This Day in History: The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, was organized by Joseph Smith III on this day in 1860. Joseph Smith III was the eldest son of the LDS founder and "Prophet" Joseph Smith. The RLDS is the second largest Mormon movement. There are actually quite a few Mormon offshoot groups, in fact, there have been over 100 Mormon splinter groups, despite the LDS Church's claims of "unity." The smallest Mormon group I could find were the Cutlerites, with 12 members. I suspect that there are a large number of Adventist groups as well. The Catholic Church presently has splinter groups as well, many who reject the liberalism of the modern church. Of course, when you think about it, the Catholic Church was the one sect with the most offshoots, thanks to the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago. The Center for the Study of Global Christianity counts 45,000 denominations around the world, with an average of 2.4 new ones forming every day.
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