Frederick M. Smith
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Frederick Madison Smith, generally known among his followers as "Fred M.", was an American religious leader and author and the third Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latt
Frederick M. Smith
Frederick M. Smith
Supreme directional control
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The Supreme directional control controversy was a dispute among the leadership quorums of Community of Christ, the Latter Day Saint movement's second largest denomination. It occurred during the 1920s
Frederick M. Smith
…history." His presidency saw the church initiate a series of major projects, but it was also marred by the controversy over what became known as "Supreme Directional Control." Fred M. was one of nine children of Joseph Smith III and his second wife, Bertha Madison Smith. He was born on January 21, 1874, at Plano, Illinois…
Community of Christ Auditorium adjacent to the Temple Lot in Independence, Missouri, one of the projects begun after the confirmation of Supreme Directional Control in 1925