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RESTORATION BEGUN ANEW:
God's work today

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​Picking up from the previous attempt at Restoration in the early 1800s, 
God has begun again to work among His children to restore lost Gospel truths. A complete Restoration is necessary in order to prepare the earth for the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ and provide the necessary knowledge and ordinances to  obtain salvation in His Kingdom. We invite all to come unto Christ, learn of Him, and follow His path. 

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Christianity has become the handmaiden of ambitious men who have diverted resources from the poor to serve themselves. The present state of Christianity is not markedly different from Jerusalem at the time of Christ. The Christian leaders today, like the Sadducees and Pharisees, shear the sheep and consume them, but fail to serve them as Christ did. Christianity began with personal worship and devotion in the homes of believers. Christ and His twelve built no cathedrals, chapels or church structures, but did give aid to the poor. Isaiah prophesied that only one kind of building would be built for God by His followers: A Temple or House of God, to be built on the mountaintop in Zion, and another in Jerusalem (KJV Isaiah 2:2-3). Beyond those two structures, all other resources should help the poor, as was once done by early Christians.

How Would You Know if God Sent
a Minister of Salvation Today? 

What if salvation is not determined by grace alone, by works alone, or even some combination of the two? What if it comes from the ministry of one sent by God to declare salvation? And faith comes by hearing the message like Paul taught (KJV Rom. 10:17)? Paul was expounding a passage from Isaiah (KJV Isa. 53:1), a prophet sent by God. Paul was likewise sent with a message from God. What if the meaning is that in order to receive salvation it is essential that the believer receive a message from a minister actually sent by God with a message for our day and time?

What if salvation requires the same thing now as when Isaiah preached and prophesied, and when Paul taught, and when Christ ministered to mankind?

What if there is a necessary relationship between the sender of a message (God) and the speaker of the message (one sent by God) in order for the message to actually result in salvation for the hearer-believer?

Who has believed our report, indeed? And who, then, has saving faith?

GOD HAS CALLED A MESSENGER
IN OUR DAY AND TIME
​TO DECLARE SALVATION TO HIS CHILDREN


​In 2017, during the 500th anniversary of the Christian Reformation, we likewise protested against the present state of Christianity and called again for reform. Three talks were delivered that year, and five more in the following two years, all of which are available below. These talks addressed Christianity’s troubled history, the present disarray, and our potential future. The time may yet come when Christians will achieve a unity of faith. All talks were delivered by Denver C. Snuffer, jr.

A Modern-Day Witness of Christ

Testimony of Christ's
​Resurrection & Reality
"As one who, like the Apostle Paul, has stood in the presence of Christ, and likewise been caught up into heaven and been taught unspeakable things, I know from the Lord’s own voice my standing before Him. Whether others regard me as a “Christian,” I know that Christ regards me as His devoted follower and faithful servant. I likewise comprehend His grace for others, including those who would exclude me from being defined as “Christian,” and therefore exclude me from salvation itself. 

Rather than debate, deny, or judge the “Christianity” of others using any criteria, Bible verse, or Protestant hope for salvation, I accept any person’s claim to be “Christian” as welcome news. Whether they lived for the first millennium and a half of Christian history when only the Catholic Church existed, or they divide themselves into groups claiming to hold the exclusive qualifications to be saved today. I judge no man. I encourage them all to hold fast to the hope of salvation offered by Christ, even if they hold beliefs by which they judge and reject me as a fellow Christian.

ADDRESSES TO THE
​ CHRISTIAN WORLD
2017-2019

1st Address to Christians  |  Los Angeles, California, USA
September 21, 2017
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2nd Address to Christians  |  Dallas, Texas, USA
October 19, 2017
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3rd Address to Christians  |  Atlanta, Georgia, USA
November 16, 2017
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4th Address to Christians  |  Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
​September 7, 2018
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5th Address to Christians  |  Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
September 7, 2018
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6th Address to Christians  |  Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
​September 8, 2018
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7th Address to Christians  |  Boise, Idaho, USA
November 30, 2018
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8th Address to Christians  |  Montgomery, Alabama, USA
May 18, 2019
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We urge all fellow christians to hear these messages, follow christ, and develop the faith required to obtain salvation


