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Did the Nephites Have a Church Organization Before the Days of Alma?

TitleDid the Nephites Have a Church Organization Before the Days of Alma?
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1959
AuthorsSmith, Joseph Fielding
MagazineImprovement Era
Volume62
Issue Number8
Pagination584–585
Date PublishedAugust 1959
KeywordsAlma (Book); Book of Mormon; Church Organization; Priesthood Ordinances; Priesthood Organization
Abstract

This article asserts that the Nephites did indeed have a church organization before the days of Alma, and that Lehi, King Benjamin, and King Mosiah each had a church organization. Whenever and wherever there were gospel ordinances administered by a minister there was a church organization.

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