News about Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

From July 2024 to June 2025, the Church had the most convert baptisms of any 12-month period in its history. The calendar ...

As of the end of June, record-high convert baptisms during the past 12 months marked a milestone year for The Church of Jesus ...

A multistate, volunteer-based ground search for two missing Idaho teens, feared abducted by the Fundamentalist Church of ...

With the growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Southeast Tennessee, the Chattanooga Tennessee Stake — created in May 1978 — was split during a June ...

From the early days of the Restoration, Church leaders have championed the fundamental human right to religious freedom ...

Idaho authorities are looking for two teens who are linked to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

Rachelle Fischer, 15, and Allen Fischer 13, were last seen on the evening of Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Monteview, Idaho, ...

She says she believes they left with members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), claiming the church may have brainwashed them.

The imprisoned leader of a notorious polygamist sect fraudulently transferred $834,000 to his brother in an effort to hide ...

The search for two missing Idaho teens believed to have been abducted by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of ...