The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is NOT a "new church". It is the renewed Church; a Church reborn with all the spiritual truth of the primitive gospel and hope of salvation that was returned to earth in 1830. If it were a "new church" it would be different from the original. The Remnant Church is the original in succession and invites inspections and comparison.

    Moreover, if it is a "new Church" then reason dictates that the Reorganized Church, which so many Saints loved and in which so many of us worshipped, was a "new Church" also. Both, however, came about through the same pattern of renewal designed by the Lord. Dedicated men, moved by the Holy Spirit, who desired to see the Church of Jesus Christ take its rightful place once again, came together in study and prayer, searching for the way. What was true in the Reorganization is true today.

    It was only after earnest prayer and inquiry that the Lord revealed to Briggs, Deam, and Gurley, as well as others, that there was a pattern, a holy design through which new life could be given to a Church fallen into disorder. Who among the "Restoration" people will dispute the fact that the Reorganized Church separated itself from the original covenants and commandments? Implementation of this pattern was not only for the coming together of a body of people to worship, it was of utmost importance to authoritatively renew and restore what has been lost or discarded.

    Young Joseph Smith III could not, nor would he have come to the Reorganization without the pattern being implemented. The Church had to be moving toward order before a Prophet could take his place. For as he later indicated, he would not have come in "but by the door." The same pattern, once shared with Moses, was so important that the Lord directed Henry Deam to place it before the Church in 1853 and President Israel A. Smith reminded the Church of its absolute significance in his keynote sermon to the 1952 Centennial Conference of the Reorganization.

    The Lord told the Church in 1831 that it would be given "a pattern in all things" pertaining to his righteousness, He stated that:"...again, I will give you a pattern in all things, that ye may not be deceived; for Satan is abroad in the land, and he goeth forth deceiving the nations." [D&C 52:4b] The Lord's words are "will give," and they spoke of a present as well as a future time in which great deception would be heaped upon the world by the enemy of all truth. God's words are not set in time, they are eternal. They are for all dispensations.

    Two years after the preceding counsel, the Lord again spoke through the Prophet of the Church, specifically concerning the building of "an house unto me" in Kirtland, Ohio. But the words also had meaning for all matters pertaining to the kingdom. For as the Savior said: "this house shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord from the foundation thereof, for the work of the printing, in all things whatsoever I shall command you, to be holy, undefiled, according to the pattern, in all things, as it shall be given unto you." [D&C 91:3c]

    The words of the second (1833) revelation may be repeated with the transposition of three key words. "...and this Church shall be wholly dedicated unto the Lord from the formation thereof, for the work of the ministry, in all things whatsoever I shall command you, to be holy, undefiled, according to the pattern, in all things, as it shall be given unto you."

    Our God is a God of order, not of confusion. With Him, nothing is left to chance. There is to be a pattern given in everything he desires of men to do in and for his Kingdom. This pattern was revealed to the framers of the Reorganized Church in April 1853 and reaffirmed to the Remnant Saints once again in a time of great turmoil in April 2000.

    Two things the "Reorganized Church" clearly determined very early in its formation. [1]The Church had been left leaderless and "rejected" for its transgressions; and [2] in the absence of a Prophet-President, who would come forth later, "the highest authority" for [at] the time should preside, "representing the Presidency of the Church." [History of the Church, Vol. 3, p.224]

    If there is any criticism to be found it is not in the use of the pattern, but rather that the priesthood of His Church have failed to prepare themselves to implement it. Just as there was criticism levied against Briggs, Deam, and Gurley, and many other courageous men and women who sought to reorganize the Church of Jesus Christ. Similar criticism has been leveled against the many priesthood and Saints who prayed and labored for, and who raised their hands to support the Remnant Church in April 2000. Even as many in 1852-1860 refused to join the movement to reorganize, preferring to walk in their own ways, many will do likewise in our time. Just as a number of individuals led various former groups, and never seemed willing nor took the time to seriously investigate the renewed Church, so also many present day groups are following the same path.

    We declare and earnestly believe the Lord is unfolding the way for all members and branches to come together in unity once again. That unity, which has eluded all of us so long, waits the consecrated response of the Saints. When present day elders joined together in steadfast prayer and study, having done all they could do like Briggs and Gurley before them, continued to petition the Lord for further enlightenment, His will was then manifest in the "Proclamation and Invitation to the Faithful", reaffirming the pattern previously given. The Spirit commanded the high priests and elders to hold fast and implement that pattern of renewal and reorganization once again.

    The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stands on a solid foundation. The Lord's priesthood is again inviolate, and the Saints securely enfolded in the Savior's Church. If the Lord quickens your heart and you wonder what to do next, remember the invitation of Phillip to Nathaniel, "Come and See". The Church of Jesus Christ welcomes your inquiries