Community of Christ and Fundamentalist LDS
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GwenFLDS Church Explored in Netflix Docuseries “Keep Sweet”
The new four-part Netflix docuseries *Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey* explores the history and practices of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS. Survivors...
Warren Jeffs’ Wives and Their Current Status Following FLDS Leadership and Legal Convictions
Warren Jeffs, the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), was known for his polygamous practices, which were central to the church’s...
New documents describe girls found in ex-FLDS leader’s trailer in Flagstaff
New documents describe the conditions in which girls were found in an enclosed trailer associated with an ex-FLDS leader in Flagstaff. On August 28, Samuel Bateman, 46, was...
Lifetime Film Dramatizes Rachel Jeffs’ Escape from FLDS Cult
Rachel Jeffs’ escape from the FLDS community is dramatized in the new Lifetime film “Surviving My Father: The Rachel Jeffs Story.” Based on a true story, the movie...
Court Reinstates Lawsuit by Ex-Members of Polygamous Sect Against Former Lawyers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has ruled that former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) have provided sufficient...
Colorado City asserts police ties to polygamous group are past
Colorado City, Ariz., has filed a motion with a federal court seeking to end the involvement of a policing consultant who has been monitoring the town’s law enforcement...
Former FLDS Wife Naomi Bistline Speaks Out After Testifying Against Leader Samuel Bateman
Naomi “Nomz” Bistline, one of the former wives of Samuel Bateman, has shared her experience after leaving the religious group. Bistline, who was one of Bateman’s 20 “wives,”...
Naomi Bistline and Wendell Jeffson, Former FLDS Members, Share Relationship After Leaving Polygamist Cult
Naomi Bistline, 27, has shared her journey of leaving the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) and finding love with Wendell Jeffson, 25, the son...
Community of Christ and Fundamentalist LDS Movement Discussed in Interview on Mormon Polygamy
Anne B. Wilde, an independent Mormon Fundamentalist and founder of Principle Voices, discusses the historical practice of polygamy within the Latter Day Saint (LDS) Church in part one...
