The
Church of Christ was the original name of the
Latter Day Saint church founded by
Joseph Smith. Organized informally in 1829 in northwestern
New York and then formally on April 6, 1830, it was the first organization to implement the principles found in Smith's newly published
Book of Mormon, and thus represents the formal beginning of the
Latter Day Saint movement. Later names for this organization included the
Church of the Latter Day Saints (by 1834 resolution), the
Church of Jesus Christ, the
Church of God, the
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (by an 1838 revelation).