In the Fall of 2017, I gave three talks in the United States: 1) on September 21st in Los Angeles, California; 2) on October 19th in Dallas, Texas; and 3) on November 16th in Atlanta, Georgia. I have been sent to give these three messages. I do know God. I have been ministered to by Him and He has prepared me to minister to others. Like Paul, who was sent by God, I will also tell you of an unchangeable God, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His message requires the same from you today as it did when Jesus Christ first taught in Galilee and Judea. Each talk was delivered in a public venue that was free and open to the public, requiring no ticket, rsvp, or reservation, and no donations were solicited. Charity is wasted on hireling clergy, which should be used for the poor. Clergy ought to labor for their support as do other Christians. The sooner we stop paying a professional clergy, the sooner Christianity will lose its animosity and improve in spirit, function, and value. 

Anyone who claims to be a “Christian” may be interested in reading or hearing these three talks. The talks discuss Christian history, the Reformation, Christianity since the Reformation, the Restoration movement, and Joseph Smith as a Christian thinker and Biblical preacher. Smithsonian Magazine identified Joseph Smith as the most significant religious figure in American history. Yet he remains misunderstood by most Christians, primarily because his legacy has been regarded as Mormon property. In many ways his life mirrors the Apostle Paul. He belongs to the Christian community as much as St. Francis of Assisi, Luther, Tyndale, Wesley, Knox, Williams, and Calvin. 

Because of the divisions between denominations, most believers are unwilling to consider the views held by others who practice a very different form of Christianity than themselves. Members of each Christian denomination believe that they practice the only true or correct form of Christianity, of which Jesus Christ approves. However, the divisional creeds of Christianity are largely the result of institutions who maintain loyalty from their parishioners by denouncing every other brand of Christianity as false, incomplete, or devil-inspired. Further, Christians are criticized by leaders of churches when they are willing to consider “heretical” ideas that cross boundaries of Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah’s Witness, Salvation Army, Evangelical, or Mormon. Such present day dynamics ought to lead every Christian into a more open dialogue about the history and present status of Christianity, and also cause them to carefully consider all that claims to be part of the broad expanse of “Christianity.”

Of all the various reformation and restoration thinkers, perhaps Joseph Smith remains the most feared by other Christian denominations, most likely due to the aggressive campaign by the Salt Lake City headquarters of the LDS church to convert other Christians to their organization. The three talks are not an attempt to influence listeners to become members of the Salt Lake City based church, or of any other denomination. I was excommunicated from the LDS Church because of my research and candid writing about the flaws of the Mormon Church and its failure to candidly account for its history.

Whether you are a loyal member of a specific denomination, or a freelance Christian without denominational affiliation, the three talks will provide information about Christianity designed to give you a greater reason to believe in Christ. They may also give you a greater reason to try to understand other Christians whose beliefs reckon from very different traditions than your own. It is hoped that Christians everywhere may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 15:6)."

Denver C. Snuffer, jr.

God's People today

As a people, we strive to live the simple gospel of Jesus Christ as practiced by His early disciples: caring for the poor, meeting in small communities of believers, and performing the ordinances of sacrament and baptism as directed by revelation. We have no paid clergy, and instead we give our tithes to care for the poor among us. Our fellowships are refuges from the abuses perpetrated by the religions of modern Christianity, whether it be abuse of power or misuse of funds.

All are welcome in our fellowships, whether they be Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Jew, Hindu, Muslim, Native American, or believers in any other faith tradition. We believe in accepting all truth, from whatever source it flows. The highest aspiration for most all religious traditions is for the individual to connect to God and for God to recognize and connect with the individual. There is really no fundamental difference among religions in terms of this ultimate goal.
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christianity:
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original & authentic

Christ set the example by being baptized by John the Baptist...
...Who gathered a community of believers.
...Who served one another and took care of the poor among them using tithes.
...Whose fellowships were based on equality and love, instead of a hierarchy of leaders and followers.

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