The Exmormon Foundation is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that supports people transitioning out of affiliation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[1] It was founded by Richard Packham in 2001.[2][3] He left the LDS Church after concluding from his personal research that he did not believe its teachings,[4][5] particularly the historical teachings of the Adam–God doctrine.[5][6]
The foundation holds an annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in October, the same month as one of the LDS Church's semi-annual general conferences.[7] Notable speakers at the Exmormon Foundation Conference have included musician Tal Bachman, Flora Jessop and Linda Walker of the Child Protection Project, Dr. Simon Southerton, Brent Lee Metcalfe, Steven Hassan, Stanford professor Craig Criddle, Jeff Sharlet, John Larsen, Grant H. Palmer, John Dehlin, and Pat Bagley.[1]
The Exmormon Foundation is informally associated with the Recovery from Mormonism website, which hosts a discussion board where Exmormons, unbelieving Mormons, and doubters post their complaints, criticisms, and other personal reactions to their experience with the LDS Church.
There are also many 'permanent fixture' forum members who are not and never were baptized Mormons. The forum survives financially via donations.
The forum accepts any and all who have a computer. One can post comments without formally signing up, but signing up allows one to secure a screenname, make corrections/additions to a post, and to see new posts marked as not having been read. There is no cost, but as indicated, donations are not only welcome, but necessary.
Initially, no mention of "politics" was allowed, but a change in ownership in the early 2000s seems to have allowed politics to be discussed as it touches on the LDS Church and its activities. As with most things 'human' this definition finds itself stretched at times.
The Recovery from Mormonism website also includes a catalog of short auto-biographies where Exmormons describe their loss of faith in Mormonism.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b The Exmormon Foundation
- ^ "Exmormon Foundation - Media Contacts". www.exmormonfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ Packham, Richard (Spring 2007). "How the Exmormon Foundation Came To Be" (PDF). The New Expositor (1): 2. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ "Autobiography of Richard Packham". packham.n4m.org. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ a b Packham, Richard (1998). "Why I Left the Mormon Church". home.teleport.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ Packham, Richard (1998). "How I Became An Atheist". packham.n4m.org. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ "Exmormon Foundation 2007 Conference | The Exmormon Foundation". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ Recovery from Mormonism – the Mormon Church
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