of its overwhelmingly homosexual membership, although people of any sexual orientation could join.
Founded by Antonio A. Feliz, Lamar Hamilton, John Crane, Pamela J. Calkins and other members of the Los Angeles Chapter of Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons on August 23, 1985, in Los Angeles, California.
Feliz is a former bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who had been excommunicated for homosexual acts. Feliz had also served as the Director of Church Welfare for what was then called the Andean Region (now called the South America West Area) of the LDS Church during the 1970s.
Feliz originally named the church the "Church of Jesus Christ of All Latter Day Saints", but when the LDS Church informed him of their intent to sue, he changed the name to the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ.
The RCJC had rotating general officers. At a church conference in Sacramento, California, in May 1987, Feliz resigned as president. He was succeeded by Robert McIntier, who served as president of the church from 1987 through at least 2009, except for a period from 1997 to 1999 when Douglas B. Madrid served as president.
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